Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, along with research assistants Jess Vanecek and Rob Birch, both master’s degree candidates in the Sam Fox School, has won first prize in the inaugural Designing Resilience in Asia International Open Competition.
Sponsored by the School of Design and Environment of the National University of Singapore, the competition asked participants to propose innovative water solutions to the challenges of climate change through urban planning and design, architecture, building technology and industrial design. Hoeferlin’s submission, titled “From the Third Pole to the Nine Dragons,” outlines a simple toolkit for communities in the Mekong River Basin to understand how local threats and adaptations relate to broader river basin issues.
Final board, “From the Third Pole to the Nine Dragons.”
Hoeferlin’s research is supported by a grant from Washington University’s International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (InCEES).