AIA Bronx Kingsbridge Armory Competition
2023 Bronx AIA Empowerment Scholarship Winners
The Bronx Chapter of the AIA is proud to announce the results of the student competition: The Kingsbridge
Armory as a Vertical Farming Facility. The chapter sponsored and organized an advanced studio at CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture to create designs for the adaptive reuse of the Kingsbridge Armory, one of the largest in the world.
Four teams of student teams competed showcasing their proposed integration of vertical farming into the landmark structure. The distinguished jury members selected Team G1 as the competition winner:
• Shiva Abbaszadeh
• Kingsley Chong
• Wyatt Scott Kuebler
$1,200 was awarded to the winning team; $600 to the runner-up Team G4.
Award Presentations
Front row (from left): 2nd place team Florjan Plepi, Mateo Penafiel & Rustam Domullojonov; Counclmember Pierina Sanchez; Deputy Borough President Janet Peguero; 2nd place team: Marxell Mejia Vargas, Mahomudur Rahma, Mingyao Chen; Winning Team Shiva Abbaszadeh & Wyatt Scott Kuebler.
2nd row (from left to right): Marta Gutman, PhD, Dean of Architecture, Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, CCNY; Sara Jazayeri, AIA Bronx president; Juton Horstman, Dir. Bronx Planning & Development; Henry Obispo, President United Restaurant Cooperative; Juan Nunez, NW Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition. 3rd Rrow (from left): Michael Goldblum, AIABronx; Fernando Ortiz, Asst. Vice President, NYC EDC
Winning Project
AIA Bronx Scholarship Program
2023 Bronx AIA Empowerment Scholarship Winners
The Bronx Chapter of the AIA is delighted to announce four $1,000 Empowerment Scholarships for outstanding student achievement for 2023. The Chapter awarded two scholarships for architecture students at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York, and two scholarships for architecture students at Pratt Institute's School of Architecture.
2023 CCNY Winner: Husan Ahmed
2023 CCNY Winner: Jean Carlos Torres
Congratulations to Husan Ahmed and Jean Carlos Torres at CCNY, and Jeremias Emestica and Taija Thomas at Pratt for your hard work and dedication to the study of architecture.
2023 Pratt Winner: Jeremias Emestica
2023 Pratt Winner: Jeremias Emestica
2023 Pratt Winner: Taija Thomas
2023 Pratt Winner: Jeremias Emestica
Pratt Scholarships Presentation
Pratt Scholarships Presentation
Pratt Scholarships Presentation
From left: Quilian Riano, Dean of Pratt SoA; Jeremias Emestica (recipient); Frances Bronet, President of Pratt Institute; Taija Thomas (recipient); Bob Esnard, AIA Bronx Secretary; Sara Jazayeri, AIA Bronx President; Stephen Slaughter, Chair of Pratt SoA
CCNY Scholarships Presentation
Pratt Scholarships Presentation
Pratt Scholarships Presentation
From left: Bob Esnard, AIA Bronx Secretary; Brian Zelnik, AIA Bronx Director; Jean Carlos Torres (recipient); Husan Ahmed (recipient); Sara Jazayeri, AIA Bronx President; Ofe Clarke, AIA Bronx Director
Bronx AIA Empowerment Scholarship Winners for 2022
The Bronx Chapter of the AIA is delighted to announce the winners of its first two $1,000 Scholarships for outstanding student achievement at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York. Congratulation to Isaac Corniel and Xavier Raymore for your hard work and dedication to the study of architecture.
2022 CCNY Winner: Isaac Corniel
I wanted to thank you for granting me the 2022 Bronx AIA Empowerment Award. It is truly an honor to receive this award. I know it will help me finish my academic career at SSA with more diligence, motivating me to maintain a positive work ethic in school.
Isaac Corniel
2022 CCNY Winner: Xavier Raymore
2022 CCNY Winner: Xavier Raymore
Thank you thank you! I am honoured by this achievement as it is my first scholarship award thus far. I am also eagerly looking forward to life after formal academia and the challenges/rewards that it's sure to bring. Thanks again and I will see you guys in April.
Xavier Raymore