Winner: Danny Brookes
Jury Citation
Daniel Brookes, University of Adelaide.
Danny Brookes has an outstanding record of achievement in leadership, community, education and publication. He demonstrates leadership through his roles in SONA locally and nationally, is the representative for undergraduate students on the Faculty of Professions board and is an advocate for design on the University of Adelaide’s Student Reference Group for development on campus. He has initiated a number of built projects in 2010 in collaboration with the university’s Student Union, SRC leaders, staff from property and marketing departments, and architecture students across year levels. He instigated the “consultation wall” library installation, working with other students over holidays to design a construction hoarding that would allow students to give feedback on architecture.
Working within a tight budget and state heritage constraints, Brookes also involved students from the School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in the design and refurbishment of a former cafe space on campus. This project was so successful that other spaces on campus are being considered for student-led design refurbishment. Danny has also been involved in publication, writing and designing for the student magazine On Dit and for the architecture journal Place SA. He has been actively involved in the teaching and mentoring of other students.
As well as these significant contributions to student life, Brookes is an excellent scholar across the discipline. The quality, range and effectiveness of his endeavours speak also of the strength of his interest in architecture, and this prize in particular wishes to celebrate and acknowledge this aspect.
Brookes is a most deserving winner of the 2011 Student Prize for the Advancement of Architecture, and we wish him the best in the future, and give him every encouragement in maintaining and developing his contributions to architecture.
Jury - Brian Zulaikha (chair), Prof. Des Smith, Stephen Ward, Jannette Le.
