RGU architecture student receives industry commendation for Mirrored Pavilion

5An architecture student at Robert Gordon University has been awarded a commendation at the prestigious American Institute of Architects UK Excellence in Design Awards 2017.

Lucy Fisher, a fourth year student at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, designed the Mirrored Pavilion – an iconic information centre which became a focal point of the 2016 Look Again Festival in Aberdeen.

The Festival aims to challenge residents and visitors saw the North-east city and encouraged people to take time to look at the places and spaces around them with a fresh pair of eyes.

Lucy’s design aimed to capture this spirit by the use of a reflective surface which would reflect the city’s architecture while becoming a contemporary form in itself.



Lucy Fisher with RGU Principal Ferdinand von Prondzynski
Lucy Fisher with RGU Principal Ferdinand von Prondzynski

She said: “It is amazing to have received this commendation from the AIA as it recognises the huge amount of work put in by myself and two fellow students, as well as our lecturers at RGU, in developing the design, exploring the materials and preparing drawings for the creation of the Pavilion.

“The Mirrored Pavilion became a piece of artwork in itself and was more of a success than we ever could have imagined and the public really engaged with it – the mirrors even provided a distorted reflection which gave a new perspective on some of the city’s iconic granite architecture.”


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