Last February 11, 2022, Nippon Paint AYDA PH announced its winners through Zoom and Facebook Live. Mr. Michael Francisco, Nippon Paint Deputy General Manager, along with the distinguished renowned architects & interior designers in the country judged the finalists, and awarded the winners for Gold and Silver in each category – Architecture and Interior Design.
With more than 1,000 participants from different interior design and architecture schools, 20 candidates were shortlisted as finalist. 4 out of the 20 emerged as victors bagging the Silver and Gold categories. The finalists bagged Php 10,000 in prizes while Silver awardees took home Php 30,000 and Gold awardees won Php 50,000 each.
Moira Kayla Ramiro of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde won the coveted Gold Award in Interior Design at AYDA2021 with the guidance of her mentor IDr. Candice Arboleda! In few months time, she will represent the Philippines in the regional summit to compete against other Gold Awardees from all participating AYDA countries.
Nuri Hong, a student of De La Salle – College of St. Benilde, bagged the Silver award in the Interior Design Category.
Other special awardees in this category includes the following:
- Best Green Innovation Award – Kizzie Marie Pacaro of the University of San Carlos
- Best Colour Choice Award – Mary Margareth Calvo of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
- People’s Choice Award – Moira Kayla G. Ramiro of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
- Best Mentor Award – IDr. Candice Arboleda
- Best College/University Award – De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
- Best Supporting College/University Award – University of Santo Tomas
Karen Joy Robines of the University of Mindanao stood out above the predominantly male category and is the Gold Award winner in Architecture. With the guidance of her mentor Ar. Matias Baring and the regional coaches, she is looking forward for the stern test while planning to have a stellar performance at the regional summit later this year.
Other special awardees in this category includes the following:
- Best Green Innovation Award – John Gabriel D. Espiritu of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde
- Best Colour Choice Award – Fitzgerald E. Eyas of Ateneo de Davao University
- People’s Choice Award – Juan Paulo C. Aguilar of the Technological Institute of the Philippines – Quezon City
- Best Mentor Award – Arch. Matias Baring
- Best College/University Award – University of Mindanao
- Best Supporting College/University Award – Bulacan State University
This year, AYDA PH’s theme entitled FORWARD: AMPLIFYING EMPATHY THROUGH DESIGN focused on providing not only a framework for the hardware aspects of space; the participants were also required to think about how people would interact with the software of the space. It was evident that there was a massive paradigm shift from constructing a building to developing a city for communities. The focus of design has awakened aesthetics to a deeper level of emotional understanding for the needs of the people. Designers were required to make essential decisions to maximize the commercial value while protecting the important aspects of nature.
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Congratulations to all the winners. You all deserve the award! I wish we can win in the regionals!