Lead Dušan 2021 - competition results

The Society of Architecture Students at the Faculty of Architecture, CTU in Prague, organized the twenty-eighth edition of the Olověný Dušan competition this year for the best architectural and design projects at the faculty. The theme of this year's edition – without borders – stemmed from the shift of the competition to the online environment and the resulting opportunity to engage jurors from abroad. The international jury shared their experiences with students and the broader public in accompanying lectures that preceded the actual announcement of the results. This took place on March 4, 2021, at the Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning.



The aim of the competition is to provide a critical perspective on faculty education. As every year, the independent professional jury awarded the best projects and studios in the categories of architecture, including the fields of Architecture and Urbanism and Landscape Architecture, and design, including the field of Industrial Design. All students of the faculty who submitted a semester studio project automatically participated in the competition.
In response to the feedback received from last year's edition, we decided to change the concept of the Olověný Dušan announcement. In order to allow greater connection between the jury and students, we moved away from the elitist concept of the competition focused on a formal gala evening and instead aimed to create a more friendly event that provides space for sharing practical experiences from the jury, which has much to offer the students.
We hoped that the situation would allow us to organize this lecture day on campus, but the COVID period was not conducive to our idea. Nonetheless, we embraced the shift of the competition to the online environment as a challenge and an opportunity to invite architects and designers from abroad to the jury, who are no longer limited by the need to come to Prague in person. This year's Olověný Dušan was online and had no borders. The actual announcement of the winners was preceded by short lectures prepared for students and the wider public by the international jury, which can be viewed on the event's Facebook page. The background for the final announcement of the results was generously provided by the Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning of the Prague Institute of Planning and Development, from where the event was live-streamed. This allowed for the continuation of the previous collaboration between the Society of Architecture Students and CAMP.

Architecture Category
The jury for the architecture category included Filip Dias (stu.dere / Portugal), Benjamin Iborra (Mesura / Spain), Rozálie Kašparová (IPR Prague), Marek Obtulovič (ODDO architects / Vietnam), and Andrej Olah (Grau Architects / Slovakia). The jury nominated two landscape-oriented studios for the shortlist, and the Olověný Dušan award from this pair was won by the Salzmann | Bečvářová studio, which is only in its second year at the school. From the ten nominated individual projects, the statuette was awarded to Jan Trpkoš, who dealt with the Plasy landscape in his winning work.

Nominated studios – architecture:

Salzmann | Bečvářová (City of Písek – Na Trubách, Stará plaská cesta, železný újezd – V úličkách), winner
Sitta | Chmelová (Prague Vinoř – urban spaces and landscape, Roztoky near Prague – Zámecký dvůr, Prague – park Horská, Velké Březno – ceremony site)

Nominated individuals – architecture:

Kateřina Beránková, Anežka Vonášková – Re(vize) krajiny (Studio Salzmann | Bečvářová)
Filip Gjorgiev – Water, wine and contemplation (Studio Hanson)

Jan Holeček – Stará plaská cesta (Studio Salzmann | Bečvářová)

Jakub Hudeček – Vyšehradská stráň (Studio Kolařík)

Anna Laubová – Roman Catholic Church in Prague-Holešovice (Studio Rothbauer)

Diana Lučková – Vinořská promenáda (Studio Sitta | Chmelová)

Daniela Pisingerová, David Lašek – Chebská nábřeží (Studio Redčenkov | Danda)
Karolína Spálenská – From Prague to Stará Boleslav (Studio Sitta | Chmelová)

Jan Trpkoš – Troj.(o)ko.lí (Studio Salzmann | Bečvářová)

Adam Zajaček – Expansion of Supermarket WC (Studio Hájek)

Design Category
In the jury for the design category sat Simon Busse (Germany), Iza Rutkowska (Poland), and the duo Adam Tureček + Kristina Ambrozová (AAKK Forever). They jointly nominated two studios, of which the winner was the Fišer | Nezpěváková studio, which this semester focused on designing objects created by 3D concrete printing technology and the design of seating furniture for the Andreu World International Design Contest 2020. As the winning individual project in the design category, the jury selected Rope_ky – shoes made from a single piece of rope, created by student Tadeáš Cienciala.

Nominated studios – design:

Fišer | Nezpěváková (Andreu World International Design Contest 2020: Design of a chair or table in sustainable design), winner

Streit | Polák (Wristwatches, Recycled climbing wall ropes)

Nominated individuals – design:

Tadeáš Cienciala – Rope_ky (Studio Streit | Polák), winner

Bianka Hudáková – Groove (Studio Fišer | Nezpěváková)

Karolína Petřeková – Public WC (Studio Fišer | Nezpěváková)

Tereza Plšková – Disks Astron Martin Superleggera (Studio Jaroš | Bednář)
Klára Vinklárková – Smart Grow (Studio Jaroš | Bednář)

Lectures by the jury, winning projects, and more information about the competition and the Society of Architecture Students can be found here.