2022 Fitzgibbon Charrette
2022-03-16 • Sam Fox School
Students and faculty gather in studio for the 2022 Fitzgibbon Charrette. Photo: Whitney Curtis.
Twenty-seven Sam Fox School juniors and seniors in architecture participated in the annual Fitzgibbon Charrette—which centers on a one-day sketch problem—on February 26.
This year’s charrette was moderated by Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, founders of the experimental architecture and design firm Oyler Wu Collaborative as well as members of the design faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc). This year’s prompt asked teams of three to four students to create “a puzzling architectural assembly” using a combination of architectural and industrial parts, taken from two to three previous architectural studio projects, as well as the assigned tool model. Deliverables included an axonometric rendering of the overall architectural assembly, as well as a set of instructions that demonstrated the assemblies sequence for the architectural elements.
Winners of the 2022 Fitzgibbon Charrette
AEA-09, first place entry by Zhaosen (Aaron) Luo, Beichen (Eric) Wang, and Ange Long.
Chain Reaction, first place entry by Natsuko Nozaki, Justin (Ziggy) Ziegelmueller, Kevin Gao, and Eric Kim
BLOBLO, honorable mention entry by Chuchu Qi, Angela (Wenqi) Lai, and Mic (Yuchuan) Ma.
Lawnowal Composition, honorable mention entry by Jiaxing (Robert) Tian, Allen (Yilang) Liang, Yuwei Yang, and Guorun (Ryan) Yang.
Students working in studio during the charrette. Photo: Whitney Curtis.
A student working in studio during the charrette. Photo: Whitney Curtis.
Students gather in Steinberg Hall Gallery to present their work. Photo: Whitney Curtis.
Students gather in Steinberg Hall Gallery to present their work. Photo: Whitney Curtis.
First place (tie, $1,500)
AEA-09: Zhaosen (Aaron) Luo, Beichen (Eric) Wang, and Ange Long
First place (tie, $1,500)
Chain Reaction: Natsuko Nozaki, Justin (Ziggy) Ziegelmueller, Kevin Gao, and Eric Kim
Honorable Mention ($500)
BLOBLO: Chuchu Qi, Angela (Wenqi) Lai, and Mic (Yuchuan) Ma
Honorable Mention ($500)
Lawnowal Composition: Jiaxing (Robert) Tian, Allen (Yilang) Liang, Yuwei Yang, and Guorun (Ryan) Yang
View the Lecture Recording
Recording of Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu’s Fitzgibbon Charrette Kickoff Lecture on February 25, 2022.