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NJIT Students Win CADDIE Awards

For the third time in four years, a student from the School of Architecture placed first in the CADDIE Awards program. The international awards, sponsored by Cadalyst magazine, honoring excellence in design visualization using industry-leading Autodesk software is given annually in a variety of categories ­ from practicing professionals to independent artists to graduate and undergraduate students ­ for both animations and still images.

Jaime Laga won first prize in the full-time undergraduate student still image division of the 1999 CADDIE Awards program for her entry, titled "Prototypical Children's Library for the Information Age." Jesus H. Mones won third prize for his entry, titled "Maritime Museum on the Thames River."

Laga's entry, a series of five images created in an upper-level design studio taught by Glenn Goldman, professor of
architecture, contains a variety of play and work areas with custom-designed furniture and equipment. Parts, reminiscent of toy components which can be pre-manufactured and assembled on-site, are designed to build the entire building.

Mones' project was the design of an open-air museum, adjacent to the Tower of London, for the display of historic sailing ships. Thedesign included public gardens, restaurants, retail shops and an outdoor theater. M. Stephen Zdepski, associate professor of architecture, was the design critic for the Maritime Museum project.

The awards were announced in the August 1999 issue of Cadalyst magazine and exhibited at ACM/SIGGRAPH '99, in Los Angeles.

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