THE UNIVERSITY of Reading will be represented at a national final later this year, after an architecture student’s cutting edge design won plaudits at a regional awards ceremony.
Ellie Pascoe, who studies architecture at Reading, was one of three budding stars to win the South East regional Women in Property National Student Awards in May.
Her submission, a concept for a live-work space for an imagined creative designer repurposing leftover festival tents, was described by the judges as having ‘very strong graphics’ and being ‘very engaging and thoroughly researched’.
Of her creation, Ellie said: “Sustainability is a big priority at Reading so I wanted to include this theme in my design. My project was based on an infill site in central Reading and featured floors suspended from a network of multicoloured cables.”
She will represent the south east at the national final in London on September 21.
Reading was also represented at the regional ceremony by second-year construction and management student Jessia Collins, who received the Chancellor’s Award in her first year for achieving the highest grade on her course.
She submitted a presentation based on the installation of fire safety systems within a proposed floor plan for a high-end hotel building located in Helsinki, Finland.
Jessica said: “It was great to represent the University alongside Ellie and I hope we made our lecturers and coursemates proud.”
