Hayes presents 2015 Third Level Student Wood Awards
Tom Hayes, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for forestry last night presented the 2015 Third Level Student Wood Awards in the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin.
The Minister stressed the importance of innovation in the forest sector and emphasizing the value of the Awards, Minister Hayes said, “the Student Wood Awards is much more than a competition rewarding design and creativity on the part of our third level students. The Awards are also a showcase for Irish timber and Irish forestry”.
The Minister of State outlined the investment by the State in the development of forestry over the last number of decades and, referring to the rollout of the new Forestry Programme 2014-2020, which involves a total investment of €482 million over its lifetime to the continued development of forestry, commenting “While the State continues to play its part in the development of forestry and landowners commit their land to the planting of new forest, it is also important to develop the uses of that timber to ensure continuity of demand for the timber - hence the importance of innovation.”.
The Third Level Student Wood Awards is an annual competition organised by the Wood Marketing Federation which is open to third level students of architecture, engineering, design and innovation in Ireland who incorporate wood as an inherent element in their projects. Coillte is the main sponsor with additional funding provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine via COFORD and the Society of Irish Foresters. This year’s Awards were divided into five categories – timber and engineering in construction; architecture; design; innovation, and craft/fabrication.
The list of categories and winners are as follows;
|
Category |
Winner |
College |
Title |
|
Architecture |
Liam Farrelly |
UCD |
Lifecycle: A Timber Framework |
|
Engineering |
Graham Watson |
Queens University Belfast |
Timber Composite Floor Cassettes |
|
Design |
Stuart Hayes |
DIT |
Incognito - An Occasional Table |
|
Innovation |
Sean Burns |
Galway-Mayo IT Letterfrack College |
Furniture Design & Manufacturing |
|
Craft/Fabrication |
Barry Flanagan |
Bray Institute of Further Education |
Scaffold Furniture |
Minister of State Hayes concluded his speech by expressing his hope “that this new Programme of measures will encourage landowners to consider forestry as a viable and profitable land use option. Competitions such as the Student Wood Awards showcase new and innovative possibilities for the timber that today’s forests will produce.”
Date Released: 03 July 2015
Legal Disclaimer:
EIN Presswire provides this news content "as is" without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the author above.
