On 22 November 2017 the Van Hove Prize was awarded. The jury, consisting of Belgians and foreigners, nominated 17 designs, including the Van Hove Prize (worth € 3,000) and also gave honorable mentions worth € 2,000.

5 graduates from the Faculty of Architecture were nominated and 3 of them ended up in the top 5 with an honorable mention! Aaron Swartjes, laureate of the international Master of Architecture received the second honorable mention ex aquo for his graduation project ‘Collective Patchwork, Patchwork Collectivity‘

Congratulations to::

– Hervé Beel (nomination)
– Rani De Backer (nomination)
– Sylvie Cosyns (first honorable mention ex aequo)
– Sylvia Roelens (second honorable mention ex aequo)
– Aaron Swartjes (second honorable mention ex aquo)

In 1982, the UPA-BUA organized the Van Hove award (which is named after the president-founder) for the first time. The prize is awarded to a graduating design and is open to all students who obtain a degree in architecture or architecture-engineering at a Belgian faculty of architecture, during the academic year of the price.

More info on https://upa-bua-arch.be/nl/activiteiten/van-hove-prijs-2017