The American Society of Interior Designers is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 ASID Student Design Competition: SHELTER.

The SHELTER competition challenged interior design students to envision mass care emergency shelter needs in the aftermath of a man-made tragedy or natural disaster such as Hurricane Sandy. The project called for developing insightful and creative concepts that considered ways existing, vacant buildings can be temporarily converted into shelters. Participants conducted needs assessments and rigorously researched design solutions that met code requirements and specified locations for sanitation, electrical power, technology interfaces, food, water and supplies. Most importantly, proposed designs need to accommodate a potentially large number of disparate individuals.

WINNER: Sarah Wadding, Student ASID – Anderson University
Honorable Mentions: Yating Chang – Parsons The New School for Design | Xie Xin – Virginia Tech | Xuan Liu, Student ASID – Virginia Commonwealth University

GO HERE to view their projects and learn more about the students and the competition.