In memory of Professor Yasuhiko Hangai (Japan, 1942-1998), a very active member of the IASS and its Executive Council, and in accordance with his career-long encouragement for young people, the Hangai Prize recognizes talented young researchers, designers, engineers and architects working in the field of shell and spatial structures. This recognition is achieved by selecting outstanding submissions to the Annual IASS Symposium in the form of research papers, résumés of design projects, or innovative ideas.
Hangai Prize Medal Winners IASS 2024:
Paper 72: Hiroki Awaji and Kosuke Akita: “Verification of Flexible Cable-net Formwork Method for GFRC Panel Manufacturing Using Structural and Physical Optimization“
Paper 217: Seri Nishimoto and Tomohiro Tachi: “Transformable Surface Mechanisms based on Bending-active Scissors Structures»
Paper 61: Guusje Ubachs, Christopher Noble, Balduino Del Principe and Richard Lawson: “Walking on eggshells: Innovative methods to justify reuse of a historic thin shell roof at Smithfield Poultry Market“
Paper 572: Elena Shilova and Nicolo Bencini “A Framework for Structural Design of Topological Interlocking Flat Vaults.”
For more information, please check the Hangai Prize website
Eligibility
To be considered, papers must not only be submitted to the annual symposium but also be explicitly entered into the Hangai Prize Contest. Papers that have previously been submitted for publication in the Journal of the IASS are not eligible for entry in the Hangai Prize competition.
To be eligible for the prize, the applicant need not be a member of the IASS but must:
- be under the age of 30 at the end of the calendar year of the Annual Symposium,
- be the primary contributor of the research, the project, or the idea presented and as such, be the first or sole author of the abstract and the paper,
- follow the procedures established by the Annual Symposium for the submission of a contribution, including the submission of an abstract by the specified date,
- upload a full-paper manuscript and the completed Hangai Prize entry form to the symposium upload website by the established deadline, and
- if selected as a winner, attend the Symposium to present the paper in a plenary session and to receive the prize.