Two young architects have received the first prizes from ProCon Leicestershire’s Pam Allardice Bursary.
The bursary was created in honour of ProCon co-founder and chair of 20 years Pam Allardice, who died in 2020.
It was established last year to celebrate the contribution Pam made to the property and construction scene, with the money raised at last year’s Leicestershire ProCon Awards.
Three ProCon judges – Sarah Grocock from rg+p, Alfie Simons from Corporate Architecture and Andrew Smith from Leicester City Council – assessed the work of graduating Year 3 and Year 2 students at this summer’s De Montfort University art and design degree show.
All five contenders – Emy Anil, Jack Holt, Adam Lambert, Samuel Mcleod and Joe Shadrick – impressed the judges with their thinking and creativity.
The winner was Adam Lambert, 20, from Oxford, who designed a new centre for designer makers in Leicester’s Cultural Quarter, calling it the Leicester Creative Display Hub.
Adam’s concept sought to provide crafts-people with exposure to the public and to other cultural organisations to provide new opportunities for their work.
Sarah, who chairs the steering committee of ProCon’s Emerging Talent membership, said: “All the students made our judging extremely difficult. We had a lot of debate as we studied their projects.”
Andrew Smith, Leicester City Council’s director of planning transportation and economic development, said: “Adam’s was a really great response to the site’s context and about how people would use the spaces.”
Adam, who wins £250, said: “I’m delighted. I was nervous before but really feel like my hard work has paid off. I’m very proud of winning.”
The other £250 prize was awarded to Year 2 student Rob Dargue, whose project ‘Grow’ centred on an older people’s day care community centre in Beaumont Leys.
Rob envisaged a building that had minimal visual impact, with views through to the surrounding hedges and a collective garden where older residents can keep active and come together more strongly as a community.
Kate Cheyne, DMU head of school of art, design, architecture, said: “ProCon offered our students a wonderful opportunity to present their projects to an external panel of practitioners.
“The discussion of the shortlisted individual projects that emerged gave the students a refreshing insight as to how their ideas are received by our industry.
“They all gained much from this experience, and it has increased their confidence as they go out into practice.”
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