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The competition, which had over 200 entries, was themed 鈥楨veryday Utopia鈥� and held at Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. Liangi鈥檚 3D-rendered drawing is entitled 鈥楥inderella鈥檚 Lost Shoe鈥� and illustrates a magic realist fairy tale novel she is currently writing, set in Athens in the near future.

She says: 鈥淭he story starts with the colours of Athens being taken away, and any implication of a colourful thing, in an object or in light, being forbidden. This scene is in the Aegean sea, where Fisounos, the fish guard of the animal prisons, is dragging the colourful animals of Athens away from the city. Cinderella's lost shoe is also imprisoned, as it is a classic fairy tale allegorical object referring to escape from a place of despair. It is dangerous, as it is made of glass聽and by reflecting the sunlight it has the potential to make a rainbow.鈥�

The judges, architects Moon Hoon, Trine Berthold and Torben Nielsen, praised the drawing鈥檚 energy and skill, observing that in it, 鈥溾��the everyday utopia is a quest 鈥� removed from society and normality to follow a dream.鈥� First prize went to Charles Weinberg and Shai Ben Ami from Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Israel; and second to Richard Morrison from the University of Westminster.

About Ifigenia Liangi

Ifigenia Liangi received her MArch Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 2) at The Bartlett and is undertaking a PhD focusing on Architecture and Magic Realism. She currently teaches design to Year 1 students on the BSc Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 1) programme. Her films and drawings have been exhibited widely at venues including the RIBA, European Commission headquarters in London, and Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark.