John P. Eberhard Student Design Competition

We proudly present the top projects that illustrate how architecture can significantly impact human experiences.
The Eberhard Student Design Competition, named after an ANFA founder, invited students worldwide to design a community center inspired by ANFA’s headquarters at the Salk Institute campus designed by Louis Kahn in La Jolla, California, USA. The goal was to connect neuroscience and architecture, encouraging designs that improve quality of life.
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Winners

1st Prize

Spectral Pathways: Center for Neuro-Architecture

Team LETS: Emily Ely, Laurenne Ross, Troy Neves

2nd Prize

ARCHITECTURE AND MEMORY

Team Bezerkeley: Eliot Park, Ezra Levitch, Jacquline Zhao, Romi Sadlik

3rd Prize

COMMUNITY CENTER

Guadalajara Dreamteam: Jaime Saldaña Guevara, Francisco Alejandro Lara Bernal, Isaac Alejandro Hernández

Honorable Mentions

Undergraduate

ROOTS OF KNOWLEDGE

Team ARCADA: Daria Shell, Radmir Valeev, Artem Sultanov, Ksenia Egorova

Undergraduate

Layered Simplicity

Jade Jimenez: Norwich University

Interior Design

Waves of Tranquility

Yolanda Turnip

Interior Design

NeuroHORIZON

Sherry Li and Irene Kwon: Parsons School of Design

Judges

Thomas D. Albright, PhD

Professor and Director
Vision Center Laboratory
Conrad T. Prebys Chair in Vision Research
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Isabella Bower

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
(Justice and Society)
University of South Australia

Elisabetta Canepa, PhD

Architect and Researcher
Department of Cognitive Science
University of California, San Diego

Miranda Diaz

Executive Coordinator
World Design Capital
San Diego Tijuana 2024

Megan A. Doczi, PhD.

Chair, Department of Biology
Neuroscience Program Coordinator
Professor
Norwich University

Sarah Williams Goldhagen

Author, Architecture Critic

Sarah Robinson

Architect, Writer, Educator