2021 Design Challenge Results
2021 Design Challenge Grand Winners: University of Oregon & Northwestern University
For the first time, Design Challenge winners were recognized along with Build Challenge winners during the Solar Decathlon Competition Event, April 15-18, 2021. The students from 63 Finalist Teams represented 58 collegiate institutions during the 2021 Design Challenge.
A detailed list of the winners is below. Congratulations to all the teams!
2021 Design Challenge Grand Winners
- Commercial Divisions, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- Residential Divisions, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
2021 Design Challenge Division Winners
Suburban Single-Family Housing Division
- 1st place, Ferris State University (Big Rapids, Michigan)
- 2nd place, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, Missouri)
- 3rd place, Appalachian State University (Boone, North Carolina)
Urban Single-Family Housing Division
- 1st place, Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
- 2nd place, The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
- 3rd place, Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
Attached Housing Division
- 1st place, Marywood University (Scranton, Pennsylvania)
- 2nd place, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Mumbai, India)
- 3rd place, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)
Mixed-Use Multifamily Building Division
- 1st place, The University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada)
- 2nd place, The University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
- 3rd place, University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri)
Elementary School Division
- 1st place, University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
- 2nd place, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada)
- 3rd place, Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana)
Office Building Division
- 1st place, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia)
- 2nd place, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada)
- 3rd place, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Retail Building Division
- 1st place, Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois)
- 2nd place, Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- 3rd place, Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology (India)