Nippon Paint Pakistan announced the winners of 'Asia Young Designer Award' (AYDA) at an event held here at a local hotel recently who will be participating in an international competition to be held in Indonesia. The competition was first launched in 2008 by Nippon Paint Malaysia, with the aim to inspire architectural students to be more innovative, and to motivate them to a higher degree of professionalism.
For the year 2016, 15 countries across Asia participated in AYDA including Philippines, Singapore, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, China, Japan, Hong Kong (China), Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, and Pakistan.
Acknowledging the abundance of talent in the creative industry and in an attempt to give back to the society through investing in the future of young architectural students, AYDA was launched by Nippon Paint Pakistan during the year 2016.
The jury for the competition included renowned architects from Lahore including Raza Ali Dada, managing partner at Nayyer Ali Dada & Associates, Raza Ali Khan from Wasif Ali & Associates and Rashid Rasheed, owner of SR Design Works.