Mass Timber Project by MSU Architecture Student Places in International Design Competition
A Mississippi State architecture student, Paulina Fernandez, was recently named a finalist in the 2025 Timber Design Competition at the Timber Construction Conference in Pretoria, South Africa.
Fernandez, a senior architecture major from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, placed ninth out of 130 entries from nine universities across the world for her project HALO: A Haven of Eternal Rest.
Her project began during her spring architecture studio, led by Associate Professor Jacob Gines, the MSU’s Mississippi Lumber Manufacturers Association Endowed Professor in Innovative Wood Construction and Design.
Fernandez said she was excited about the studio, which includes a mass timber project, because she had done research on forestry and wood when serving as the school’s Method Studio Undergraduate Research Fellow in 2023, also under Gines.
Author's summary: MSU student wins international design competition with mass timber project.