Câștigătorul Premiului European pentru Spațiul Public Urban, în premieră la București, la conferința internațională de arhitectură RIFF și Gala Romanian Building Awards

Câştigătorul Premiului European pentru Spaţiul Public Urban, arhitectul polonez Robert Konieczny va fi prezent în perioada 31 octombrie – 1 noiembrie la Bucureşti, cu prilejul conferinţei internaţionale de arhitectură RIFF şi a Galei RBA – Romanian Building Awards, evenimente organizate de asociaţia culturală ProEvent şi Ordinul Arhitecţilor din România. În competiţie au concurat 276 de proiecte care ţin de crearea, recuperarea sau îmbunătăţirea spaţiilor publice urbane din 205 oraşe şi 33 de ţări din Europa. România a înscris 8 proiecte de amenajare a spaţiului public urban din Baia Mare, Brăila, Bucureşti, Cluj, Timişoara.

Arhitectul polonez Robert Konieczny vine în premieră la Bucureşti. Invitat de onoare la Gala Romanian Building Awards (RBA) ce se va desfăşura pe 31 octombrie, Konieczny se va întâlni pe 1 noiembrie cu arhitecţii români în conferința RIFF, unde prezintă proiectul câştigător în competiţia European Prize for Urban Public Space (Premiul European pentru Spaţiul Public Urban) 2016. 

Noul Centru pentru Dialog "Przełomy" situat în Piaţa Solidarităţii din orașul polonez Szczecin este dezvoltat pe o suprafaţă totală de 9.577 m2 iar valoarea investiţiei este de 6.202.500 €. Juriul Premiului European pentru Spaţiul Public Urban a apreciat în mod deosebit această intervenţie pentru complexitatea ei, proiectul fiind compus dintr-un muzeu, un spaţiu memorial şi o piaţă într-un oraş distrus în mare parte de cel de- Al doilea Război Mondial. 

Premiul European pentru Spaţiul Public Urban pune accent pe dimensiunea politică şi socială a arhitecturii, promovând un model urban în care dimensiunea comunitară, spaţiile deschise şi participarea cetăţenilor primează, în încercarea de a surprinde în egală măsură specificitatea locală, dar şi o anumită identitate europeană. Premiul I al ediţiei 2016 a fost acordat ex-aequo proiectului lui Robert Konieczny, Centrul pentru Dialog “Przełomy” din Piaţa Solidarność, ce aparţine Muzeului Naţional din Szczecin, şi proiectului de reabilitare a sistemului de irigaţii din localitatea spaniolă Caldes de Montbui. 

Robert Konieczny a absolvit "Silesian University of Technology" din Gliwice şi în 1996 a obţinut certificatul de arhitectură de la Institutul Tehnologic din New Jersey. În 1999 a pus bazele studioului de arhitectură KWK Promes şi în 2007 a fost inclus pe lista celor mai buni 44 de tineri arhitecţi din lume, publicat de "Scalae". Revista "Wallpaper" l-a inclus în topul cele mai interesante 101 studiouri de arhitectură din lume. Deţine şi premiul acordat de Ministrul Culturii din Polonia pentru realizări deosebite în domeniul arhitecturii, fiind al doilea arhitect care obţine o astfel de recunoaştere. În 2012 a devenit expert independent pentru Fundaţia Mies van der Rohe, fiind de-a lungul anilor nominalizat de 8 ori la Premiul European al Fundaţiei Mies van der Rohe. Este deţinător al prestigiosului premiu Casa Anului 2006, Casa Aatrial caştigând titlul de cel mai bun proiect de locuinţe în concursul organizat de World Architecture News. Anul 2008 i-a adus premiul "Europe 40 under 40" iar în acelaşi an juriul internațional al Muzeului de Arhitectură şi Design din Chicago a pus proiectele sale "Aatrial House" și "Hidden House" pe lista celor mai bune case din lume. În anul 2009 "Safe House" a fost în finala World Architecture Festival Awards 2009 iar "OUTrial House" a fost proiect finalist al Premiilor LEAF 2009 la Berlin pentru designul inovator.

Conferinţa RIFF București face parte din seria conferinţelor internaţionale de arhitectură organizate de asociaţia culturală ProEvent şi ABplus Events, alături de conferințele INGLASS, LAUD, GIS şi CONTRACTOR realizate în România, Ungaria şi Polonia, în parteneriat cu Ordinul Arhitecţilor din România, Camera Arhitecţilor din Polonia (IARP) si Camera Arhitecţilor din Ungaria (MEK). Detalii pe www.share-architects.com

Apelul de proiecte pentru ROMANIAN BUILDING AWARDS (RBA) - Premiile Naţionale pentru Spaţiul Public Construit se va lansa pe 1 septembrie. Proiectele depuse online pe site-ul www.rba.share-architects.com între 1 septembrie şi 15 octombrie 2016 vor fi analizate de un juriu internaţional. Sunt eligibile proiecte cu potenţial de a deveni parte din patrimoniul naţional, ce evidenţiază tri-ul creativ arhitect, constructor, beneficiar, pentru creşterea calităţii spaţiului construit în România.

Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric / Open CALL Concurs de eseuri Discursuri Critice

București, 11 Martie 2016 – Recunoscut ca unul dintre cele mai ample evenimente din regiune, Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric revine în această toamnă cu a doua ediție având ca temă centrală «Drifting». Promotorul evenimentului – Fundația Arhitext Design  și juriul prezidat de teoreticianul în arhitectură Alberto Pérez-Gómez, așteaptă înregistrările la open call-ul Concursului de eseuri Discursuri Critice (unul dintre principalele trei module ale trienalei) până pe 14 Martie a.c.

Concursul urmărește să evidențieze idei și formatori de opinie, să contureze concepte originale și provocatoare și, de asemeni, să promoveze exemplele de bună calitate în arhitectură. Concursul de eseuri își propune să stimuleze și să promoveze discursul critic în arhitectură ca o necesitate fundamentală pentru arhitectura de bună calitate și pentru deschiderea către și dialogul cu publicul larg. Acestea reprezintă, de altfel, elementele structurante ale întregii Trienale.

După înscrierea conceptului eseului prin înregistrarea la open call până la data de 14 martie, participanții pot transmite eseurile complete până pe 20 aprilie.

Eseurile nominalizate vor fi prezentate de către autorii lor în cadrul Trienalei, oferindu-li-se astfel șansa de a-și expune și de a-și susține propriile idei în cadrul primei Trienale de Arhitectură din Europa Centrală și de Est, precum și de a interacționa cu oameni de cultură, arhitecți, critici de arhitectură etc. prezenți la eveniment. Participanții pot fi studenți, critici de artă sau arhitectură, profesori, filosofi, teoreticieni, sociologi, arhitecți, urbaniști, designeri cu aplecare către teorie etc., care pot realiza un eseu critic despre arhitectura țărilor din Europa Centrală și de Est* (o țară, mai multe țări sau întreaga regiune). Nu există restricții privind vârsta, formația profesională sau naționalitatea. Participanții trebuie să fie disponibili să participe la Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric pe 1 și 2 octombrie 2016 pentru a-și susține eseurile, în situația în care se află printre nominalizați.

*Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia Herțegovina, Bulgaria, Croația, Republica Cehia, Cipru, Estonia, Germania, Grecia, Kosovo, Letonia, Lituania, Macedonia, Republica Moldova, Muntenegru, Polania, România, Rusia, Serbia, Slovacia, Slovenia, Turcia, Ucraina, Ungaria

Președintele juriului:  
Alberto Pérez-Gómez

Membri juriului:
Luigi Pintacuda – Italia (câștigătorul primei ediții a Trienalei)
Marko Sančanin – Croația
Arpad Zachi – România (directorul Trienalei)
Ana Maria Zahariade – România

Printre nominalizații și câștigătorii ediției anterioare a Concursului de eseuri Discursuri Critice din cadrul Trienalei de Arhitectură East Centric se numără profesori, studenți, critici de artă, curatori precum:

Tomislav Pavelić – Croația / Luigi Pintacuda – Italia /  Armina Pilav – Bosnia Herțegovina / Alina Hughes – Marea Britanie / Hans Ibelings – Olanda / Katalin Tánczos – România / Dániel Vass – România / Andreea Movilă – România / Ramona Novicov – România

Eseurile lor au fost publicate într-un volum special, dedicat competiţiei.

Statement președinte juriu:

Arhitectura operează astăzi într-o lume condusă de instrumentalitatea tehnică, cea care şi-a multiplicat exponenţial posibilităţile de expresie formală. În timp ce media celebrează noutatea perpetuă, şi arhitectura supusă unor complexe geometrii de imagine ignoră în general relaţia vitală a clădirilor cu locurile şi valorile culturale. În absenţa reflectării unor asemenea valori, arhitectura apare ca solipsistă şi auto-referenţială: o formă de virtuozitate de interes numai pentru cei iniţiaţi. De aceea, cuvântul discursiv, ca formă a gândirii şi scrierii critice, ce pune mai degrabă întrebarea de ce? decât cum?, este astfel crucial în prezent pentru o practică semnificativă a arhitecturii. Aceasta nu este pur şi simplu o teorie ca metodologie, în vechiul sens, ci o reală filosofie a arhitecturii în tradiţia filosofiei practice a lui Aristotel, una care afirmă importanţa istoriei, şi care decurge din problematica, valorile şi obiceiurile care configurează mediul social.

Alberto Pérez-Gómez s-a născut în 1949 în Mexic. A absolvit Institutul Politehnic din Mexic ca inginer și arhitect și a urmat cursuri de istoria și teoria arhitecturii la Universitatea din Essex, unde a obținut doctoratul în 1979. În 1984 a câștigat premiul Alice Davis Hitchcock pentru cartea sa Architecture and the Crisis of Modern Science. A predat și a ținut conferințe la diferite școli de arhitectură din lume și a fost directorul Școlii de Arhitectură din cadrul Universității Carleton între anii 1983 și 1986. În prezent, este directorul programului de Istoria și Teoria arhitecturii la Universitatea McGill din Canada, unde este profesor de istoria și teoria arhitecturii, cu titlul Saidye Rosner Bronfman Proffesor. El este cunoscut ca un important teoretician al arhitecturii și un promotor al abordării fenomenologice în arhitectură. Împreună cu Stephen Parcell, este editorul seriei de cărți CHORA: Intervals in the Philosophy of Architecture. A publicat poezie în limba spaniolă.

Premii și recunoașteri:

Nominalizații vor primi premii în valoare totală de 2500 euro. 
Câștigătorul va primi de asemeni un premiu de 1000 euro. 
Toate eseurile selectate vor fi publicate în catalogul Trienalei.

Termenul limită pentru înscriere este 14 martie. 

Mai multe informații sunt disponibile pe www.east-centricarch.eu/triennale/open-call.

Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric este un proiect cultural necesar, menit să deschidă porțile pentru o colaborare cât mai strânsă între arhitecţii, teoreticienii, istoricii şi criticii de arhitectură din Europa Centrală şi de Est şi cei din întreaga lume, cu scopul prezentării și reprezentării lor publicului specializat și general. Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric susține și promovează discursul critic atât al practicienilor cât și al teoreticienilor, criticilor și istoricilor de arhitectură. Diferitele formate de acțiuni din cadrul Trienalei (expoziții, conferințe, dezbateri, competiții) conturează imaginea de ansamblu asupra multitudinii de discursuri existente în spațiul central-est european, discursuri particulare, dar cu elemente comune, care trebuie cunoscute pentru încurajarea creșterii calității arhitecturii din regiune.

Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric este structurată în trei module: Drifting Architecture (expoziție tematică de proiecte), Discursuri critice (concurs de eseuri), Premiile Arhitext East Centric (concurs de proiecte), însoţite de proiectul Agora Experiments (expoziție multimedia și workshop organizat în baza unui concurs internațional de idei).

Trienala de Arhitectură East Centric 2016 este organizată de Fundația Arhitext design – promotor și producător, împreună cu Ordinul Arhitecţilor din România – partener strategic principal şi Universitatea de Arhitectură şi Urbanism „Ion Mincu” - partener strategic.

Website-ul oficial al Trienalei de Arhitectură East Centric: www.east-centricarch.eu/triennale/

Pagina de facebook: www.facebook.com/EastCentricArchitectureTriennale

Hashtag: #ECATriennale2016

Contact: ecatriennale@gmail.com 

Cei cinci finalişti ai Premiilor Mies Van der Rohe 2015 au fost anunţaţi

Cei cinci finalişti ai Premiilor Mies Van der Rohe 2015 au fost anunţaţi: Muzeul de artă Ravensburg, Muzeul Maritim Danez, Crama Antinori, Filarmonica Szczecin şi Centrul Saw Swee Hock - London School of Economics.

• La data de 7 şi 8 mai vor avea loc conferinţele finaliştilor, vernisajul expoziţiei şi festivitatea de premiere.

• Proiectul românesc Urban Spaces al ADN BA a fost inclus pe lista scurtă a celor 40 de nominalizaţi la ediţia din 2015 a Premiilor Mies Van der Rohe. Despre proiect, mai multe în numărul 4/2014 al revistei Arhitext.

Comisia Europeană şi Fundació Mies van der Rohe au anunţat la conferinţa de presă ce a avut loc ieri la Europe House Londra cei cinci finalişti ce vor concura pentru premiul cal mare la ediţia 2015 a Premiului Uniunii Europene pentru Arhitectură Contemporană – Mies van der Rohe. Conferinţa a fost susţinută de Giovanna Carnevali, directorul Fundació Mies van der Rohe; Alessandro Senesi, directorul adjunct al proiectului Creative Europe al Comisiei Europene; Tony Chapman, membru al juriului ediţiei în curs.

Cei cinci finalişti:

1. Ravensburg Art Museum, Ravensburg, Germania
Birou: Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
Autori: Arno Lederer (IC), Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir şi Marc Oei (DE)

Fotografie © Roland Halbe


2. Danish Maritime Museum, Helsingør, DK
Birou: BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Autori: Bjarke Ingels şi David Zahle (DK)

Fotografie © Rasmus Hjortshoj


3. Antinori Winery, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Florenţa, Italia
Birou: Archea Associati
Autori: Giovanni Polazzi, Laura Andreini, Marco Casamonti şi Silvia Fabi (IT)

Fotografie © Pietro Savorelli


4. Philarmonic Hall Szczecin, Szczecin, Polonia
Birou: Barozzi / Veiga
Autori: Alberto Veiga (ES) şi Fabrizio Barozzi (IT)

Fotografie © Simon Menges


5. Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics, Londra, Marea Britanie
Birou: O’Donnell + Tuomey (IE)
Autori: Sheila O'Donnell, John Tuomey şi Willie Carey (IE)

Fotografie © Dennis Gilbert


În următoarele săptămâni, membrii juriului vor vizita cele cinci lucrări finaliste şi vor colecta informaţii direct de la utilizatorii acestora. La data de 7 mai, autorii îşi vor prezenta proiectele în cadrul unui eveniment deschis publicului interesat, ce va avea loc în Barcelona înainte ca juriul să desemneze un câştigător.

Pe 8 mai, laureaţii vor fi anunţaţi în cadrul unui eveniment ce va avea loc în pavilionul Mies van der Rohe din Barcelona. La aceeaşi dată va fi vernisată  şi expoziţia nominalizaţilor ediţiei 2015 în cadrul unui eveniment special organizat pentru recunoaşterea contribuţiei tuturor celor implicaţi în competiţie.

Contact:
Pentru Fundació Mies van der Rohe
Press: Mercedes Soler-Lluró, Gemma Pascual / ICE
On-line Press: Miriam Giordano, Silvia Pujalte / Labóh
E-mail: press@miesbcn.com
Tel.: +34 932151011

Pentru mai multe detalii:
http://www.miesarch.com
http://ec.europa.eu/culture

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“Arhitexturi” propune o abordare pluridisciplinara – libera si personala – a fenomenului contemporan de arhitectura, menita a identifica acele fire ale retelei, care ii dau consistenta si continuitate. Fire pe care demersul nostru incearca sa le intinda pentru a releva necesarele si consistentele legaturi, care exista sau pot exista intre “panzele” / texturile numite (demers, discurs si limbaj), pe de o parte, si intre diferitele domenii, pe de alta.
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The architect Ricardo Bofill receives award De Sica in Italy

The Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill was awarded the Vittorio De Sica architecture prize from the President the of Italy, Giorgio Napolitano, in a ceremony at the Quirinal Palace on the occasion of the National Day show in Italy.

These awards are given since 1975 to outstanding personalities from the arts, science and society, originally focused on the film world, they were initiated at the International Cinema Meetings in Sorrento.

In this category were awarded the Italian actors Claudio Bisio, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Luca Argentero, Antonio Albanese, Massimo Boldi, Ilaria Occhini and Jasmine Trinca, producers and directors Bini Alfredo Neri Parenti, Marco Pontecorvo, son of the legendary Gillo Pontecorvo.

Ricardo Bofill was awarded in the category of architecture, for his outstanding international career spanning more than 5 decades, while the prize for musicians went to the tenor Andrea Bocelli, the price for painting was for the Italian Enzo Cucchi and in dance, for the Russian dancer Maja Plisetskaya.

Also were awarded the writer Dacia Maraini (Literature), the actor, singer and composer Moni Ovadia (theatre) and the oncologist and ex health Italian minister Umberto Veronesi (science).

The jury also awarded the Italian-American television presenter Mike Bongiorno, died last September 8th, whose family received the award given to those kind of personalities.

In an interview with EFE, Ricardo Bofill said that this award is special for him, not only because of his passion for Italy but also because of the person who gave it to him. "I do not personally go to all the awards they give me, only those I like, and this one, given to me by President Napolitano, who now is an example of honesty and courage, is very special for me" Bofill said after the ceremony, and added that he and the head of Italian State have a relationship of "friendship" "for a long time." In fact, the Spanish architect had a word with Napolitano while accepting the award, where they remembered old times, Bofill said.

Bofill, whose mother was Italian and learned to speak this language as a child, confessed he is a fan of Italy, where he has built buildings in different cities like Florence, Bologna and Salerno, and also fan of their way of being, "very Mediterranean" , as in Catalonia, adding that residents of both territories are "cousins”.

The Spanish architect revealed that it is currently carrying out a project precisely in Salerno (southern Italy), and another nearby Naples, but did not specify what type of building concerned.

Steven Holl Architects' Linked Hybrid Complex Wins 2009 Best Tall Building Overall by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH)

Steven Holl Architects’ recently completed Linked Hybrid complex as the winner of the 2009 “Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) Best Tall Building Overall Award.”

Selected from among four other categorical recipients—Americas, Asia and Australia, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa—the complex was chosen as the best overall design for its seamless integration of architectural form, structure, and building systems, as well as its sustainable design qualities.

For more information on the work of Steven Holl Architects, please visit www.stevenholl.com.

For more information on the CTBUH, please visit www.ctbuh.org.

TRIMO ARCHITECTURAL DAYS

Outstanding response to Trimo international architectural competitions

Ljubljana, 4 June 2009 – Trimo held the official granting of International Trimo Architectural Awards (TAN) and International Trimo Urban Crash awards (TUC), which took place at the Old Power Station in Ljubljana. These awards represent an important international achievement in the field of architecture. The official granting was organised as a part of Trimo Architectural days which will end tomorrow after the official roundtable discussion and lecture with eminent guests at Ljubljana castle. Within TAN, Trimo granted 9 awards this year for the best national and international architectural solutions using Trimo products and within TUC awarded 3 authors of diplomas for the best architectural solution.

Trimo organised the international Trimo Architectural Awards for the fourth time and has this year received 114 projects from 14 countries. The official granting took place at the Old Power Station in Ljubljana where the company granted awards for Complete Design of an Industrial Landscape, for Efficient Design of Industrial Buildings, for Quality Design of Smaller-scale Buildings, for Efficient Design of the Façade Shell as well as an honorary award for Complete Design of an Industrial Landscape and an honorary award for Efficient Design of an Industrial Building. Awards went to Denmark, Hungary, Macedonia, Spain, Slovenia, Poland, Serbia and Turkey, whereas two honorary awards for Complete Design of an Industrial Landscape went to 2 architects from Poland.

Within international Trimo Urban Crash competition, which awards the most innovative and creative ideas from students of architecture, Trimo this year received 147 projects from 17 countries. The winning solution for a cultural stage is a sculpture-like form, a unity without a defined beginning and end and belongs to two architects from Poland, namely Jan Ledwon and Alicja Chola. This cultural stage was chosen for the best idea for the realization at this international student competition.

Trimo architectural days ended on 5 June with the official roundtable discussion entitled «More than just a pretty face: The envelope as integral architectural component» with eminent speakers from the architectural sphere. The event started at 10.00 at Ljubljana castle.


Tatjana Fink, General Manager of Trimo at this occasion stated: “We are glad our efforts bore fruit. At Trimo we encourage such creative and free-minded thinking. We encourage the flow of information and the exchange of fresh ideas. Each and every submitted project reaffirmed our belief that our built, urban present and future is vibrant and effective and we are honoured to be able to make a contribution to creativity, innovation and a beautiful environment together where buildings will get their space.”

Miloš Ebner, President of the selection board said: “There is no grater satisfaction than to be during times of serious matters surrounded by innovation, creativity and visionariness.”

Tomaž Furlan, artist and representative of Metelkova city in the selection board for the winning project at the event stated: “I would especially like to commend the initiator and the performer of the project TUC, namely Trimo for its correctness at the execution of the competition and selection of projects as well as for its outmost objectivity and fairness. Their extremely positive approach and transparency proves that the positive cooperation between such different parties is achievable.”


Trimo architectural awards
More information:
http://www.trimo.eu/en/work-with-us/competitions/trimo-architectural-awards/

Trimo Urban Crash
More information:
http://www.trimo-urbancrash.com/

Second Holcim Awards – Sustainable Construction 2008/2009

Zurich / Switzerland - June 1, 2009: How buildings and infrastructure are designed, constructed and used has a critical impact on the planet.

The newly-published book Second Holcim Awards – Sustainable Construction 2008/2009 presents innovative approaches and integrated solutions that meet societal needs, address environmental performance and ecological footprints, and improve economic efficiency through a combination of lower resource and energy consumption as well as reduced maintenance and total lifecycle costs.

The 220-page large-format book commemorates the second cycle of the Holcim Awards, conducted by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation. It features in-depth articles, photographic presentations and interviews on the 15 projects from all regions of the world that qualified for the Global Holcim Awards 2009, and project descriptions of all 52 projects that received Awards, Acknowledgement or "Next Generation" prizes in the five regional Holcim Awards competitions in 2008.

220 pages, 23,5 x 30 cm, English. ISBN 978-3-7266-0084-6. More information and downloads at http://www.holcimawards.org/publications. Copies for media reviews available on request: info@holcimfoundation.org.

Full text of book announcement and media contact (MS Word DOC):
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Top sustainable construction projects honored with Global Holcim Awards

The second cycle of the Holcim Awards competition has reached its pinnacle: the top sustainable construction projects out of thousands of submissions from all continents have been selected. The four winning entries are a river remediation scheme in Morocco, a greenfield university campus in Vietnam, a rural planning strategy in China, and a shelter for day laborers in the USA. A series of prize-handovers will be held at the site of each project to celebrate the winners and their highly-acclaimed examples of sustainable construction.

Almost 5,000 sustainable construction projects and visions from 121 countries entered the five regional Holcim Awards competitions in 2008. Winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in each region automatically qualified for the Global Holcim Awards competition in 2009. The global jury was headed by Charles Correa (architect, India) and included Peter Head (structural engineer, UK), Enrique Norten (architect, Mexico/USA), Saskia Sassen (sociologist, USA), Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (civil engineer, Switzerland), and Rolf Soiron (economist, Switzerland).

Gold for River remediation and urban development scheme in Fez, Morocco
A project centered upon restoration of the river through the UNESCO World Heritage listed Medina of Fez was awarded the top prize of USD 300,000 and the Global Holcim Awards Gold. A youthful and international project team led by architect Aziza Chaouni (Morocco) and urban planner Takako Tajima (USA) are remediating the heavily-polluted river Fez to revitalize the ancient heart of the city. The approach includes a series of interventions to renovate traditional tanneries, create public spaces and pedestrian zones, and restore wetlands as well as biodiversity.

The jury applauded the scheme for creating a chain of recovery projects to enable future sub-projects to be added – and for addressing the economic and social life of the city together with the ecology of the river. “This is a multi-sited, multi-functional project organized around the recovery of the river. Core components rehabilitate the architecture of this historic Medina, creating a functional and viable urban precinct,” stated the jury report.

The project authors formed NGO Sauvons Oued Fez (Save the Fez River) after winning the regional Holcim Awards Gold 2008 Africa Middle East. The NGO is a network to advance the sub-projects of the remediation and encourage community involvement.

Silver for Low-impact greenfield university campus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
The Global Holcim Awards Silver with USD 200,000 in prize money was awarded to a new campus for the University of Architecture in Ho Chi Minh City, designed by architect Kazuhiro Kojima (Japan). Further contributors to the project were Daisuke Sanuki (Japan) and Trong Nghia Vo (Vietnam). The project avoids massive land reclamation on an island in the Mekong Delta and aims for harmony with all elements of the surrounding ecosystem: flooding rice fields, mangroves, winds and seasonal changes.

Electricity consumption is cleverly reduced through the inclusion of solar lighting and extensive use of photo-voltaic cells to meet energy requirements. Natural ventilation and solar shading mean that most locations on campus will need no air conditioning, and rainwater is harvested for gray water use and cooling through vaporization. A time-honored local construction method – brick-filled concrete frames finished with a façade of porous bamboo or mangrove timber – is used to enhance ventilation.

Intriguing with its intertwined shapes, the project received the Holcim Awards Silver 2008 Asia Pacific, and now convinced the global jury: “The gently bended ovals characterize the layout of the buildings – their intersections create a diversity of large halls and small rooms. This allows the university to organically configure itself along changing ideas and needs to come”, explained the jury report.

Bronze for Sustainable planning for a rural community in Beijing, China
A rural planning design for a suburban village in Beijing, China received the Global Holcim Awards Bronze and USD 100,000 for effectively combining heritage preservation, traditional knowledge, local materials, modern technology, and professional project management. The comprehensive urban planning strategy led by Yue Zhang (China) and Feng Ni (China) improves logistics, public utilities and services while meeting stringent ecological and energy-saving targets for new buildings.

“One of the outstanding elements of the approach is the deep analysis of the current physical and cultural situation of the community including numbers of people, density of buildings and status of biodiversity. Field surveys and door to door interviews were carried out”, the jury stated.

The project applies a detailed approach to challenges of pollution, urban sprawl, loss of agricultural land, food security and limited resources. The planning has a high potential to become a role model for the sustainable development of rural communities and urban districts in emerging economics and was recipient of the Holcim Awards Gold Asia Pacific in 2008.

“Innovation” prize for Self-contained day labor station in San Francisco, USA
The Global Holcim Awards “Innovation” prize including USD 50,000 went to a project that establishes informal stations where day laborers can meet and wait for casual work. The “Innovation” prize is a global recognition for a project that demonstrates a strong element of creativity or inspiration.

Designed by Liz Ogbu (USA) and John Peterson (USA) of San Francisco-based nonprofit Public Architecture, the flexible structures offer shelter, benches, washrooms, a kitchen and an education/training space – creating a sensitive environment for people who find themselves on the edge of the community and at the same time addressing health and safety needs. Green and recycled materials are used to minimize the environmental footprint and economic cost of each facility.

The project won the regional Holcim Awards Silver 2008 North America, and also impressed the global jury mostly for its far-reaching impact on a whole community: “The structure provides a solution to what the surrounding neighborhoods often experience as social disorder and what local police forces find difficult to handle. Thus, the benefits extend to a larger social context than that of the workers themselves”, the jury noted.

International finalists illustrate broad scope of sustainable construction
The Global Holcim Awards finalists illustrated a broad scope of approaches to sustainable construction and also included projects from Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Hungary, India, Slovenia, Switzerland, UAE and Uganda, and involved additional project teams from Japan and Spain. Rolf Soiron (Switzerland), who represented the sponsor of the Awards as Chairman of the Board of Holcim Ltd in the global jury, commented that the enormous challenges of sustainable construction demanded many innovative contributions adapted to local needs. “The intrinsic values and merits of the projects show that all have unique features which, in their specific environments, do contribute and bring something new to the table,” he said.

To compare the diverse submissions in the Holcim Awards competitions, the juries use the “target issues” for sustainable construction which address the triple bottom line of environmental performance, social responsibility and economic efficiency and also cover architectural quality and the suitability for broad-scale application of the project’s features. Chair of Planning and Management in Construction at the ETH Zurich, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), as member of the global jury explained that transferability of ideas was a common factor in each of the winning projects. “All four winners illustrate in a perfect way what sustainable construction means – many good ideas to be transferred within a professional area of expertise, and an impact on furthering sustainable construction”, he said.

Next initiatives to promote sustainable construction
Along with the Holcim Awards, the Holcim Foundation furthers a range of sustainability initiatives such as the Holcim Forum – an array of symposiums on sustainable construction for experts and professionals from all over the world. The next Forum will be held in Mexico City, April 15 to 17, 2010 on the theme of Re-inventing Construction. The third Holcim Awards competition cycle will open for entries July 1, 2010.

The Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction competitions seek innovative, future-oriented and tangible construction projects to promote sustainable responses to the technological, environmental, socioeconomic and cultural issues affecting building and construction on a local, regional and global level. The competitions are run by the Swiss-based Holcim Foundation, offer USD 2 million in prize money per three-year cycle, and are sponsored by Holcim Ltd and its Group companies in more than 70 countries.

www.holcimawards.org

Additional information

Local prize hand-overs
A media briefing will be held at each hand-over event. Media representatives wishing to attend are invited to contact the Holcim Foundation at info@holcimfoundation.org. Hand-over events will be held:
- Sunday, May 31, 2009 in San Francisco, USA (Innovation)
- Friday, June 19, 2009 in Beijing, China (Bronze)
- Friday, July 3, 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Silver)
- Thursday, July 16, 2009 in Fez, Morocco (Gold)

Detailed information on www.holcimawards.org/global including
- Media release in Chinese, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese
- Comprehensive jury reports and project descriptions
- High-resolution photos of all projects: www.holcimawards.org/gallery
- Video statements of jury members Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (ETH Zurich) and Rolf Soiron (Holcim Ltd)
- Overview of the 15 global finalists from 13 countries

Second Holcim Awards book
The publication Second Holcim Awards – Sustainable Construction 2008/2009 featuring essays on the 15 global finalists (including the four winners), and project overviews of the 37 additional Holcim Awards regional prize winning projects, will be launched shortly and can be obtained via:
http://www.holcimfoundation.org/T931/HolcimAwards.htm


Global Holcim Awards 2009

Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009 – USD 300,000

River remediation and urban development scheme, Fez, Morocco
Main authors: Aziza Chaouni, architect, Extramuro, LLP, Fez, Morocco and Takako Tajima, urban planner, Urban Studio, Los Angeles, USA
Global Holcim Awards Silver 2009 – USD 200,000

Low-impact greenfield university campus, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Main authors: Kazuhiro Kojima, architect, Coelacanth and Associates Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and Trong Nghia Vo, architect, Vo Trong Nghia Co., Ltd., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2009 – USD 100,000
Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China
Main authors: Yue Zhang, academic, Tsinghua University, School of Architecture, and Feng Ni, government officer, Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning, Beijing, China

Global Holcim Awards “Innovation” prize 2009 – USD 50,000

Self-contained day labor station, San Francisco, USA
Authors: Liz Ogbu, designer, Public Architecture, and John Peterson, architect, Public Architecture/Peterson Architects, San Francisco, USA
Global Holcim Awards finalists (alphabetical, by country)
Low-energy university mediatheque, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Authors: Angelo Bucci, João Paulo Meirelles de Faria, Ciro Miguel and Juliana Braga, architects, SPBR architects, São Paulo, Brazil

Solar water heating and rainwater tower, Florianópolis, Brazil
Authors: Maria Andrea Triana, architect, Roberto Lamberts, engineer, and Marcio Andrade, engineer, LabEEE, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Living with Lakes Center for freshwater restoration and research, Sudbury, Canada
Main author: John Gunn, scientist, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
Urban integration of an informal area, Medellín, Colombia
Main author: Gustavo Adolfo Restrepo, architect, Empresa de Desarrollo Urbano, Medellín, Colombia

Contextual government quarter development, Budapest, Hungary
Main author: Péter Janesch, architect, Team0708 Kft., Budapest, Hungary
Energy-efficient office complex, Hyderabad, India
Authors: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Mark Igou, director, New York, USA and Maytas Properties Pvt. Ltd., Sanjay Chawla, builder, Hyderabad, India
Temporary urban extension in a former landfill, Maribor, Slovenia
Main author: Belinda Tato, architect, Ecosistema Urbano, Madrid, Spain
Autonomous alpine shelter, Monte Rosa hut, Zermatt, Switzerland
Main author: Andrea Deplazes, architect, Studio Monte Rosa, Faculty of Architecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Lighthouse tower with low-carbon footprint, Dubai, UAE
Author: Shaun Killa, architect, WS Atkins & Partners Overseas, Dubai, UAE
Low-cost school and home for HIV orphans, Rakai, Uganda
Author: Koji Tsutsui, architect, Koji Tsutsui Architect & Associates, Tokyo, Japan
Solar 2 Green Energy, Arts and Education Center, New York, USA
Main author: Christopher J. Collins, director, Solar One Green Energy, Arts & Education Center, New York, USA

Global Holcim Awards jury

Charles Correa (Head), architect, Principal and founder, Charles Correa Associates, Mumbai, India; A. Farwell Bemis Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA

Peter Head, structural engineer, Director and Head of Planning and Integrated Urbanism, Arup, London, UK

Enrique Norten, architect, Principal and founder, TEN Arquitectos, New York, USA and Mexico City, Mexico; Member of the Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

Saskia Sassen, sociologist, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Member of the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, New York, USA; Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics, London, UK

Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, civil engineer, Chair of Planning and Management in Construction, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland; Member of the Management Board and Head of the Technical Competence Center, Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

Rolf Soiron, economist, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Holcim Ltd, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland; Chairman of the Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

Achim Steiner (excused), economist, Undersecretary-General, United Nations; Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); Nairobi, Kenya

International Competition - HOUSE OF ARTS AND CULTURE IN BEIRUT

During the UIA General Assembly in Turin, in July 2008, the Lebanese Minister for Culture, Mr. Tarek Mitri, launched the international competition for the design of the House of Arts and Culture in Beirut. Located in the Ghalghoul neighbourhood sorely affected by the conflicts, the new dynamic and interactive edifice, will offer a vast range of spaces devoted to creativity, exchange, debate, education and cultural diffusion for all publics and all generations.

The international jury met in Beirut from 16 to 21 March 2009 and examined 388 projects.

Under the presidency of Turkish architect Suha Ozkan, it was composed as follows: Frederic Husseini, Director of Lebanese Antiquities, Said El Barashdi, representing the Sultanate of Oman, Angus Gavin, representing SOLIDERE, Okwui Enwezor (Nigeria), Vice-President of the San Francisco Art Institute, and architects: Assem Salam, representing the Orders of Engineers and Architects of Lebanon, Magda Hosam Eldin Mostafa, (Egypt) UIA representative, Momoyo Kaijima (Japan), Izaskun Chinchilla (Spain). Laszlo Foldes, architect, (Hungary) and Mozart Chahine, musicologist, (Lebanon)sat as deputy jurors.

THE ITALIAN TEAM LED BY ALBERTO CATALANO WINS FIRST PRIZE
The jury appreciated the sensitive approach of the Milanese team, the idea of designing the building as a public plaza, as a “non-building”, and its integration in the urban fabric thus achieving one of the important objectives of the programme: the engagement of the public realm.

PRIZE WINNERS
• 1st prize: Alberto Catalano, team leader, with Giulia Lurcotta, Barbarangelo Licheri, Daniel Piludu, Celestino Sanna, Mariangela Murgia, Emanuela Forcolini, Souraya Frem (Milan, Italy)
• 2nd prize: Beatriz Ramo López de Angulo, team leader, with Simone de Lacobis, Iñigo Paniego de la Cuesta, Jean-Vianney Deleersnyder (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• 3rd prize: “Project Meganom” - Yuri Grigorian, Natalia Tatunashvili, Tatiana Kornienko, Yuri Kuznezov, Elena Uglovskaya, Irina Livieva, Artem Staborovskiy, Ruben Grigoryan
(Moscow, Russia)

Mentions
• Dorell, Ghotmeh, Tane (Paris, France)
• Spiridon Kakavas, Dimitris Giannis, Eleni Klonizaki (Athens, Greece)
• Polymur Ltd - Chris Yoo (London, United Kingdom)
• Format 21 - Gerd Röschke (Francfort, Germany)
• Atelier 2/3/4 - Jean François Patte, Emilie Sopena, Sylvain Rety, Elie Marçais (Paris, France)
• Bernd Upmeyer (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
• INCH - Roberto Otero Arbide (Mexico city & Madrid, Spain)
• KAPUTT! - Rita Ferreira, Kirill de Lancastre Jedenov, Sérgio Antunes, Irene Bonacchi, Ana Brütt, Sofia Reis Couto, Filipe Moreira (Lisbon, Portugal)

http://darbayrut.org/intro-results.html

More information at http://www.uia-architectes.org/

CHAPMAN TAYLOR RECOGNISED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

CHAPMAN TAYLOR RECOGNISED FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE YEAR OF THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY


Chapman Taylor architects has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category, the same year the practice celebrates its 50th anniversary.

The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious awards for business success. Chapman Taylor is the only architectural practice to win the award this year for outstanding commercial success in international trade - more than doubling overseas earnings over the three year review period - 2006, 2007 and 2008. This was achieved through highly focused, professional business and marketing strategies.

In addition to commercial success, Chapman Taylor met the highest standards of the Queen’s Awards’ criteria by demonstrating commitment to its presence in local markets, including active participation in local and international trade events and fostering good relations with local communities and employees. Special attention was paid to the practice’s environmental considerations - the achievement of BREEAM ‘Excellent’ and other highest international sustainability and energy performance standards in commercial projects, as well as being members of the Green Building Council and having robust internal sustainability policies in place.

“We are delighted to receive this prestigious award which coincides with our 50th anniversary. I feel it is the highest form of recognition of our international team’s efforts and ability,” said Christopher Lanksbury, Director, Chapman Taylor.
“We are particularly proud that our practice is made up of many different nationalities all working towards a common goal.”

Formed in 1959, Chapman Taylor is one of the most renowned architects of commercial
buildings in the UK and globally. Headquartered from London, the practice operates
from 16 offices located across Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and
the Middle East. The practice undertakes projects worldwide, has markets in 70
countries and completed 27 projects in 11 countries in 2008.

Chapman Taylor’s success in international trade has also been acknowledged by
regional awards, including Architect of the Year in the Central & Eastern European
Real Estate Quality Awards 2007 and 2008 and the CEE Retail Real Estate Awards, as
well as recently taking home the International Trade Award for London Region,
sponsored by HSBC.

The Queen’s Awards for Enterprise are the UK’s most prestigious awards for business performance. They recognize and reward outstanding achievement by UK companies.

The Awards are presented in three categories: International Trade, Innovation and
Sustainable Development. The Awards are made each year by The Queen, on the
advice of the Prime Minister, who is assisted by an Advisory Committee that includes
representatives of Government, industry and commerce, and the trade unions.

Chapman Taylor is a leading international firm of architects, masterplanners and
designers established 50 years ago. Our 500-strong team operates from 16 offices
across Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, South America and the Middle East.
We have established a reputation for delivering commercially successful and
creative environments across a range of sectors including masterplanning, mixeduse
developments, retail, transportation, workplace, residential, hospitality, sports
and leisure, interiors and graphics, healthcare/PFI, design and build, conservation
and refurbishment.

Our strong ethos for high quality design enables us to deliver schemes that exceed
our clients’ expectations and that people enjoy. Our aim is to shape the future of commercial architecture.

For more details visit www.chapmantaylor.com

Head office: 10 Eastbourne Terrace, London, W2 6LG

The Good Life

We should generally add to «old buildings» with a boldness of the best of our ancestors, leaving another layer for our successors to inherit. John Ruskin

Taking their cue from Ruskin, 51N4E, an award-winning office for architecture based in Brussels, have come up with a visionary plan and design. Although the Arnolfini building is situated on a strategic spot in the city it has lacked visibility. 51N4E have aimed to retain the façade’s historic character, while energising the site through the creation of a 21st century landmark building , and have designed an iconic tower for the Bristol skyline, stamped with Arnolfini’s seal of pioneering quality.

The 51N4E landmark building elevates modern design and living to a high art. It boasts unique amenities labeled The Good Life Collection. The Collection includes an English landscape garden, a monumental spa inspired by the Byzantine cisterns of Istanbul, and a first prints library. And let’s not forget the lobby. Its pristine white walls and double height ceiling give it the feel of a cutting edge art gallery.


The Good Life Event: Sat 11 April 2pm / Free
The Good Life: Exhibitions: Fri 10 Apr - Sun 7 Jun, 10am - 6pm
Arnolfini, Bristol



THE GOOD LIFE
FRI 10 APRIL – SUN 7 JUNE 2009

«A unique proposal for people who conceive their life as a work of art.»
Arnolfini have invited emerging Belgian artists Katleen Vermeir & Ronny Heiremans to develop a new project especially for the Arnolfini building. Their proposal has been unequivocal: transform the former warehouse into luxury residential units and sell them off. Taking this vision all the way, they have initiated a unique collaboration between the Arnolfini and a renowned office for architecture to create a new design for the Arnolfini building that is striking and ambitious.

The gallery’s transforming powers are at the heartbeat of this building. In an unprecedented collaboration between the artists and the architects, Vermeir & Heiremans have advanced a narrative that eloquently frames 51N4E’s cutting edge architecture. The artists have named their all-embracing proposal THE GOOD LIFE, and are working on this project with a creative team brought together for the occasion. Have a look at the proposed plans and get a full tour – get a taste for ‘the good life’.

«We should generally add to old buildings with a boldness of the best of our ancestors, leaving another layer for our successors to inherit.»John Ruskin
Bearing in mind Ruskin’s words, 51N4E, a price-winning office for architecture based in Brussels, have come up with a visionary plan and design. Although the Arnolfini building is at a strategic spot in the city, it always lacked visibility and just did not live up to its potential. 51N4E aimed to retain the building’s historic character, while energizing the site through the creation of a 21st century landmark building. 51N4E have designed an iconic tower for the Bristol skyline.

«One must live well to know what living is.» (Bertold Brecht)
The 51N4E landmark building is an agent of life. It boasts unique amenities known as The Good Life Collection. The Collection includes a landscape garden, a monumental spa championing the Byzantine cisterns of Istanbul, a double width screening room and the Edmund Burke first prints library. And let’s not forgot the lobby. Its pristine white walls and double height ceiling give it the feel of a cutting edge gallery.

On ARNOLFINI
As an international space for contemporary art, ARNOLFINI occupies an ambitious, boundary-crossing position in Bristol, fostering interaction between local, regional and international artists and audiences. ARNOLFINI presents cutting-edge art, music, film & live art within a forward-thinking intellectual framework.
Having been pioneering in kick-starting the regeneration of Bristol’s harbourside area after being the first cultural enterprise to move there in the mid-1970s, the Arnolfini is using the opportunity to think about its cultural value at large. The flagship art centre for the South East of Britain, Arnolfini is considering how such ‘strategic foresight’ could be part of the plan for art institutions in the 21st century, locating them centrally in the development and regeneration of cities.

51N4E
The name references the coordinates of Brussels. 51N4E is a price winning international practice that concerns itself with matters of space production i.e. architecture, urbanism, design and spatial analysis. The office is lead by 3 partners: Johan Anrys, Freek Persyn and Peter Swinnen. 51N4E was founded in 1998 and gained renown through key projects such as Lamot (2005), Groeningemuseum (2002), TID Tower Tirana (2004/08) and C-Mine( 2006/09).
In 2004 the practice was rewarded the prestigious Rotterdam Maaskant Award for Young Architects.

Recently 51N4E has won the international competition for the rehabilitation of Scanderbeg Square, Tirana (Al).
See also: www.51N4E.com

Rafael Viñoly Architects 2009 Research Grants awarded

Rafael Viñoly Architects has announced the recipients of four independent Research Fellowships for 2009.

The successful teams, which include researchers from Mexico, Australia, Colombia, France, China and the USA, will focus on case studies in locations as diverse as Bogotá and Shanghai, the slums of Mexico City and the tsunami-torn villages of Aceh, Indonesia. The Fellowships are aimed at supporting the production of world-class research which is engaged in current global issues of social, economic and environmental importance, valuable to the profession and the society as a whole.

This is the third year running that the practice has awarded Research Fellowships and the first year that four teams will receive funding. This special programme for 2009 was conceived as a commemoration of the practice’s 25th Anniversary and was announced in May 2008.

More at http://www.rvapc.com/

Brick Award

Wienerberger, cel mai mare producator mondial de caramida, cu sediul central in Austria, la Viena, prezinta pentru a patra oara Premiul International de Arhitectura “Brick Award ’10”. Premiul se acorda o data la doi ani pentru arhitectura europeana, contemporana, realizata din caramida. Un juriu international format din bine-cunoscuti arhitecti si critici, realizeaza selectia proiectelor. Anul trecut, premiul 1 a fost castigat de renumitul architect german Peter Zumthor.

Caramida, unul din cele mai vechi materiale de constructie din istoria omenirii, se descrie prin modernitate, deoarece este constant modificata si innoita pentru a atinge performante economice, ecologice si arhitecturale.

Diferitele utilizari ale caramizii ca material de constructie, la fatade, izolatie, sau pereti, sunt prezentate in catalogul bogat ilustrat si documentat Brick. Proiectele prezentate sunt rezidentiale si non-rezidentiale, la care au fost utilizate caramizi, atat pentru fatada, dar si in constructia propriu-zisa. Proiectele castigatoare sunt la fel de variate ca si multiplele utilizari ale caramizii ca si material de constructie.

Catalogul poate fi comandat la www.Callwey.de

Mai multe detalii gasiti pe site-ul www.brick08.com si www.wienerberger.com


INVITATIE PENTRU PARTICIPARE la Brick Award ‘10 / Brick ‘10

Stimata doamna arhitect,
Stimate domnule arhitect,

Ne face placere sa va invitam sa ne recomandati proiecte arhitecturale de exceptie, nationale si internationale realizate din produse ceramice, pentru concursul international care se va finaliza cu premiul “Brick Award ‘10” si pentru cea de-a patra editie a Catalogului “Brick’10”.
Brick Award reprezinta cel mai important concurs international care se adreseaza proiectelor realizate din produse ceramice, premiile fiind acordate o data la 2 ani. Anul teecut, valoarea premiilor a fost de 21.00 Euro.

Va rog sa vizitati www.brick08.com pentru a va face o impresie privind editiile anterioare.

Asteptam cu mare interes sa primim exemple de proiecte remarcabile in care au fost utilizate caramizi pentru zidarie, fatada, pavaj, precum si acoperis ceramic, tinand cont desigur de calitati deosebite in materie de design si tehnologie!

De aceasta data, atat Catalogul Brick10, cat si premiul vor evidentia eficienta energetica si cladirile durabile! Va rog sa aveti in vedere aceste aspecte atunci cand selectionati proiectele pentru nominailzare.

Criteriile pentru nominalizare:
• O parte semnificativa a proiectului trebuie sa fie realizata din blocuri ceramice
(blocuri ceramice, de fatada, pavaj, acoperis ceramic)
• Data de finalizare a proiectelor este 2004 sau mai tarziu
Cladiri noi si renovari de cladiri din caramida pot fi incluse in evaluare.
• Toate tipurile de proiecte sunt luate in considerare: case uni-familiale, cladiri rezidentiale cu mai multe etaje, cladiri industriale si comerciale, cladiri publice, amenajare gradini/peisaje etc.
• In plus, vom acorda un premiu special pentru cel mai bun exemplu de casa uni-familiala eficienta din punct de vedere energetic.
• Un juriu international format din arhitecti vor selectiona cele mai bune 40 de proiecte si premiile care vor fia cordate;
• Va rog sa aveti in vedere faptul ca vom lua in considerare doar propunerile care pot fi publicate in Catalogul Brick’10 si alte publicatii conexe.

Va rugam sa trimiteti cel putin 3 fotografii relevante precum si formularul atasat continand datele esentiale pentru fiecare proiect nominalizat de dumneavoastra pana la data de Martie 15, 2009 ( pe adresa e-mail otilia.ciocirlan@wienerberger.com sau prin curier la adresa Wienerberger Sisteme de Caramizi SRL, Baneasa Business & Technologie Park SA, Soseaua Bucuresti- Ploiesti, Nr 42-44, Cladirea A1, Etajul 1, Sector 1 Cod postal 013696 Bucuresti, Romania).
Asteptem cu interes exemple interesante de arhitectura contemporana din ceramica.

Cu sinceritate,

Bogdan Militaru
Wienerberger Sisteme de Caramizi
Date proiect

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o Tigla ceramica*
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Nominalizare pentru premiu special:
o Casa uni-familiala avand calitati de eficienta-energetica, ecologica, economica si emotie & sanatate.

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Termen limita transmitere propuneri: Martie 15, 2009