Il World Architecture Festival è il simposio competitivo più importante a livello mondiale sul tema dell’architettura contemporanea che, dal 2008, riunisce ogni anno circa 2.000 architetti e designer da 70 Paesi e una giuria di più di 150 esperti, proponendo un ricco programma di iniziative, conferenze, premiazioni, mostre ed eventi collaterali. Anche quest’anno, moltissimi i progetti arrivati in finale, più di 530 selezionati a partire dalle oltre mille candidature pervenute. Cina e Hong Kong, Australia, Regno Unito, Stati Uniti e India sono i Paesi con il maggior numero di progetti in corsa. Come di consueto gli studi di maggiore rilievo del panorama internazionale − come Zaha Hadid Architects, Heatherwick Studio, Bjarke Ingels Group, MVRDV, Ennead Architects, Rafael Viñoly Architects, Herzog & de Meuron, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Grimshaw, UNStudio, Perkins+Will, Shanghai Urban Architectural Design e White Arkitekter – sono stati affiancati da realtà emergenti. Tra i selezionati, anche tre studi italiani: Mario Cucinella Architects, noa* network of architecture, MoDus Architects.

Brillanti e coinvolgenti i talk e le lecture tenutisi durante le tre giornate del WAF, aperti da Andrew Whalley con il suo speech intitolato ZERO sull’architettura a basso consumo energetico necessaria per vincere la sfida dell’Antropocene, seguito, tra le altre, dalle conferenze di Massimiliano Fuksas, Elizabeth Diller, Kim Herforth Nielsen, Ben van Berkel, Sir Peter Cook, Angus Campbell, Nigel Coates, Marc Koehlerè.

Ecco tutti i progetti e gli studi premiati.

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR WINNER 2019:

LocHal Public Library, Tilburg, Paesi Bassi.
Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse

FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNER 2019:

The Connected City, Oberbillwerder, Amburgo, Germania
ADEPT / KARRES EN BRANDS / Transsolar / Büro Happold / Kraft

WORLD INTERIOR OF THE YEAR WINNER 2019:

JCA Living Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
J.C. Architecture

LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR WINNER 2019:

Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space, Shanghai, Cina; Original Design Studio
Future Project

FUTURE PROJECT

Civic: Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre, Vancouver, Canada; HCMA Architecture + Design

Commercial mixed-use: De Meelfabriek, Leiden, Paesi Bassi; Studio Akkerhuis

Competition Entries: The Cultural Canyon, Rebuilding Baghdad Design Center, Baghdad, Iraq; DESIGN & MORE INTERNATIONAL

Culture: The New GoDown Arts Centre, Nairobi, Kenia; White arkitekter

Education: The School in a Park, Amman, Giordania; Maisam Architects & Engineers

Experimental: The Tanks at Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn, USA; STUDIO V Architecture

Health: Psychiatric clinic, Nuuk, Groellandia; White arkitekter AB / DIFK Dipl.-Ing. Florian Kosche / ÅF Engineering AS

House: 75.9 House, Surrey, Canada; Omer Arbel Office

Infrastructure: Shenzhen Bay Avenue, Shenzhen, Cina; WilkinsonEyre / Morphis

Leisure Led Development: Halic Shipyards, Istanbul, Turchia; Tabanlioglu Architects - Tersane Halic

Masterplanning: The Connected City, Oberbillwerder, Amburgo, Germania; ADEPT / KARRES EN BRANDS / Transsolar / Büro Happold / Kraft

Office: Attabotics Headquarters, Calgary, Canada; Modern Office of Design + Architecture

Residential: Badaevskiy Brewery, Redevelopment, Mosca, Russia; Herzog & de Meuron / APEX project bureau

COMPLETED BUILDINGS

Civic and community: Gaobu Book House, Hunan Province, Cina; Condition Lab - School of Architecture CUHK & UAL Studio - School of Architecture and Urban Planning GZU

Culture: LocHal Public Library, Tilburg, Paesi Bassi; Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma & Roos Architectenbureau, Inside Outside / Petra Blaisse

Display: Vessel, New York, USA; Heatherwick Studio

Health: Bayalpata Regional Hospital, Achham, Nepal; Sharon Davis Design

Higher Education & Research: Learning Center, Tokyo, Giappone; Nikken Sekkei-Kokugakuin University

Hotel and Leisure: Lindis Lodge, Omarama, Nuova Zelanda; Architecture Workshop

House Castle Cove House, NSW, Australia; TERROIR

Housing: Cedrus Residential, Tehran, Iran; Nextoffice

Mixed Use: Oasis Terraces, Singapore Serie + Multiply Architects

New and Old: The Bower, Londra, Gran Bretagna; Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Office: A4+B2 Plot Design, Shenzhen, Cina; FCHA - Vanke Liuxiandong Design Community

Production energy and recycling: The Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience, Craigellachie, Gran Bretagna; Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Religion:: Al Musallah, Abu Dhabi, Emirati Arabi; CEBRA - Qasr Al Hosn

School: YM Nursery, Yonago, Giappone; HIBINOSEKKEI / Youji no Shiro / KIDS DESIGN LABO

Shopping: Coal Drops Yard, Londra, Gran Bretagna; Heatherwick Studio

Sport: Turó De La Peira's Sports Center And Layout Of The Interior Urban Block, Barcellona, Spagna; Anna Noguera, Javier Fernandez

Transport: Mactan Cebu International Airport Terminal 2, Cebu, Philippines; Integrated Design Associates

Villa: Villa B, Monaco, Germania; Powerhouse Company

LANDSCAPE

Rural Projects: Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space, Shanghai, Cina; Original Design Studio

Urban Projects: Demonstration Section of Yangpu Riverside Public Space, Shanghai, Cina; Original Design Studio

WAF SPECIAL PRIZES

Use of Colour: Comfort Town, Kyiv, Ucraina; archimatika

Best Use of Certified Timber: Pingelly Recreation and Cultural Centre, Pingelly, Australia; Iredale Pedersen hook architects with Advanced Timber Concepts Studio

Best Use of Natural Light: Smith Campus Center, Harvard University, Boston, USA; Hopkins Architects

Engineering Prize: Bulletin Pavilion per il BJFU Garden Festival, Pechino, Cina; SUP Atelier-Swirling Cloud

The Amsterdam Prize: Freebooter, Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi; GG-loop

Small Project: Lokadhatu (The World), Zhangzhou, Cina; Studio Link-Arc

Water Research Prize: Recycle Build - Recycle Build Brazil

WAFX 2019: X-Space | Urban Fabric Regeneration, Verform, Dubai, UAE

ROCKWOOL Student Charrette: AMSA, Bridging the Disharmony- A case of Fishing Community, Penthakata Village, Puri, Odisha; School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, India

Visualisation Prize: Park for the Future Generations, Yakutsk, Russia; ATRIUM - SAKHA_Z

The Architectural Drawing Prize: City in a box: paradox memories, Anton Markus Pasing

The Architectural Photography Awards: The Twist Museum, Kistefos Sculpture Park, Jevnaker; Laurian Ghinitoiu - Norway by Bjarke Ingels Group