12 dicembre 2019
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