Lo studio Vector Architects vince gli ARCHMARATHON Awards 2016

Oltre 1.000 i visitatori che hanno partecipato all’edizione 2016 degli ARCHMARATHON Awards. La kermesse si è svolta dal 13 al 15 maggio 2016, trasformando ancora una volta il capoluogo lombardo nella Capitale Mondiale dell'Architettura.

Si è conclusa domenica 15 maggio la terza edizione di ARCHMARATHON: tre giorni intensi ricchi di scambi di idee, know-how e relazioni in un contesto culturale di altissimo livello. Tra i 42 progetti presentati, la giuria internazionale - presieduta da Luca Molinari e composta da personaggi di rilievo del mondo dell’architettura e della critica come Lucy Bullivant, William Menking, Wassim Naghi, Li Brian Zhang e Elie Haddad - ha deciso di assegnare il prestigioso ARCHMARATHON Award allo studio Vector Architects di Pechino per il progetto “Seashore Library”.

Inoltre è stato premiato il migliore progetto di ognuna delle dieci categorie: Arts & Culture, Education Buildings, Religious Buildings, Workspaces, Hotel & Leisure, Private Housing, Mixed Tenure Housing & Buildings, Retrofitting & Refurbishment, Urban Design & Public Spaces e Transport.

Anche per questa edizione, il pubblico degli internauti ha attribuito - attraverso il sito dell'evento - l’ARCHMARATHON Crowd Award: il più votato del 2016 è stato lo Studio Díaz y Díaz Arquitectos per il progetto “Maternity and Oncologic Parking”.

La prossima edizione “Worldwide” di ARCHMARATHON si terrà in Italia nel 2018.

I vincitori degli ARCHMARATHON AWARDS 2016

The OVERALL Winner

Studio: Vector Architects

Project: Seashore Library

Jury’s motivation: “A poetic balance between architecture and nature. A human refuge from the complexity of urban life.”

Arts & Culture

Studio: Francisco Mangado & Asociados

Progetto: Fine Arts Museum of Asturias

Jury’s motivation: “This project celebrates the complexity of marrying between the existing structure and the new spaces”.

Education Buildings

Studio: Perkins+Will

Progetto: Case Western Reserve University, Tinkham Veale University Center

Jury’s motivation: “It represents a valuable connector within the public environment of the University Campus”.

Religious Buildings

Studio: Espen Surnevik

Progetto: Våler Church

Jury’s motivation: “A strong architecture form and a great spiritual quality to the different spaces”.

Workspaces

Studio: 00 Architecture

Progetto: The Foundry Social Justice Center

Jury’s motivation: “A thoughtful adaption of an old factory extended with new facilities creating an affordable and socially welcoming ensemble”.

Hotel & Leisure

Studio: Park Associati

Progetto: Priceless Milan

Jury’s motivation: “A nomadic, temporary architecture which explores the unknown spaces of the city in a new way. A re-interpretation of the space for leisure”.

Private Housing

Studio: a21 studio

Progetto: Saigon house

Jury’s motivation: “It is like an adventure that eliminate all cliché of a private housing. Playful and updating the traditional local housing typology”. 􀀁

Mixed Tenure Housing & Buildings

Studio: Urko Sánchez Architects

Progetto: SOS Children’s Village

Jury’s motivation: “A highly, sensitive interpretation of Children’s Community needs and a project which adapts well to this particular context and tradition”.

Retrofitting & Refurbishment

Studio: People's Architecture Office

Progetto: Courtyard House Plugin

Jury’s motivation: “An ingenious system that not only solves the demographic issues but also inspires the whole new community life”.

Urban Design & Public Spaces

Studio: Knight Architects

Progetto: Merchant Square Bridge

Jury’s motivation: “It shows a creative relationship between Architecture, Engineering and Urban Design”.

Transport

Studio: ZUS Architects

Progetto: Luchtsingel pedestrian bridge

Jury’s motivation: This project uses infrastructure as a means to activate public spaces for the redevelopment of the whole community”.