Presentation of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for "Protective Wing: Bird sanctuary, Chiang Mai, Thailand" (l-r): winners Nattapong Chumkesorn, Chak Cherdsatirkul, Singh Intrachooto, Jariyawadee Lekawatana, Felix Baroux, Pacharapan Ratananakorn, and Sorawut Kittibanthorn.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for "Protective Wing: Bird sanctuary, Chiang Mai, Thailand" (l-r): Daniel Bach, Holcim Area Manager South East Asia; Patrachant Krairiksh, Siam City Cement Thailand; winners Singh Intrachooto and Jariyawadee Lekawatana; Ian Thackwray, Holcim Exco Member Asia Pacific; and winners Chak Cherdsatirkul, Felix Baroux, Sorawut Kittibanthorn, Pacharapan Ratananakorn, Nattapong Chumkesorn.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for "Protective Wing: Bird sanctuary, Chiang Mai, Thailand" (l-r): winners Nattapong Chumkesorn, Felix Baroux, Chak Cherdsatirkul, Pacharapan Ratananakorn, Singh Intrachooto, Jariyawadee Lekawatana, and Sorawut Kittibanthorn (front).
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Silver 2014 for "Children’s Ziggurat: Locally-adapted orphanage and library, Kathmandu, Nepal" (l-r): Ian Thackwray, Holcim Exco Member Asia Pacific; project client Christopher Gish, Seeds of Change Foundation; and David Herrman, Chief Macroeconomics & Finance Unit, Embassy of the USA in Indonesia.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Silver 2014 for "Children’s Ziggurat: Locally-adapted orphanage and library, Kathmandu, Nepal": Christopher Gish, Director at Seeds of Change Foundation, Colorado, accepting the award on behalf of Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith of MOS architects, New York.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Bronze 2014 for "Post-War Collective: Community library and social recuperation, Ambepussa, Sri Lanka" (l-r): Aiden Lynam, Holcim Area Manager South Asia; Ian Thackwray, Holcim Exco Member Asia Pacific; winners Milinda Pathiraja and Ganga Ratnayake; H.E. Anoja Wijeyesekera, Ambassador of Sri Lanka; and Philippe Richart, CEO Holcim Lanka.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Bronze 2014 for "Post-War Collective: Community library and social recuperation, Ambepussa, Sri Lanka" (l-r): winners Ganga Ratnayake and Milinda Pathiraja of Robust Architecture Workshop.
Celebrating the Holcim Awards main prize winners (l-r): Ganga Ratnayake and Milinda Pathiraja, Robust Architecture Workshop; Chak Cherdsatirkul, Kaomai Lanna Resort; Singh Intrachooto, Kasetsart University; Christopher Gish, Seeds of Change Foundation; Jariyawadee Lekawatana, Architectkidd; Felix Baroux, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux; and Sorawut Kittibanthorn, Pacharapan Ratananakorn, Nattapong Chumkesorn, all Architectkidd.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 for "Between Walls: Community medical center and school, Tatiba Baraibura, Jharkhand, India" (l-r): Ajay Kapur, CEO Ambuja Cements Limited India; winners Madhusudhan Chalasani and Mario Liras of MADE; and Harish Badami, CEO ACC Limited India.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 for "High-Tech Low-Tech: Sustainable research center featuring traditional woodworking methods, Kyoto, Japan" (l-r): winners Benoît Jacquet and Manuel Tardits; together with Maria Atkinson, member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 for "In-Situ Network: Palm tree branches for coastal protection, Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati" (l-r): winners Ana Abram and Maj Plemenitas; together with Maria Atkinson, member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation; and Davy Sukamta, Member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Asia Pacific.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 for "Megacity Skeleton: Stakeholder participation for urban up-grading, Jakarta, Indonesia" (l-r): winners Genta Sawai, Chiba University, Japan; Mikhael Johanes, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia; Yuki Yoshikata, Chiba University; Achmad Hery Fuad and Evawani Ellisa, Universitas Indonesia; Akiko Okabe, Chiba University; and Tomohiko Amemiya, Unitydesign, Tokyo; together with Gary Schütz, CEO Holcim Indonesia and Davy Sukamta, member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Asia Pacific.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 for "Resurrected Canals: Urban water transport system, Bangkok, Thailand" (l-r): winners Sethawat Srivirote and Chanikarn Opaspimoltum, D I Designs, Bangkok; Patrachant Krairiksh, Siam City Cement, Thailand; winners Santi Sombatwichatorn and Pongporn Sudbanthad, D I Designs, Bangkok; and Davy Sukamta, member of the Holcim Awards jury Asia Pacific 2014.
Winners of all five Acknowledgement prizes from India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati and Thailand.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 1st prize 2014 for "Panda-Watching: Historic village reconstruction, Xueshan, China" (l-r): winners Zhang Qu and Zhe Peng; together with Ralph Zhang, Holcim Management Services China.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 2nd prize 2014 for "Adaptable Portable: Modular housing for urban poor, Dhaka, Bangladesh" (l-r): winner Nusrat Jahan Mim, together with Shankar Kumar Roy, GM Business Development, Holcim Bangladesh.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 3rd prize 2014 for "Social Design: Urban neighborhood remediation, Bandung, Indonesia" (l-r): winners Antonius Richard Rusli, Steve Soesanto, Kenneth Soewarto, and Raynoldo Theodore, together with Gary Schütz, CEO Holcim Indonesia.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 4th prize 2014 for "Formal-Informal DNA: Urban network upgrading, Tangerang, Indonesia" (l-r): Sujit Ghosh, CEO Holcim Singapore; winner Eugene Tan, student at the National University of Singapore; and Erwin Viray, Professor of Architecture and Design Kyoto Institute of Technology.
Presentation of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 5th prize 2014 for "Re-Made Fabric: Garment district intervention, Chittagong, Bangladesh" (l-r): winners Meriem Chabani, Etienne Chobaux and John Edom of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris Malaquais, France, together with Shankar Kumar Roy,GM Business Development, Holcim Bangladesh.
Five “Next Generation” prizes for inspiring visions of tomorrow were presented to projects by young professionals and students in Bangladesh, China and Indonesia.
Kenya Endo (right), a Singaporean resident, won the “Next Generation” 2nd prize for North America with “Machine Landscape: Coal mining sites for hydro-pump electricity storage, Greene County, PA, USA”. He was congratulated on his achievement by Sujit Ghosh, CEO Holcim Singapore at the Holcim Awards ceremony for Asia Pacific in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Presenting the Holcim Awards main prize-winning projects: Donald Bates, member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Asia Pacific and Chair of Architectural Design, University of Melbourne, Australia
Presenting the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize-winning projects: Davy Sukamta, member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Asia Pacific and Director of Davy Sukamta & Partners, Indonesia
Presenting the “Next Generation” prize-winning projects (l-r): Erwin Viray, Professor of Architecture and Design at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan and Nirmal Kishnani, Assistant Dean of Architecture, School of Design & Environment, National University of Singapore (NUS)
"The importance of emotional and psychological needs in post eathquake reconstruction is vital to successful sustainable construction", Tjokorda Nirarta Samadhi, Fifth Deputy Head of the President’s Delivery Unit for Development, Monitoring and Oversight in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Welcoming more than 400 guests to the Djakarta Theatre, Sutanto Soehoedo, Deputy Governor for DKI Jakarta for Transportation, Trade and Industry, Indonesia.
"This Awards proves sustainability is a goal not only necessary but also achievable", Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland.
Master of Ceremony: Susan Bachtiar, TV presenter
More than 400 guests were welcomed at the Djakarta Theatre to celebrate the winners of the Holcim Awards Asia Pacific 2014.
The audience awaits the announcement of the winners of the Holcim Awards 2014 for region Asia Pacific.
During the poster exhibition following the ceremony, guests had the opportunity to network and to learn more about each of winning projects.
Mr Fauzan enchanted the audience during the intermission at the Holcim Awards ceremony for Asia Pacific in Jakarta with his sand paintings.
Guests at the Holcim Awards ceremony Asia Pacific enjoy a performance of the Rampak Gendang dancers.
Guests of the Holcim Awards ceremony in Jakarta are welcomed by traditional Indonesian dancers.
Winners of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 for "Protective Wing: Bird sanctuary, Chiang Mai, Thailand" (l-r): Chak Cherdsatriku, Kaomai Lanna Resort, Chian Mai; Jairyawadee Lekawatana, Architectkidd, Bangkok; and Singh Intrachooto, Kasetsart University, Bangkok.
Christopher Gish, Director of Seeds for Change in Colorado, USA, and project client of the Holcim Awards Silver-winning project "Children’s Ziggurat: Locally-adapted orphanage and library, Kathmandu, Nepal".
Milinda Pathiraja of Architecture Workshop, Sri Lanka, winner of the Holcim Awards Bronze 2014 for "Post-War Collective: Community library and social recuperation, Ambepussa, Sri Lanka".
Zhe Peng, student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, USA, and winner of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 1st prize for "Panda-Watching: Historic village reconstruction, Xueshan, China".
Zhang Qu of Tsinghua University, Beijing, Chinga, and winner of the Holcim Awards "Next Generation" 1st prize for "Panda-Watching: Historic village reconstruction, Xueshan, China".
Donald Bates, member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Asia Pacific and Chair of Architectural Design, University of Melbourne, Australia, provided an overview of the jury process and the “target issues” for sustainable construction used as a basis for the evaluation of submissions in the competition.
Davy Sukamta, member of the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Asia Pacific and Director of Davy Sukamta & Partners, Indonesia, placed the Awards competition in a local context.
Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland, provided the context of Holcim.
Edward Schwarz, General Manager, Holcim Foundation, Switzerland presented an introduction to the Holcim Foundation and the Holcim Awards competition at the media briefing in Jakarta.
Media representatives from across Asia Pacific attended a media briefing following the prize-giving ceremony.