Regional Holcim Awards 2014 Europe

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Winners of the Holcim Awards 2014 Europe main prizes (l-r): Luis Basabe and Luis Palacios (Bronze); Gilles Delalex (Silver); Francisco Leiva, Lucia Pierro and Marco Scarpinato (Gold); and Enrique Arenas (Bronze).

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 Europe for “Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy” (l-r): Francisco Leiva, Grupo aranea, Alicante, Spain; Marco Scarpinato and Lucia Pierro, AutonomeForme, Palermo, Italy; Bernard Fontana, CEO, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland and Piero Corpina, CEO Holcim Italy. http://www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/Projects/anthropic-park

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Silver 2014 Europe for “Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France” (l-r): project author Gilles Delalex, Muoto, Paris; Ronan Venetz, Counsellor for transport, industry and sustainable development, Embassy of France in Moscow; Gerard Letellier, CEO Holcim France; Roland Köhler, Member of the Executive Committee responsible for Group region Europe, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Bronze 2014 Europe for “The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria” (l-r): Jury representative, Arno Brandlhuber, brandlhuber+, Berlin, Germany; project authors Enrique Arenas, Luis Palacios and Luis Basabe, Arenas Basabe Palacios arquitectos, Madrid, Spain; Josef Nowak, Managing Director Holcim Vienna; Feliciano Gonzales, CEO Holcim Spain; Urs Fankhauser, Holcim Area Manager Western Europe; and Luis Cacho, Chief Counselor for Economics, Embassy of Spain in Moscow.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Honorable Mention 2014 Europe for “Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland” (l-r): Harry Gugger, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland; Honorable Mention recipient Christian Kerez, Christian Kerez AG, Zurich, Switzerland; Kaspar E.A. Wenger, Holcim Area Manager Central Europe, and CEO Holcim Switzerland; Julien Thöni, Head of the Economic Division, Embassy of Switzerland in Moscow.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 Europe for “Aggregate Structure: Reusable aggregates requiring no binding agent, Stuttgart, Germany” (l-r): Harry Gugger, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland; Acknowledgement prize recipient Karola Dierichs, Institute for Computational Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany; and Urs Kern, CEO Holcim Southern Germany.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize 2014 Europe for “Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium” (l-r): Harry Gugger, Professor for Architectural & Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), and Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland; Lieven De Groote, Ana Castillo, Annekatrien Verdickt and Jan Terwecoren, TETRA architecten, Brussels, Belgium; and Louis Beauchemin, CEO Holcim Belgium and Netherlands.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 1st prize 2014 Europe for “X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería, and Madrid, Spain” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; Héctor Muñoz, Ignacio Taus, Ricardo Mayor and Hani Jaber, DAT Pangea, Madrid, Spain; and Feliciano Gonzales, CEO Holcim Spain.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 2nd prize 2014 Europe for “Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; “Next Generation” 2nd prize recipients Aleksandr Veshniakov, Nadezhda Pavlova, Natalia Mikhailova, Aleksandra Tyron and Dimitry Ivanov, all St Petersburg, Russia; and Guillermo Brusco, CEO Holcim Russia.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 3rd prize 2014 Europe for “Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; Iker Luna (from Nicaragua), Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona, Spain; and Feliciano Gonzales, CEO Holcim Spain.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 4th prize 2014 Europe for “De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; András Dankházi (from Hungary), University College Dublin, Ireland; and Ottó Magera, CEO Holcim Hungary.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 5th prize 2014 Europe for “Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; winner of the “Next Generation” 5th prize, Grégoire Arthuis, Paris, France; and Gerard Letellier, CEO Holcim France.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 6th prize 2014 Europe for “Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; Nikola Znaor (from Croatia), Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria; and Horia Adrian, Holcim Area Manager Emerging Europe, Representative of Holcim in the Holcim Awards jury 2014 Europe.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Jury representative Arno Brandlhuber (Germany) applauded the Holcim Awards Gold winning project for its bold philosophical posture – investigating the roles of architecture, landscape design, and urban planning and their constraints through the necessity to allow human existence. “The project frames a discourse on potential forms of relationship between human activity and the natural environment, offering strategies for understanding architecture as a form of action in a symbiotic rapport with nature,” he said.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Harry Gugger, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation and Professor for Architectural & Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland presented the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement and Honorable Mention prize winning projects.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Bernard Fontana, CEO Holcim: “The activities of the Holcim Foundation – the Holcim Forum, various the publications, and of course the Holcim Awards – present excellent platforms for the promotion of sustainable construction.”

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Welcoming guests to the ceremony: Guillermo Brusco, CEO Holcim Russia.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

The audience of the Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony: A total of twelve projects including state-of-the-art designs from leading professionals as well as visions of the next generation were recognized and share more than USD 300,000 prize money.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

“In megacities, the importance of sustainability in construction is vital – but the value of heritage buildings should not be overlooked. The most sustainable buildings are frequently also the most beautiful.” – Sergei Kuznetsov, Welcome Speaker, Chief Architect of the City of Moscow.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Venue of the Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony: Pashkov House, a renowned Neoclassical mansion constructed in the 1780s, standing on a hill overlooking the western wall of the Moscow Kremlin.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Interval entertainment: Russian circus.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Master of Ceremonies: Vladimir Posner, presenter and journalist.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Congratulating members of the winning team (l-r): Bernard Fontana, CEO Holcim with members of the winning team of Holcim Awards Gold 2014 Europe for “Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy” Marco Scarpinato and Lucia Pierro, AutonomeForme, Palermo, Italy together with Piero Corpina, CEO Holcim Italy.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Luis Palacios Labrador, Arenas Basabe Palacios arquitectos, Spain, member of the Holcim Awards Bronze winning team for “The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria”.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Congratulating the winner of the first Holcim Awards Honorable Mention (l-r) Bernard Fontana, CEO Holcim with Swiss architect Christian Kerez who received the special prize for an energy-efficient office building in Holderbank, Switzerland.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Hector Munoz Mendoza and Ignacio Taus Jimenez of DAT Pangea, Spain and winners of the “Next Generation” 1st prize 2014 Europe for “X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería and Madrid, Spain” discuss their project with Lieven De Groote and Ana Castillo of TETRA architecten, Belgium, winners of an Acknowledgement prize for “Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub”.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Harry Gugger, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, Switzerland (left) with Karola Dierichs, University of Stuttgart, Institute for Computational Design, Germany, winner of the Holcim Awards Acknowledgement prize for “Aggregate Structure: Reusable aggregates requiring no binding agent, Stuttgart, Germany”.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Members of the “Next Generation” 1st prize 2014 Europe for “X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería and Madrid, Spain” examine the poster explaining their project following the Holcim Awards ceremony.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Winners of the “Next Generation” 2nd prize 2014 Europe for “Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia” (l-r): Nadezhda Pavlova, Monolit Set Stroy Company; Aleksandra Tyron, ASTAL open company; Dimitry Ivanov, Sodruzhestvo construction; Natalia Mikhailova, Sodruzhestvo construction; and Aleksandr Veshniakov, Sodruzhestvo construction, all St Petersburg, Russia.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Celebrating at the Holcim Awards reception after receiving the “Next Generation” 3rd prize 2014 Europe for “Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain”: Iker Luna, center (from Nicaragua), Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC), Barcelona, Spain.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

András Dankházi (from Hungary), right, winner of the “Next Generation” 4th prize Europe for “De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland” examines the poster of the “Next Generation” 6th project, “Air-Shade”, with winner Nikola Znaor (from Croatia).

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Winner of the “Next Generation” 6th prize for “Air-Shade. Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria”, Nikola Znaor (right) chats with a member of the Holcim Awards Bronze winning team for “The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria”, Luis Palacios Labrador of Arenas Basabe Palacios arquitectos, Spain.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Holcim CEO Bernard Fontana explained to guests how Holcim wants to use its position as a global industry leader and through the Holcim Awards competition to support sustainability beyond the Group’s plants and distribution chains. “The Holcim Foundation seeks to globally interlink knowledge and to advocate a mindset that not only views sustainability in terms of immense technical challenges, but also incorporates architectural excellence and improving the quality of life,” he said.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

The audience awaits the announcement of the winners of the Holcim Awards 2014 for region Europe.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

The Holcim Awards 2014 prize hand-over ceremony for Europe was held at Pashkov House in Moscow. Competition winners from across Europe gathered for the prize announcement and shared in more than USD 300,00 in prize money.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

The Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony was hosted by Holcim Russia: Guillermo Brusco, CEO Holcim Russia.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Urs Fankhauser (left), Holcim Area Manager Western Europe and Louis Beauchemin, CEO Holcim Belgium and Netherlands, review the projects in the Awards poster gallery following the announcement of winners.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Andrés Llopis Pérez (Spain), center chats with members of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 Europe winning team.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Ballerina Ilze Liepa performs during the Holcim Awards 2014 Europe prize hand-over ceremony held at Pashkov House in Moscow. Competition winners from across Europe gathered for the prize announcement and shared in more than USD 300,00 in prize money.

Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

Ballerina Ilze Liepa performs during the Holcim Awards 2014 Europe prize hand-over ceremony held at Pashkov House in Moscow.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Media representatives from across Europe attended a breakfast briefing following the Holcim Awards 2014 Europe prize ceremony. A total of twelve projects including state-of-the-art designs from leading professionals as well as visions of the next generation were recognized and share more than USD 300,000 prize money.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Member of the team winning the Holcim Awards Gold 2014, Francisco Leiva of Grupo aranea (Spain). Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy was applauded by the jury for its bold philosophical posture – investigating the roles of architecture, landscape design, and urban planning and their constraints through the necessity to allow human existence.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Lucia Pierro, AutonomeForme (Italy), member of the Holcim Awards Gold 2014 Europe winning team. Anthropic Park is a shape-shifting ecosystem generates a flooded landscape filled with flora and fauna, with a special focus on migrating birds.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

A team from Muoto architects (France) including Gilles Delalex won the Holcim Awards Silver 2014 for Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France. The jury acknowledged the minimal deployment of architectural and technical means that is resilient and adaptable to future needs.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Holcim Awards Bronze 2014 Europe winner Luis Palacios. The winning team presented an urban plan that uses framework of gardens for the project’s physical and social development: The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Hector Munoz and a team of architects from DAT Pangea (Spain) won the “Next Generation” 1st prize for X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería, and Madrid, Spain. Their portfolio of projects includes a spatial plan and agricultural restructure, a productive urban garden as well as temporary spaces for public engagement.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Member of the “Next Generation” 2nd prize winning team, Aleksandra Tyron. The group of architects won the first Holcim Awards prize for a Russian team for Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia, creating a network of civic centers for small towns using online connectivity.

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Bernard Fontana, CEO Holcim: “We want to use our position as a global leader in the manufacturing and distribution of cement and aggregates to support sustainability beyond our production plants and distribution chains.”

Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

Edward Schwarz, General Manager of the Holcim Foundation: “No project can achieve a top score in all five of the “target issues” for sustainable construction – every project has a particular focus on its intrinsically unique aspects.”

Regional Holcim Awards 2014 Europe

The Holcim Awards jury for region Europe met in Zurich, Switzerland in June 2014 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Arno Brandlhuber, Holger Wallbaum, Marc Angélil, Hiromi Hosoya, Stuart Smith, Antón García-Abril, Horia Adrian, Jean-Philippe Vassal (Head of Jury), and Hrvoje Njiric.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Shading as a response: by opening itself, the system enhances cooling of buildings.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Accordingly to the size of the structure, the shutter units could differ in size, and where possible even in form. Freeform structures could benefit from this as well. Unlike lamellas or shading screens, smaller units allow local response and higher shading quality. Responsive shading systems have been emerging over the past few decades. However, they share the common problem of using sensors, electronic, motors, and external energy sources which require frequent maintenance.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Initial model of shading units: the air container in front features its particular shape for a greater surface to volume difference, in order to cool and heat up more quickly. The pneumatic actuation system uses reverse umbrella mechanics for opening the shutter units. Diffuse lighting penetrates the shading system in order to optimize daylight usage, and the reduction of artificial lightning. The shutters are displayed in one of the possible arrangements, and material execution.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Solar gain over time: the opening of the shading system and heat elimination.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Shading system responds to the immediate local environment: eg: clouds, vegetation, etc.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Initial shading unit construction in open and closed position.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

The functioning prototype with 1m2 shading area and one of the possible shading textiles.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Air container with a thermomanometer tracks the changes in temperature and pressure.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Detail of the functioning prototype in an open position, without the shading textile.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Prototype detail in closed position without the shading textile and air container in front.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Air-Shade: Responsive sustainable shading system, Vienna, Austria

Nikola Znaor

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

NIR/NVDI images sample.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Final prototype.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Temperature and sound buffer diagram.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Moisture sensor.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

NIR/NVDI images setup.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Final clay mixes.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Porosity levels 1.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Porosity levels 2.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Moisture sensor results.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Accelerate moss composition, early stage.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Bio Ceramic: Moss-grafted clay tiles for green roofs, Barcelona, Spain

Iker Luna

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

The Commons (GartenSTADT) vs City Block: we look for a human and local scale based district.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Liquid city: Instead of a predesigned urban tissue, a controlled growth process is proposed. The initial grid of gardens is the support of the urban, which will develop in time through small-scale gradual appropriations. The result will be a liquid city that works as a complete urban configuration in all stages of consolidation, satisfying the current societal needs, but is also able to adapt itself to any contextual change or future necessities.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Eco-city: Sustainable urban development of a piece of the city. We use the green open space as a support of the buildings, and not vice versa. Land consumption is minimized in favor of green space, keeping a respectful attitude towards the existing landscape as well as the environment, but always without losing compactness and density. Diversity of actors and investment capacities are represented here, generating a multi-scalar intervention.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Porosity, not only in the urban fabric, but also in the low ecological footprint.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Flexibility, which guarantees social and economic balance, where everyone can find what they need.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

1. Garden south orientated; 2. Keep the existing trees; 3. Growing housing; 4. Northern wind protection.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Game-board: Democratic urbanism, in which different actors and needs can take place.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Diversity of urban scenarios is possible in the common space, thanks to urban-post-it appropriation.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Pedestrian area based on alternative mobility. Peripheral road traffic, minimized transport demand.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Allmende: collective, reprogrammable, low-maintenance open space for the community.

Project entry 2014 Europe – The Commons: Participatory urban neighborhood, Vienna, Austria

Luis Basabe Montalvo, Enrique Arenas Laorga, and Luis Palacios Labrador.

Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain

Spatial plan and agricultural restructure: Greenhouse city plan detail: the benefits of coexistence. A natural land that grows, with greenhouses as nurseries, recovery centers of fauna and flora, and an increase in the water level of the aquifers. An agro-industrial land with a higher quality production, with better infrastructure, better pest control, better working conditions, health and safety. Communities with better quality of life, in contact with the natural environment and with an increase in their economy.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Spatial plan and agricultural restructure: The greenhouse city is a spatial planning that gives geographical expression to the economic, social, cultural and ecological policies of society. It is at the same time a scientific discipline, an administrative technique and a policy developed as an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach directed towards a balanced regional development and the physical organization of space according to an overall strategy.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Insertion of wildlife corridors between greenhouses that will regulate land use.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Agro-urban-industrial typologies: example of the services of this greenhouse city.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Infrastructure: land use control is made by the capacity of each space.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Smallholding example.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Agro-urban-industrial example: multiple-use building with a lasting impact on its environment.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Interior social exchanges/education: field worker, tourist and inhabitant sharing the same space.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Energy conservation of greenhouse-cortijo (farmhouse).

Project entry 2014 Europe – Spatial plan and agricultural restructure, Pujaire, Spain

Construction system, solitary structures and serial elements.

Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain

Temporary spaces for public engagement: Ephemeral architecture for free education: one possible plan and section on some public space of someplace that the society would need. The program may be installed in any place due to low cost and allows regeneration and a customized approach according to the needs of the neighborhood, and promoting ethical and social responsibility.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Public assembly hall: Neighborhood congress, voices of inhabitants making a real impact.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Smartphone strategy.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Support for a real democracy.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Elements and functions.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Tangram enables flexibility, multiplicity of functions and change.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Prices and packing.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Energy design.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Construction detail.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Temporary spaces for public engagement, Madrid, Spain

Real public use on a public place.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Watercolors: water as the main source of the project and first concept drawings. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

The time has arrived for a healthy environmental balance against imposed actions. It’s time to opt for a rich renewed ecosystem, a compelling ecosystem capable of positioning itself as a worldwide reference of ecological coexistence. An ecosystem that will appeal to its users, who are capable of creating true productivity within this place. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Masterplan of Saline Joniche. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Landscapes stages. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Officine di Grandi Riparazioni. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Saline Joniche’s landscape. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Green machinery. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Industrial aquatic landscapes. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Nature takes place, unsuspected landscapes. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

The last of us: post-human landscape. (Copyright: Grupo aranea)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Anthropic Park: Freshwater ecological reserve and remediation, Saline Joniche, Italy

Marco Scarpinato and Francisco Leiva.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

The context of Poolbeg, Dublin.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

The project’s main concept is to reuse power plants’ reject water in a mixed-use infrastructure to convert salt water to potable water for the city while sustaining a salt marsh garden around the buildings by releasing a brine aerosol micro climate. The garden extends the local nature reserve and hosts a new walkway. Salt water release is designed to preserve the timber building by keeping it perpetually moist. The same water source warms a public bathing pool on the rooftop via heat exchangers.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

In a simple technology setup, water runs through pipes and depressurized containers, trades heat and shows off its many forms. The layout of buildings follows the linear nature of the desalination process and forms an additive composition to create sheltered pockets for a garden. The new water infrastructure generates and sustains the place in which it is situated. In this small public utility urban, industrial and coastal ecologies are considered to highlight the strong interdependencies of their coexistence.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Water ecology / waste reuse.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Index of plants in microclimate.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Mixed-use layout of desalination units.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Three atmospheres.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Study of timber connections in wet environments.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Preservation of, and biodiversity in timber structures.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

Waterfall façade concept: drainage, ventilation, assembly and light studies.

Project entry 2014 Europe – De-Salination: Symbiotic water supply and landscape regeneration, Dublin, Ireland

András Dankházi

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

Located in the city center, the industrial activity operates as an integrated zone in an urban area.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

Plentiful rainwater will be used by two concrete plants at the site which consume hundreds of thousands of liters of water annually for the production of concrete and rinsing their installations. Production of electricity with solar panels is utilized on-site through lighting, machinery, charging electric forklifts, etc, and since surplus electricity has to be paid to the net administrator, it is economically more self-sustaining to share the energy with the neighborhood.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

The construction materials village is a powerful statement of sustainable urban logistics and distribution. By distributing construction materials to the city and collecting construction waste from the city, the village functions as a logistics hub between port and city. The village will become an important link in the product life-cycle management of materials.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

The Vergotedok in the Port of Brussels, Belgium.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

Open spaces create spatial connections between the urban tissue and the port.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

Modular site layout: based on the 20m distance between bollards of the quay.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

The showrooms of the concession holders are situated at the end of the volumes.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

Construction kits are created to enhance the functional flexibility of the village.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

The folded shape of the roof acts as a reverse spatial carpet on the 500m-long axis.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

View of the construction materials village from Avenue du Port.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub, Brussels, Belgium

Jan Terwecoren, Annekatrien Verdickt, Ana Castillo and Lieven De Groote

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

South façade on the plaza.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

North East façades.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

South façade on the plaza.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

North façade.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

East façade.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

East façade.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

Inside view of the restaurant toward the staircase.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

The staircase offers a continuous public space to connect the layering of independent programs.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

Floor plans.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Public Condenser: Low-cost flexible university building, Paris, France

Sections.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Some conceptual models showing the principle. (Model picture: Hisao Suzuki)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

The building from the outside, with its interior pillar structure supporting the slabs and the exterior bracing the building as a whole. It enhances the mutually-dependent structures and the relationship which is generated between the building and its industrial landmarks of the surrounding landscape. (Model picture: Walter Mair)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Perfectly circular openings in ceilings and floors afford views in and through the large corporate building. They provide many opportunities for employees and visitors to see and meet one another. Users of the building sense its size not only outside, but inside as well. The atriums crisscross the deep and compact building. (Model picture: Christian Kerez)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Conceptual model showing the disposition of openings. (Model picture: Christian Kerez, Milan Rohrer)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Final layout overview of the sequence of openings.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Final layout overview of the sequence of openings.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Enhancing the relationship between floors. (Model picture: Christian Kerez)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Situation of one internal space of the building. (Model picture: Christian Kerez)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Model of the entire building. (Model picture: Hisao Suzuki)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Representation of the relationship with industrial surroundings. (Rendering: Christian Kerez)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Circular Voids: Energy-efficient office building, Holderbank, Switzerland

Christian Kerez

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

Original tower design with different entities to work on identification.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

These sections show all the density of the rehabilitation of this single purpose 1970s tower. The pursuit breaks with the horizontal accumulation of floorspace and creates new experiences by mixing vertical and horizontal spaces/links. A mixed-use program of habitation, hotel, office and public space is interwoven in the concrete skeleton of the tower. In between spaces are managed by patio and the thickness of façades. The 4 pillars free the ground and create public spaces.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

The project speaks about a new relationship between the city and the inside of the tower. This link doesn’t go through a new cladding, but by a new in-between space with a different thickness depending upon its use. Inside this thickness there are patios, stairs and decks – all the vertical communication is focused on the façade: seen from outside and bringing life to the building. Moreover this element manages all the thermal needs and allows people to have access to open air despite the height.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

Disused car ramp brings people from the street level to the roof of the city.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

The project link: for the first time in 40 years, the tower connects with its ground and the heart of the city.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

The journey allows public to start from the piazza and proceed to the top of the tower through various spaces.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

A variable thickness double skin creates in-between spaces inside the building’s existing volume.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

From the disused car ramp, the different entities of the city and the tower can be seen and linked.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

A passage between the legs of the tower links different part of the city (old and new).

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

The meeting of the city’s horizontal and the project’s vertical create a shared public space.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Vertical Restructuring: High-rise tower rehabilitation, Nantes, France

Grégoire Arthuis

Project entry 2014 Europe – Aggregate Structure: Reusable aggregates requiring no binding agent, Stuttgart, Germany

An aggregate vault is made from a large number of designed particles, solidifying merely by frictional contact. The interlocking granules are poured over a formwork made of snow, ice, sand or a fluid designed aggregate. The load-bearing structure then makes up only 10-20% of the entire construction volume. Both structure and formwork are fully recyclable. The construction process itself is very rapid as the aggregate instantly stabilizes. (Image © ICD Stuttgart)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Aggregate Structure: Reusable aggregates requiring no binding agent, Stuttgart, Germany

The aggregate structures are self-supporting and require no further binding agent. The construction process can be either low-tech manually or high-tech digitally controlled. Variances in density of the granulate allow for the variation of material properties, such as thermal insulation or luminance effects. The designed aggregate thus allows for functional grading of architectural performance criteria within one and the same material system. (Image © ICD Stuttgart)

Project entry 2014 Europe – Aggregate Structure: Reusable aggregates requiring no binding agent, Stuttgart, Germany

Karola Dierichs and Achim Menges

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Cultural diversity of the people of Russia and communication instead of monotony and dissociation.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Place: the dominant architecture in small towns are panel houses up to 5 floors high. Their simple forms prompt use of constructivism stylistics in Point buildings. All public centers, regardless of the region of construction will have a high accent – a tower in which it is possible to walk upstairs and to look at the town: with all its demerits and, at the same time, prospects. Self-irony plus belief in the better future you can find in this building’s look.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Combination: the main difficulty in sustainable building design is combining the maximum from all factors in one space. The project tries to do that by dividing Point public center into two parts. First part is heated and contains public places like forum with folding screen, café and game zone. Second one is unheated and contains ecological systems of equipment. Also eco-parts were added such as heat-accumulating wall to public part and an observation area to equipment part for ecological education.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

The Net: all towns can communicate with each other. Their profiles are also available for big cities.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Connection between two towns by using of video conference.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Real virtuality: a space inside the public center turns into street of another town.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Ecological education: 1. Media façade; 2. Eco-technologies; 3. Moving blinds; 4. Heat accumulating; 5. Viewport.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Interaction of eco-technologies.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Financing system: Payment for duration of stay.

Project entry 2014 Europe – Net Point: Civic center virtual network, Sortavala, Russia

Inspiration: LEGO inviting play with structures; Panel house; Wooden fence; Retro camera.

Regional Holcim Awards 2014 Europe

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