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Architects: Zigzag Arquitectura
- Area: 1770 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Ascan, Mecanismo, Úrculo Ingenieros
San Martín de la Mar Square / Zigzag Arquitectura
2016 Pritzker Prize Winner Alejandro Aravena's Work in 15 Images
Alejandro Aravena is the first Chilean architect to ever receive a Pritzker Prize. Praised for reviving the socially engaged architect, the 48-year-old architect and executive director of ELEMENTAL has proved architecture's ability to solve pressing global issues through his diverse portfolio. Read on to see 15 projects that exemplify Aravena's contribution to architecture so far.
Alejandro Aravena Wins 2016 Pritzker Prize
Alejandro Aravena has been named as the winner of the 2016 Pritzker Prize. Highlighting his dedication to improve urban environments and to address the global housing crisis, the Pritzker Prize jury praised the way in which the Chilean architect has "risen to the demands of practicing architecture as an artful endeavor, as well as meeting today's social and economic challenges." Aravena is the 41st Pritzker Prize laureate and the first Chilean to receive the award.
At 48 years of age, Aravena has a large portfolio of private, public and educational projects in Chile, the USA, Mexico, China and Switzerland. But perhaps more notably, through his “Do Tank” firm ELEMENTAL he has managed to build 2,500 units of social housing, engaging in the public housing policies of governments where he works and taking an opportunistic approach to market forces to generate a powerful impact on lower-income communities.
"Alejandro Aravena epitomizes the revival of a more socially engaged architect, especially in his long-term commitment to tackling the global housing crisis and fighting for a better urban environment for all,” explained the Jury in their citation. “He has a deep understanding of both architecture and civil society, as is reflected in his writing, his activism and his designs. The role of the architect is now being challenged to serve greater social and humanitarian needs, and Alejandro Aravena has clearly, generously and fully responded to this challenge."
Muzeiko Children's Science Discovery Center / Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership
Living Levels / Tchoban Voss Architekten
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Architects: Tchoban Voss Architekten: Christoph Heimermann, Kenan Ozan, Anja Schroth, Stephan Luda-Scharping
- Area: 8700 m²
- Year: 2015
Pandemos Agora / KLab architecture
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Architects: KLab architecture
- Area: 40 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Core Constructions, mousegraphics
Interview with Ensamble Studio: "The New Generation Will Not Accept Standard Solutions. We Need an Entirely Different City"
Founded in 2000 by Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, Ensamble Studio represents that rare and highly sought-after ideal of 21st century architecture: a firm whose work is as intellectually rigorous as it is visceral and viral, with work that is equally at home in both the 2010 Venice Biennale and on the popular website Viralnova. In this interview - the first installment in his column for ArchDaily "City of Ideas" - Vladimir Belogolovsky visits the studio's founders at their unconventional home, the Hemeroscopium House in Madrid, to talk about their experimental approach to design and their conception of the city of the future.
Málaga Museum / Pardo Tapia Arquitectos
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Architects: Pardo Tapia Arquitectos
- Year: 2013
University Centre "des Quais" / Auer Weber
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Architects: Auer Weber
- Area: 23485 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Acouphen, Grontmij Sechaud Bossuyt, Atelier Fontaine, Metz-Tessy / Annecy, BETR, +2
Saint-Ange Residency / Studio Odile Decq
Winners of the 2015 AADIPA European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention Announced
After reviewing 200 applications from 25 countries and 14 finalists, a library in Spain, housing in Portugal and a masterplan for an Italian city were among the winners of the second edition of the European Prize of Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA 2015.
The competition spanned four categories: intervention in built heritage; exterior spaces; urban planning and disclosure.
See all five winners, after the break.
Copagri Pavilion ‘Love IT’ / EMBT
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Architects: EMBT
- Area: 560 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Bover, Ideal Work
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Professionals: Andrea Laudini – Moniga del Garda (BS), Empresa Creativa, SIO Studio Iorio, G Stand Srl, Sona, +16
177 Social Dwellings in Valdebebas / Francisco Mangado
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Architects: Francisco Mangado
- Area: 34930 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Gradhermetic
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Professionals: Arpada, Ingenieros JG S.A
Barceló Market, Library and Sports Hall / Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
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Architects: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Effisus
Russia Pavilion – Milan Expo 2015 / SPEECH
Casa del Lector / Ensamble Studio
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Architects: ENSAMBLE STUDIO
- Year: 2012
The Flow / atelier d'architecture King Kong
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Architects: atelier d'architecture King Kong
- Area: 4050 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Kahle Acoustics, Projex Ingénierie, Diagobat
Upcoming Montreal Lecture: Brendan MacFarlane
This year's second installment of Index Design's Master Classe series will feature architect Brendan MacFarlane on March 24, 2015, from 6:00 to 8:00PM in Montreal. MacFarlane, co-founder of the internationally-acclaimed design firm Jakob + MacFarlane, will discuss his iconic and award-winning work, and his pursuit of creating architecture that "leaves nobody indifferent." To purchase tickets and for more information, visit masterclasses.index-design.ca.