World Architecture Festival
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) is an annual event held in Barcelona organised by EMAP, a media group that runs other festivals, including the World Retail Congress and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, as well as publishes various journals, including within the field of architecture the Architectural Review, and the Architects' Journal. The inaugural WAF was hold on 22–24 October 2008. The 2010 festival took place on 3–5 November. The "Building of the Year" award and 17 category awards are selected from shortlisted entries which are presented to the jury during the festival. The 2011 festival will take place on 2–4 November.
History
For the 2008 awards, international juries shortlisted the best recently completed buildings in 17 categories from a total of 722 entries from 63 countries.[1] All the 224 shortlisted projects were presented by their architects to the juries and audiences at the Festival. On the final day the 17 category winners again had to present the work, competing against each other to win the first architectural Prix de Barcelona. The international judging panel, composed of architects, allied professionals, clients and architecture critics, was headed by Norman Foster.[2]
The 2010 awards attracted more than 500 entries from 61 countries.
Building of the Year winners
Category winners
2009
- Civic and Community:Produkcija 004,Emergency Terminal, Zagreb, Croatia
- Culture:Peter Rich Architects,Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre,South Africa
- Display:Batlle & Roig Architects,Cages for Macaws,Spain
- Health:Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos,Teleton Tampico, Mexico
- Holiday:Murman Arkitekter ab,Restaurant Tusen, Ramundberget, Sweden
- House:McBride Charles Ryan,Klein Bottle House, Rye, Australia
- Housing:WOHA,The Met, Bangkok, Thailand, Republic of Singapore
- Landscape:Turen Design Institute,Adaptation Palettes, Beijing
- Learning:The Pearl Academy of Fashion,Morphogenesis, Jaipur, India
- New and Old:Perkins Eastman, USA (Architect),Choi Ropiha, Australia (Concept Architect),William Fellows/ PKSB(Plaza Architect),Dewhurst MacFarlane and Partners(Structural Engineer), TKTS Booth and the Redevelopment of Father Duffy Square, New York, USA
- Office:Behnisch Architekten,Unileverhaus, Hamburg, Germany
- Production, Energy and Recycling:Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners,Bodegas Protos winery, Spain
- Shopping:Isay Weinfeld,Havaianas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Sport:Allen Jack + Cottier, Berry Sports Hall, Australia
- Transport:WOHA,Bras Basah Mass Rapid Transit Station, Singaore
2008
- Civic: Buro II + CITIC ADI, GZBICC, Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Centre, China.
- Housing: Bjarke Ingels Group, Mountain Dwellings, Denmark.
- Culture: Snøhetta, Oslo Opera House, Norway.
- Energy, Waste & recycling: Batlle & Roig Architects, Landscape Restoration of the Controlled Rubbish Dump "La Vall d'en Joan", Spain.
- Health: FAREstudio, Centre pour le Bien-être des Femmes et la prévention des mutilations génitales féminines 'G.Kambou', Burkina Faso.
- Holiday: Bakker Boniface Haden Architects, Nk'Mip Desert Cultural CentreHotson, Canada.
- Learning: Grafton Architects, Universita Luigi Bocconi, Italy.
- Nature: Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle Art Museum, USA.
- New and Old: Foster + Partners, Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard, Smithsonian Institution, USA.
- Office: Sabbagh Arquitectos, Duoc Corporate Building, Chile.
- Pleasure: 70F Architecture, Sheep Stable, The Netherlands.
- Production: Coop Himmelb(l)au, BMW Welt - Event, Exhibition and Automobile Delivery Centre, Germany.
- Religion & Contemplation: Meixner Schlüter Wendt Architekten, Dornbusch Church, Germany.
- Sport: 3LHD Architects, Sports Hall Bale, Croatia.
- Shopping: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor, K:fem, Sweden.
- Private House: Sou Fujimoto Architects, Final Wooden House, Japan.
- Transport: Zaha Hadid Architects, Nordpark Cable Railway Stations, Austria.
- Student charrette: HafenCity University Hamburg
Judges 2011[5]
- Will Alsop, United Kingdom
- Chris Bosse, Germany
- Peter Cook, Unnired Kingdom
- Monica Ponce de Leon, United States of America
- Paul Finch, United Kingdom
- Charles Jencks, United States of America
- Wang Lu, China
- James McAdam, United Kingdom
- Timothy Moore,Australia
- Michel Rojkind, Mexico
Speakers 2011[6]
- Yvonne Farrell, United Kingdom
- James Grose, Unoted Kingdom
- Akihiko Hamada, Japan
- David Mackay, Spain
- William Menking, United States of America
- Pauline Nee, United Kingdom
- Koen Olthuis, Netherlands
- Santiago Parramón, Spain
- Andrew Patterson, New Zealand
- Sanjay Puri, India
- Michael Rayner, Australia
- Ken Tadashi Oshima, United States of America
- Roger Zogolovitch, United Kingdom
Some of the Entries Including[7]
- Australia - Allen Jack+Cottier / Andrew Maynard Architects / Circa Architecture / H2o architects / HASSELL / Kerstin Thompson Architects / *Lahznimmo Architects / Wilson Architects / Suters Architects.
- Belgium - BURO II & ARCHI+I.
- Brazil - Dipace&Dipace / Studio MK27.
- Canada - IBI Group.
- Chile - Gonzalo Mardones Viviani.
- China - logon / Turenscape.
- Cyprus - Theo David Architects.
- Denmark - 3XN / AART Architects / Bjarke Ingels Group.
- Egypt - Abiat Architects.
- Estonia - EA Reng.
- France -LAN Architecture.
- Germany - Hammoodi Partner.
- Greece - Eleanna Horiti Architecte .
- Hong Kong - Rocco Design Architects.
- India - ADS Designs / Archohm Consults / Malik Architecture / Manasram Architect / Nivedita & Uday Pande.
- Iran - F.E.A / Metaphor Architectural Associates / New Wave Architecture.
- Ireland- Dhb Architects / Scott Tallon Walker.
- Israel - Kimmel Eshkolot architects.
- Japan - Sou Fujimoto Architects / Takase corporation.
Sponsors and Exhibitors 2011[8]
- Grohe
- Hp
- Swisspearl
- RLB( River Levett Bucknall)
- OpenBuildings.com
- ie School of Architecture and Design
- Aedas
- Figueras
- Casa Decor
- Lamberts
- .hess
- Mosa. Tiles.
- Somhidros
- Laufen
- Desso
Seminar Agenda[9]
Wednesday 2 November
Response and Repair
- 10.15 Introduction and opening remarks from World Architecture Festival Director, Paul Finch.
- 10.30 - 11.15 Reconstructing Japan - resilience and repair
- 11.30 - 12.15 Recovering a city's heritage: Rebuilding Christchurch's cultural spaces
- 12.30 - 13.15 Creating a new urban reality: A strategy for Chile
- 14.45 - 15.30 Post Traumatic Urbanism - disaster capitalism or force for good
- 15.45 - 16.30 Making a difference to the architect's office
- 18.15 - 18.45 Announcement of Wednesday's category winners
- 18.45 - 20.00 Opening drinks reception at CCIB
- 20.30 - 24.00 WAF party at the Trespa showroom - drinks and tapas in central Barcelona
Thursday 3 November
Recovery and Rethink
- 10.30 - 11.15 Rethinking land use - time for change?
- 11.30 - 12.15 Resurrecting Haiti's Iron Markets and rebuilding a city's morale
- 12.30 - 1.15 Thinking differently: New approaches to materials and products
- 14.45 - 15.30 New Orleans - the road to recovery
- 15.45 - 16.30 Brisbane and Rio: Designing for 'precarious urbanism'
- 17.00 - 18.00 Keynote talk: MBM 60 years in Barcelona: Architecture under the dictatorship, the explosion of democracy, the legacy of the Olympics
- 18.15 - 18.45 Announcement of Thursday's category winners
- 19.00 - 21.00 WAF reception for shortlisted practices at Figueras showroom, central Barcelona
Friday 4 November
Winners presentations
- 10.00 - 17.00 Category winners presentations
- 18.30 - 19.30 Final awards ceremony: Announcement of World Building of the Year
- 19.30 - 20.30 Closing drinks reception at CCIB
References
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