Conversion of a Wine Storage into Housing by Esch Sintzel Architekten. Image: Esch Sintzel
“The project demonstrates that ordinary, utilitarian buildings have value and can support new creative projects that bring something positive to the neighborhood and the city. It brings not only quality but additional life. It is sustainable thanks to the reuse of the existing concrete structure, which absolutely must be taken into account in the carbon balance,” the jury said of the Swiss Renovation winner.
Conversion of a Wine Storage into Housing by Esch Sintzel Architekten. Image: Paola Corsini
“This existing structure is complemented by a new construction that densifies and gives a new identity and new life to the site,” their statement continued. “In terms of architecture, it shows a new way of living and the imagination needed to reinvent an existing structure. It demonstrates that transforming the existing creates a new and unexpected quality of housing that defies standard typologies. In terms of the building’s collective infrastructure, it has collective spaces that celebrate and facilitate communal living.”
Conversion of a Wine Storage into Housing by Esch Sintzel Architekten. Image: Paola Corsini
New Construction Category winner: La Borda in Barcelona, Spain, by Lacol
“This is an outstanding example of collective housing development in the city at all stages of the process. The ambition goes beyond the scale of the building, being part of a bottom-up process of regeneration of the whole neighborhood,” the jury added of the winning New Construction design.
La Borda by Lacol. Image: Álvaro Valdecantos
“The housing concept brings a new imagination of living and
cohabitation. It is about successful cohabitation between individuals,
communal living, and public engagement. The architecture brings generosity
and demonstrates that the transformation of the limits of contemporary living
turns technical challenges into resources, which, together with sustainability, can be approached in another way, prioritizing quality of life. The introduction
of the cooperative system as an alternative model to housing production
combines affordability and quality in the right way,” the jury continued.
La Borda by Lacol. Image: Lluc Miralles
Lacol, the ten-year-old cooperative behind the development, describes their work: “La Borda’s community model, as opposed to more traditional public or private promotions, has made it possible to overcome some major limitations imposed on collective housing architectural projects. In the public sector, the fear of the future user, who is totally unknown, prevents the introduction of changes that could affect the normalised way of living. In the case of private developers, market logics are imposed, impoverishing housing in order to facilitate its assimilation as an object of consumption. The innovation of the urbanisation process has been key to working with architecture beyond its formalisation. We identified five characteristics of this model that have a direct response in the project: self-promotion, right of use, community life, sustainability, and affordability.”
La Borda by Lacol. Image: Álvaro Valdecantos
The project stands currently as Spain’s tallest wooden structure and serves as a model for overcoming the challenges endemic in the typology, according to the jury. Lacol, which won a 2022 Mies van der Rohe Award over their efforts, was also featured in Archinect’s 2022 roundup of employee-owned cooperatives. The project is notable for the inclusion of future residents in its design and construction process.
La Borda by Lacol. Image courtesy Lacol
Special mentions were also granted to the Ekko project by Duncan Lewis in Bordeaux, France, in the New Construction Category, and to Phase 2 of the Park Hill redevelopment in Sheffield, UK, from Mikhail Riches studio.
The first edition of the awards generated 171 entries from 19 different countries after being organized jointly by the Basque Country Architecture Institute and France’s Arc en Rêve Centre D’architecture.
Organizers praised the “great participation in
this first edition, which shows that Europe is not only the stage for socially and
environmentally responsible architecture but also has professionals with great
capacity and innovative vision to face the challenges that lie ahead.”
Following is the full roster of finalists.
Selected Finalists in the Renovation Category:
Felix Platter Hospital (Basel, Switzerland) by Müller Sigrist ArchitektenQville (Essen, Belgium) by B-architectenNekkersput (Ghent, Belgium) by DBLV architectenLa commune (Liège, Belgium) by he-architectesSocial housing in Rua da Vitória (Porto, Portugal) by MAVAA architectsPhase 2 of Park Hill redevelopment (Sheffield, UK) by Mikhail Riches1970s social housing complex renovation (Trento, Italy) by Campomarzio+Studio BombasaroSchloR – Schöner Leben ohne Raiffeisen (Vienna, Austria) by Gabu Heindl and team
Selected Finalists in the New Construction Category:
La Chalmeta (Barcelona, Spain) by Vivas ArquitectosMaierhof (Bludenz, Austria) by feld72Ekko (Bordeaux, France) by Duncan LewisSpiegelfabrik (Fürth, Germany) by Verena von Beckerath and Tim HeideKuppe Estate (Horgen, Switzerland) by Esch Sintzel ArchitektenA House For Artists (London, UK) by Apparata ArchitectsPublic rental housing (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) by Balearic Housing InstituteZollhaus Kalkbreite (Zurich, Switzerland) by Enzmann Fischer Architekten
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