Architect and Builder Magazine South Africa November/December 2014 | Page 7

NEWSWORTHY CLADDING DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION WORKSHOP ASSESSED AND VALIDATED BY SAIA AfriClad, subsidiary of First African Holdings, now offers a countrywide workshop on: DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION OF ALUMINIUM COMPOSITE CLADDING IN TODAY’S ARCHITECTURE. SAIA, The South African Institute of Architects, has assessed and validated this Category One CPD Activity. The activity carries 0,25 Category One CPD credits. THE CHAPEL BY A21STUDIO WINS ‘WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR’ AWARD AT WORLD ARCHITECTURE FESTIVAL 2014 The Chapel, Vietnam, designed by a21studio, has won the ‘World Building of the Year’ award, UOL Group Ltd, at the World Architecture Festival (WAF) 2014. Live judging of the WAF awards took place during the largest global celebration of architecture - the World Architecture Festival, which culminated with a gala dinner and awards’ ceremony today at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. The Chapel is a community space in a new urban ward on the outskirt of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. As a result of estate crisis, the surrounding area lacks communal centers; therefore, the Chapel is designed to be the place for people to participate in activities such as conferences, weddings and exhibitions. The Chapel takes advantage of materials from the owner’s previous projects such as steel frames and metal sheets. The project was selected by the festival’s super-jury, comprising a selection of the world’s leading architects and designers, led by renowned British architect Richard Rogers, and included Rocco Yim (Hong Kong), Julie Eizenberg (USA), Enric Ruiz Geli (Spain) and Peter Rich (South Africa). Commending the winning project on behalf of the festival’s super-jury, Paul Finch, WAF Programme Director, said “The judges felt this was a project that embraced history and modernity, and created a dialogue in the process. It has created maximum effect with minimum materials and has produced an unexpected change of pace in its urban context. The opportunity has been taken to recycle and rethink materials and site, and a series of design issues have been addressed which have produced a small project that makes a big statement. Colour and light have been deployed to put people at ease and the architect has found poetry in the mundane.” This is the 7th year the World Architecture Festival awards have been presented, with 33 WAF awards announced across the three main sections of Completed Buildings, Landscape and Future Projects. For more information visit: www.worldarchitecturefestival.com LOUIS KAROL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD On 30 October 2014, Louis Karol was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Architecture. This was awarded by the South African Professional Practice Services Association at a gala event in Johannesburg that was attended by some 500 people in a variety of all professions, for eg, Law, Accounting, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Architecture, Financial Services etc. – a wonderful achievement. www.louiskarol.com News Watch Activity reference: CPD SAIA 14-17 Duration of workshop: 2.5 hours Presenters: Van Heerden de Wet; Werner Schulz Summary of Workshop The participant will be introduced to Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) with special focus on the following: • Design considerations • Specification standards • Manufacturing • Properties • Finishes • Warranties • Sustainability • ACM panels (fabrication & attachment systems) • Case studies and applications AfriClad is in the process of arranging the presentation of this workshop with the different regional architectural institutes. They are willing to present these workshops at the premises of the larger practices, when they have at least 6 or more people attending. For more information on these workshops, please contact Mariëtte at 082 902 6061 or [email protected] 7