Timber iQ February - March 2019 // Issue: 42 | Page 18

EVENTS "The next World Architecture Festival takes place between 4 and 6 December 2019 in Amsterdam" dealing with multiple social and societal issues, including aging populations, wellness and healthcare. EDUCATION - FUTURE PROJECTS The category winners were Warren and Mahoney Architects and Woods Bagot for their Lincoln University and AgResearch Joint Facility in Christchurch, New Zealand. Judges were impressed by collaborative engagement of six client partners and the local community, allowing for the creation of a building ‘with a profound relationship to both the cultural meaning and physical manifestation of the landscape’. HOUSE – FUTURE PROJECTS A bamboo stalactite project in Italy. HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH - COMPLETED BUILDINGS Alison Brooks Architects won this award for Exeter College Cohen Quadrangle in Oxford, UK. Judges were impressed by the project for being ‘contextual in a very sensitive and contemporary way, with exterior and interiors beautifully balanced and integrated’. SCHOOL - COMPLETED BUILDINGS Tezuka Architects won this category for its Muku Nursery School project in Fuji City, Japan. The oval shaped kindergarten school features a wooden deck across its roof acting as a playground space for pupils. Judges felt it was a ‘beautiful and delightful concept’. VILLA – COMPLETED BUILDINGS The category winner was High Horse Ranch in the US designed by Kieran Timberlake. The collection of a main house and two satellite guest cabins in California's Mendocino County wowed the judges, who felt the project ‘develops a new discourse in architecture in relation to off-site construction, even in unbuilt landscapes’. TRANSPORT – COMPLETED BUILDINGS Grimshaw won the category for London Bridge Station in the UK. One of the most complex projects in London’s history, the station upgrade has doubled its capacity while catalysing regeneration in the local area. Judges recognised the project as a ‘major repair to the fabric of the city’ with the design seamlessly ‘interweaving future with tradition’. MIXED USE – COMPLETED BUILDINGS WOHA won the award, supported by ABB and Busch-Jaegar, for Kampung Admiralty in Singapore. The judges were impressed by the way the mixed uses were cleverly layered in a ‘new and innovative way’ and lauded the project for 16 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2019 // Nextoffice won the category for Guyim Vault House in Shiraz, Iran. The festival’s judges commended the project for reinventing the house typology, with its structural and material concepts bridging the divide between traditional enclosed vaults and modernist transparency. CULTURE - FUTURE PROJECTS The category winner was Studio 44 for its Museum of the Siege of Leningrad, in St Petersburg, Russia. The proposed project was lauded as a dignified response to a competition brief, with judges confident it would be a ‘moving and sensitive’ building if built, while also praising its accessibility. MASTERPLANNING – FUTURE PROJECTS Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos scooped the award for the Medellin River Parks / Botanical Park Masterplan in Medellin, Colombia. The project was a clear winner in its category, offering a ‘breathtaking vision that will transform the city’ according to the festival judges, who also praised it as a ‘beautifully designed and practical proposal’. COMMERCIAL MIXED USE – FUTURE PROJECTS The award, supported by Miele, was won by Aedas for Taichung Bank Headquarters in Taichung, Taiwan. The proposed 200-metre, 40-storey high tower wowed judges, who felt it was a highly sophisticated project, demonstrating ‘confident, contemporary architecture’ and was ‘definitively of its place: tomorrow’s Taiwan’. RESIDENTIAL – FUTURE PROJECTS The award, supported by GROHE, was won by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos for its Amelia Tulum project in Tulum, Mexico. Commended as an ‘interesting interpretation of the vernacular regarding spatial planning and materials’ by the festival’s judges, the designs for the ambitious residential building feature interlocking units in plan and section. The next World Architecture Festival takes place between 4 and 6 December 2019 in Amsterdam. www.timberiq.co.za