PRESS RELEASE JANUARY 2019 Archi- World Academy Awards - Edition 2019 The awarding ceremony of the 4th edition of Archi- World Academy Awards took place on Wednesday 16 January 2019 in Munich in the presence of the jury members of the competition and the management of Messe München who supported this event since its first edition in 2011. With over 1,300 projects coming from all over the world the Archi- World Academy concept proved once again its worldwide capacity and appeal in raising the interest of students in architecture. During these 4 editions Archi- World Academy has been changing the life of 48 talented students giving them the chance to boost their starting career and this is source of great pride for our organization. 1. The winners The twelve winners of the fourth edition of Archi- World Academy Awards 2017-2019 are : Giorgi Vardanashvili ONZ architects, Turkey Paulina Bitràn de las Heras BENG, Luxembourg Margot Maeyaert SVR- Architects, Belgium Transformation of Tbilisis dilapidated rail yards into a new urban space The blind and uncontrollable norm in The plastic community Malevich's vertical architecture: a critical tool against the modern idea of Skyscraper - 1 -
Marianne Machner Landau + Kindelbacher Architekten, Germany MD Matiar Rahman ALT Arquitectura, Spain Ricardo Alejandro Sánchez Hernández Renato Rizzi, Italy Learning Center Altes AKH WIEN Fight for Hunger, an institution for marginal farmer Arts & Spectacles Center Cinco Señores Francesco Ogliengo AW2, France Ömer Faruk Ağırsoy de Architecten Cie., The Netherlands Vy Tran Ngoc C.F.Moller, Denmark New creative community in Poblenou Living with the Infrastructure Road to integration Lodi Przemysław Chimczak Hubert Mikołajczyk Yana Ponomareva Henning Larsen, Denmark Archetype group, Vietnam A2M, Belgium COLIVING. New housing typology and prospects of its introduction to Poland. Stadium District Congress Hall - 2 -
2. Round table and Awarding ceremony Archi- World Academy IV Edition 2019 The awarding ceremony of the Archi- World Academy Awards 2017-2019 was preceeded by a round table moderated by architect Ronald Kern, Vice- President of the European Architecture Foundation based in Brussels in the presence of Archi- World Academy following jury members. Mr Werner Frosch, Henning Larsen Architects, Germany Mr Onat Öktem, ONZ Architects, Turkey Mr Philippe Van Goethem, SVR- Architects, Belgium Mr Gerhard Landau, Landau + Kindelbacher Architekten, Germany Mr Branimir Medić, de Architecten Cie., The Netherlands Mr Sebastian Moreno- Vacca, A2M, Belgium At the end of the round table, each winning student was asked to come on stage, present its project in front of the audience and collect its prize. Winners and their jury members AWA IV - 3 -
Conference room / audience from left Ronald Kern Moderator, Gerhard Landau, Werner Frosch Conference panel Archi- World Academy IV on from left Mr. Philippe Van Goethem and winner Wednesday 16 January 2019, from left Ronald Margot Maeyaert from Belgium, Jacques Allard and Kern, Gerhard Landau, Werner Frosch, Diana Yazvenka from Archi- Europe Sebastian Moreno- Vacca, Branimir Medic, Onat Öktem, Philippe Van Goethem from left Mr Werner Frosch and winner Przemysław Chimczak from Poland from left Mr. Gerhard Landau and winner Marianne Machner from Austria -4-
from left Mr Branimir Medic and winner Ömer Faruk Ağırsoy from Turkey from left Mr Onat Öktem and winner Giorgi Vardanashvili from Georgia from left Mr Sebastian Moreno- Vacca and winner Yana Ponomareva from Russia from left Diana Yazvenka, winner Hubert Mikołajczyk from United Kingdom and Jacques Allard from Archi- Europe 4. Our partners making this biennial event possible : As Mister Jacques Allard Founder of Archi- Europe underlined during his speech, Archi- World Academy would not have been possible without two inspiring leading figures of contemporary architecture : Mister Juhani Pallasmaa who, despite its numerous activities, generously accepted to become the Founding President of the Jury and Mister Daniel Libeskind who was the first among our many renowned jury members, to accept to join in as jury member of the first edition. We also wish to thank again Messe München and the BAU fair, co- organizer of this event for its perfect organization and generosity as well as all the jury members who contributed to give prestige to this unique event. We would also like to underline the support of the 1,200 architecture schools who actively promoted the event among their students and all the students for their numerous bold and inspiring projects. - 5 -
A deep thank you also to the sponsors that supported Archi- World Academy IV: Rockfon - www.rockfon.com Alumet - www.alumet.nl VMZINC www.vmzinc.be EPSON www.epson.eu and our media partners: AMC, Detail, The Plan, Architectuur NL, Blueprint magazine, revista AU - Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Architektor.ru, sankaijian.com, XXI Architecture and Design Magazine, AM Architecture du Maroc, Archi- News. 5. Archi- World Academy V All information about the next edition of Archi- World Academy 5 th edition will be soon available on the dedicated sites www.awacademy.org and on www.archi- europe.com. For more information visit www.awacademy.org Or contact Mister Jacques Allard Dennendreef 8 B- 3721 Kortessem Tel +32 11 461000 jacques.allard@archi- world.com - 6 -