Un recuento de la Visita al Mies Van Der Rohe Award 2015
Durante mi visita a la Ciudad de Viena , encontré la presentación de los proyectos que fueron seleccionados para participar en el European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, Mies Van der Rohe Award 2015.
El premio fue entregado en mayo del 2015, peo cabe resaltar la calidad de los trabajos seleccionados y en particular The Emerging Architect Prize que fue otorgado en ésta ocasión al taller Arquitectura-G, el cual con un presupuesto minúsculo logran una intervención merecedora de la mención.
A continuación comparto las fotografías de los primeros tres lugares y su explicación.
Ravensburg Art Museum, Ravensburg, Germany
Lederer Ragnarsdóttir Oei
A brick mass reinforcing the existing fabric of a medieval town
The competition winning design for this art museum activates a "critical reconstruction" of an existing lot facing the green slope leading up to a 12th century castle. Two rectangles in plan – one hosting the main galleries and basement services, the other protruding to house the linear stair that connects the three public levels – collaborate to generate the sculptured mass of a volume faced by a rich texture of previously used bricks; the waving contour of its upper parapet corresponds with the load-bearing brick vaults of the upper hall, and resonates with the silhouette of the surrounding historical buildings without directly imitating their rooflines. / http://www.miesarch.com/edition/2015
Foto : MLGG
Danish Maritime Museum, Helsingør, Denmark
BIG- Bjarke Ingels Group
A learning path around the existing void of a dry dock
Two contrasting realities – the remains of a dry-dock basin for repairing ships and the imposing profile of the nearby Kronborg castle – generated the brief of a design competition prohibiting new structures above ground level. The strong conceptual gesture of this project reverses these constraints interpreting them as resources, transforming the existing ship-shaped void as a source of light and a new collective outdoor space for the fair season. Three transparent bridges span across the existing concrete retaining walls, left in their original battered state as a gigantic exhibition piece of the new maritime museum. The bridges contain the space for the temporary exhibits and an open auditorium, while the main narration of the museum wraps around the void gently ramping down from the level of the public space to the base of the basin. The design of the public ground level is punctuated by granite bollard-shaped benches spelling hidden Morse code messages. Its geometry connects the new museum to the existing paths along the bastion fortifications, while the roof of the bridges acts as an entrance ramp to the museum.
A continuación, el sketch del proyecto por Bjarke:
Antinori Winery, Bargino, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Florence, Italy
Archea Associati
An excavated contour line framing the Tuscan landscape
All the different activities of a modern winery – the collection of the grapes, their fermenting in barrels, bottling and packaging – plus all the services needed today for this centuries-old enterprise – offices, a factory shop, a wine-tasting school, a cafeteria – are hosted in a series of spaces held together by the idea of transforming the hilly topography of the site embedding the large program into the soft clay: an architectural infrastructure pursuing innovation while preserving the delicate landscape. Two horizontal cuts in the existing slope follow the contour lines, shading with their deep overhangs the various levels beneath. All the different activities are located in relation to their need for natural light and air, their climatic requirements and their functional inter-relations. Large cellars housing the barrels are covered by vaulted ceilings in hung terracotta tiles, interior common spaces are faced in roughened oak slats, while the rusted Cor-ten steel of the exposed parts melts together with the hues of the surrounding ground.
En particular, pienso que éste proyecto pudo haber sido el ganador. Su arquitectura de paisaje es extraordinaria.
Philharmonic Hall Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
Barozzi/Veiga (Studio A4 collaborator) - PRIMER LUGAR
A contemporary public forum animates the cultural life of an evolving city
The extensive bombing of Szczecin during WWII destroyed not only its main monuments, but also a large part of the urban structure of the city. The project is the winning entry of an international open competition for the design of a new Philharmonic complex on the site of the old one. Public expectations charged the program not only with a number of integrated functions – a large hall for symphonic music and a smaller one for chamber music, a grand foyer with upper level exposition spaces – but also with a new symbolic role. The series of pitched gables which crowns the rectangular complex of the new building dialogues well with the silhouette of the nearby Castle. On the facades, an array of white metal mullions, gently tapering toward the top, unifies the broken geometry of the volumes and amplifies the course of the sun in the different hours of the day, while in the night the whole building spreads its light on the surrounding streets. The main symphony hall is clad with triangular wooden acoustic panels gilded with gold leaf. A large hall with the cafeteria and two grand open stairs take the role of a new covered square in the cold seasons, while multi-functional rooms wrap around the concert halls, offering new chances for cultural and leisure events. The project finds a convincing formal and spatial strategy for a city which strives for a better future in a fast changing economy and social patterns, delivering a dignity to urban life and the same time enhancing the city's specific historical identity with a contemporary "monument".
Polonia a la vanguardia de la arquitectura con la Filarmónica de Szczecin
Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, London School of Economics, London, UK
O'Donnell+Tuomey
A brick backdrop and focussing magnet for a lively urban campus
The London School of Economics is located in the dense matrix of central London. Its growing need of space has invaded existing buildings, and the extremely varied student population needed a new meeting place. The site is a small leftover between the remains of a medieval street pattern and the later urban surgery of Kingsway. The competition winning entry responds to the tightness of the parcel by going vertical, wrapping together the rich mix of functions inside a faceted brick skin. The folds determined by the prescribed setbacks create a new open-air public space gathering the different sight lines and the paths of students. The triangular geometry of the large brick screen animates the cityscape; its main concavity is furnished with light-carrying benches and a large glass canopy welcoming the students. A "narrative" vertical circulation leads from the underground dance hall to the different activities on the various levels: a gym, a multi-confessional meditation space, a cafeteria, a dance school and a rooftop terrace overlooking London's characteristic skyline. The structural scheme alternates a tight array of steel columns with long-span ribbed concrete slabs, giving rhythm to the sequence of peaceful and active spaces.
The Emerging Architect Prize was awarded to the Luz House in Cilleros (Caceres, Spain) by ARQUITECTURA–G.
It was described as a contemporary dwelling environment using existing resources.
It is an extremely low-budget project built inside the stone party walls of an existing structure in a small village. The designers understood well its constructive and economic constraints and the heritage value of the village whose population is rapidly decreasing.
A direct dialogue with the client, Mrs. Luz, and the clear strategy to build the program around a new courtyard allowed the simple yet effective construction of this single house. The architects used the existing stone façades and adobe party walls to achieve very high spatial qualities with very cheap construction materials: the final cost was 490€/m2.
The Jury appreciated the simplicity and clarity of the spaces, how these were connected internally and with the outside garden and street, and how the architects achieved a very high environmental and textural quality from the intelligent use of construction materials bought at the nearby supply shop.
The theme of single houses – they have been the second most nominated programme in the 2015 edition of the Prize – often allows young architects to experiment with real themes, clients and constraints, while working on competitions and other projects who can fulfil their research attitude and the hope to deal with bigger commissions.
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