2014 Zumtobel Group Award Winners

John Hill
25. 九月 2014
Applied Innovations winner: "SolarLeaf" (Photo: © Colt, SSC, Arup)

2014 is the fourth Zumtobel Group Award – Innovations for Sustainability and Humanity in the Built Environment, but the first time for the Applied Innovations category; previous awards were limited to Built Environment and Research & Initiative categories. Per Zumtobel, the award "honors contemporary realized or conceptual works of exceptional innovative content, design, technology and construction. Submissions must make a significant contribution to greater humanity and sustainability in the built environment."

Further, "the Zumtobel Group Award aims to:
 

• address challenges and opportunities in sustainable architecture, engineering and urban planning;
• identify and discuss expectations and interests around humanity and sustainability in the built environment;
• encourage research into and implementation of new sustainable and socially beneficial perspectives in the built environment;
• stimulate innovations that promote sustainability and humanity in the built environment; and
• foster interdisciplinary communication, knowledge exchange and networking strategies in this field."

As in previous years, Kristin Feireiss and Hans-Jürgen Commerell of Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin acted as a first-line jury, selecting 14 projects in each category from among the submissions. Subsequently, the 7-person jury* shortlisted 5 projects per category and then selected the winners, as highlighted below.


Applied Innovations

Winning project:

Arup Deutschland GmbH for “SolarLeaf” in Hamburg (DE) – photo-bioreactor façade system

Applied Innovations winner: "SolarLeaf" (Photo: © Colt, SSC, Arup)

A short video with jury comments:

Nominated Projects:

Future Cities Laboratory, Singapore / ETH Zurich (CH), for “Bamboo Reinforced Concrete” – innovative renewable building material

Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH, Schlins (A), for “Re-Innovation of Rammed Earth by Prefabrication” – use of rammed earth as a building material

KONE, Espoo (FN), for “Kone UltraRope” – elevator technology

James Ramsey, New York (USA), for “The Lowline” N.Y. – fibre-optic technology to capture sunlight underground

Applied Innovations winner: "Solarleaf" (Photo: © Colt, SSC, Arup)

Buildings

Winning project:

Studio Tamassociati Architects, Venice (IT), for “Port Sudan Paediatric Centre” – children’s hospital

Building winner: "Port Sudan Paediatric Centre" (Photo: Courtesy of Massimo Grimaldi and Emergency ngo)

A short video with jury comments:

Nominated projects:

Urban-Think Tank, Zurich (CH), for “Vertical Gymnasium Santa Cruz Del Este”, Caracas (VE) – sports and recreation facility for urban upgrade

RMA Architects, Mumbai (IN), for “Corporate Office for Infrastructure Company” – office building employing the idea of a double skin

Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Paris (FR), for “House Transformation”, Saint-Nazaire, La Chesnaie (FR) – social housing block transformation

Rural Urban Framework, Hong Kong (CN), for “House for all Seasons”, Shija Village (CN) – Housing prototype for rural regions in China

Building winner: "Port Sudan Paediatric Centre" (Photo: Courtesy of Massimo Grimaldi and Emergency ngo)

Urban Delevopments & Initiatives

Winning project:

Elemental, Santiago (CL), for “Pres Constitution” – sustainable reconstruction master plan

Urban Developments & Initiatives winner: "Pres Constitution" (Photo: © Elemental, Chile)

A short video with jury comments:

Nominated projects:

ArchiAid, Sendai (JP), for “Architect Network to Support Reconstruction” – following the tsunami in Japan

UNITYDESIGN / Chiba University / Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (JP) / Universitas Indonesia (RI), for “Megacity Skeleton” – housing prototype project aiming to improve the living environment of high density residential areas

Turenscape, Beijing (CN), for “Qunli Stormwater Park”, Qunli New Town (CN) – a green sponge for a water-resilient city

Burgos & Garrido Arquitectos / Porras La Casta / Rubio & Á._Sala / West 8, for “Madrid Río”, Madrid (ES) – locating the ring road underground and redesigning the urban landscape

Urban Developments & Initiatives winner: "Pres Constitution" (Photo: © Elemental, Chile)

Photo: Moritz Dirks © Zumtobel AG

*The 2014 jury, L-R: Yung Ho Chang, Brian Cody, Winy Maas, Rainer Walz, Ulrich Schumacher, Kazuyo Sejima, Kunlé Adeyemi

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