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Global Awards 2015 finalist certificate handover in New York City USA – Poreform: Water absorptive surface and subterranean basin, Las Vegas, USA
Global Awards finalist certificate handover (l-r): Caitlin Gucker-Kanter Taylor of Water Pore Partnership, New York, USA with Marc Angélil, Architect and Professor of Architecture & Design, Department of Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and member of the Global Holcim Awards jury in 2015.
Caitlin Gucker-Kanter Taylor of Water Pore Partnership, New York was presented with a Global Finalist 2015 certificate for her “Poreform” project to create water absorptive surface and subterranean basin in Las Vegas. As part of the celebration of the Global Awards Bronze prize in New York City, the certificate was handed over by Marc Angélil, member of the Global Awards jury 2015 and member of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation.
Last updated: September 24, 2015 New York, NY, USA
Caitlin Gucker-Kanter Taylor of Water Pore Partnership, New York was presented with a Global Finalist 2015 certificate for her “Poreform” project to create water absorptive surface and subterranean basin in Las Vegas. As part of the celebration of the Global Awards Bronze prize in New York City, the certificate was handed over by Marc Angélil, member of the Global Awards jury 2015 and member of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation.
Marc Angélil, Professor of Architecture & Design at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), praised the project for considering water infrastructure as an architectural undertaking and considering its social aspects in scope and design.
Caitlin Gucker-Kanter Taylor noted that thanks to the Awards competition, the project had received wide scale recognition. The project team were in earnest discussions with local authorities and were hopeful that some form of the project would be realised. Materials research to further the development of the water permeable concrete structures was being supported by LafargeHolcim US.