Global Holcim Awards 2012

Members of the Global Holcim Awards juries on sustainable construction

What is sustainable construction? Internationally renowned experts comment on their own ideas of sustainable construction following the Global Holcim Awards jury and Global Holcim Innovation prize jury meetings. Click on the image below to watch a 6:00 minute compilation of jury member comments.

Hubert Klumpner: “An educational example”
Project co-author Hubert Klumpner explains that the multifunctional community center in the Paraisópolis favela of São Paulo demonstrates a leading approach to ecological, social and economic sustainability that is interesting in terms of the interplay between each objective.

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Global Holcim Awards Gold 2012
Secondary school with passive ventilation system, Gando, Burkina Faso
Diébédo Francis Kéré, Kéré Architecture, Germany
Solar and wind power create an indoor climate conducive to learning in a project that also provides jobs and training.

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Global Holcim Awards Silver 2012
Urban remediation and civic infrastructure hub, São Paulo, Brazil
Alfredo Brillembourg and Hubert Klumpner, Urban-Think Tank, Brazil
A multifunctional public building in a São Paulo favela that prevents erosion while providing social and cultural infrastructure.

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Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2012
Urban renewal and swimming-pool precinct, Berlin, Germany
Jan & Tim Edler, realities united, Germany
An urban plan which transforms an arm of the River Spree in Berlin into a natural 745m-long “swimming pool”.

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Global Holcim Innovation prizes 2012
1st - High-efficiency concrete formwork technology, Zurich, Switzerland

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2nd - Low-cost apartments incorporating smart materials, Hamburg, Germany

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3rd - Efficient fabrication system for geometrically complex building elements, London, UK

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The 3rd International Holcim Awards attracted entries for 6,065 sustainable construction projects to be built in 146 countries. The projects that received Holcim Awards Gold, Silver and Bronze in each region in late 2011 automatically qualified for the Global Holcim Awards 2012. In addition, all prize-winning projects at the regional level – including the Acknowledgement and “Next Generation” winners – automatically competed for Global Holcim Innovation prizes.

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