Global Holcim Awards 2009
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Winners of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009 – here answering questions after receiving their prize at the
Global Holcim Awards 2009 hand-over event in Fez, Morocco.
 | River remediation and urban development scheme, Fez, Morocco
Global Holcim Awards Gold 2009
The medina of Fez is a UNESCO World Heritage Site - but its continuing decline threatens this prestigious title. Bureau E.A.S.T. aims to revitalize the heavily polluted and neglected river Fez, returning to this ancient heart its dynamic soul, urban renewal and life quality will follow.
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 | Low-impact greenfield university campus,
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Global Holcim Awards Silver 2009
In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, a new low-impact greenfield university campus is being built. The project by Kazuhiro Kojimaacknowledges the needs of both people and the environment. The design of this unique complex was informed by computer analyses of wind and activity flows.
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 | Sustainable planning for a rural community, Beijing, China
Global Holcim Awards Bronze 2009
Subsistence living conditions drive millions of Chinas rural poor into the cities. Concurrently farming land is converted to new uses. With this pilot project in Beijing’s urban sprawl, Zhang Yue demonstrates how much needs to be done to keep people in rural settings and how much can be done.
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 | Self-contained day labor station,
San Francisco, USAGlobal Holcim Awards Innovation 2009
In many US cities day laborers use street corners as informal hiring sites. For hours on end they wait by the roadside and in parking lots, in the hope of securing a day’s work for a day’s pay. This project by Public Architecture aims to improve the life quality of those who find themselves on the edge of the American Dream.
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