Building hosts Holcim Awards Innovation prize hand-over
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Winners of the Global Holcim Awards “Innovation” prize 2009 "Self-contained day labor station, San Francisco, USA": (l-r): John Petersen, “Innovation” prize winner, Public Architecture, San Francisco; Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, and member of the global jury; Liz Ogbu, “Innovation” prize winner, Public Architecture, San Francisco; and Enrique Norten, Principal and founder, TEN Arquitectos , Mexico City and New York, and member of the global jury.
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Presentation of the Global Holcim Awards “Innovation” prize 2009: (l-r): Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Holcim Ltd; Enrique Norten, Principal and founder, TEN Arquitectos and member of the global jury; John Petersen and Liz Ogbu, “Innovation” prize winners of Public Architecture in San Francisco; Sarah Graham, Principal partner, agps architecture and member of the Holcim Awards jury North America; and Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University, New York and member of the global jury.
A San Francisco-based project offering a solution for day laborers and the surrounding communities received the Global Holcim Awards “Innovation” prize 2009. The Self-contained day labor station is a flexible bus-shelter-like structure that offers shelter, benches, washrooms, a kitchen and an education/training space – creating a sensitive environment for people who find themselves on the edge of the community and at the same time addressing health and safety needs.
Last updated: May 31, 2009 San Francisco, CA, USA
Internationally-renowned sociologist Saskia Sassen and celebrated architect Enrique Norten presented the USD 50,000 prize at the new sustainable California Academy of Sciences – itself a winning project from the 2005 Holcim Awards competition.