Regional LafargeHolcim Awards 2017 Europe

Teams from the two LafargeHolcim Awards Gold ex aequo winners. The first prize was shared by two projects in Brussels, both of which excel in terms of their multi-functionality.

Winners of a LafargeHolcim Awards Gold ex aequo from TETRA architecten for Logistics Framework: Adaptable structure for a garbage collection company, Brussels, Belgium.

Winners of a LafargeHolcim Awards Gold ex aequo (l-r): Wes Degreef, Laurens Bekemans, Jasper Poesen, Nicolas Coeckelberghs and Ken De Cooman, all BC architects & studies for Mix-City: Urban integration of an existing concrete mixing facility, Brussels, Belgium.

Winners of the LafargeHolcim Awards Gold ex aequo prizes from Belgium and Bronze from the United Kingdom celebrate their recognition in the world’s most significant competition for sustainable design.

Bill Dunster, Principal and Lalit Chauhan Architect & Urban Planner, ZEDPods (l-r), representing the LafargeHolcim Awards Bronze winning team for Air Rights: Zero Energy Development units on parking lots, London, United Kingdom.

Winners of a LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prize (l-r): Tiberiu Mercurian and Chris Simion-Mercurian, Ascociata Culturala Grivita 53 with Codrin Tritescu, Arhitecture Office Codrin Tritescu for Back-Alley Front Stage, First independent theater, Bucharest, Romania.

Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, AGi architects, Madrid, Spain - winner of a LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prize for Bio-Palimpsest: An ecological approach to archaeological sites, Pontevedra, Spain.

Ünal Karamuk and Jeannette Kuo (l-r), Karamuk Kuo Architekten, Zurich - winners of a LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prize for Radical Archaeology: Roman settlement excavation center Augusta Raurica, Augst, Switzerland.

Nicolas Guerin and Paul Maitre-Devallon (l-r), NP2F architectes, Paris - winners of a LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prize for Stacking Sports: Neighborhood recreation center, Bordeaux, France.

Four teams from France, Romania, Spain, and Switzerland received LafargeHolcim Awards Acknowledgement prizes.

Malgorzata Mader, Lodz University of Technology, winner of the LafargeHolcim Awards Next Generation 1st prize for Ecommunity: Converting a factory into housing, Lodz, Poland.

Jakub Grabowski, Gdynia - winner of the Next Generation 2nd prize for Modern Sanctuary, Monastery conversion for a behavioral addictions rehabilitation facility, Otyn, Poland.

Anna Andronova, University College London (UCL), The Bartlett School of Architecture - winner of the Next Generation 3rd prize for Liquid Era, New spatial concepts for the city of the future, Kazan’, Russia.

Frédéric Bouvier, Renens, Switzerland - winner of the Next Generation 4th prize for Slow Burn: Fire cistern and forest shelter, Collobrieres, France.

Winners of the LafargeHolcim Awards Next Generation prizes for Europe 2017 (l-r): Jakub Grabowski, Gdynia, Poland; Anna Andronova, University College London (UCL), The Bartlett School of Architecture, United Kingdom; Malgorzata Mader, Lodz University of Technology, Poland; and Frédéric Bouvier, Renens, Switzerland.

The first LafargeHolcim Building Better Recognition for region Europe was presented to Gilles Delalex and his team from Muoto Architecture Studio for their low-cost flexible university building Lieu de vie campus hub at the University of Paris-Saclay.

Roland Köhler (left), Member of the Executive Committee of LafargeHolcim, responsible for Europe presents the inaugural LafargeHolcim Building Better Recognition to Gilles Delalex on behalf of his team from Muoto Architecture Studio for their low-cost flexible university building Lieu de vie campus hub at the University of Paris-Saclay.

“We encourage architects, engineers, builders to think beyond conventional notions of sustainable construction” - Beat Hess (speaking), Chairman of the Board of Directors of LafargeHolcim, Switzerland discusses LafargeHolcim’s role in sustainable construction with Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, Switzerland.

“We don’t want to just pat people on the back for designs that have been completed - we want to encourage bold new steps that move building and construction forward” - Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, Switzerland.

Harry Gugger, Professor for Architectural & Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL Lausanne) and Head of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Europe 2017, Switzerland.

Sandra Bartoli, Co-Founder, Büros für Konstruktivismus, Germany and Member of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Europe 2017.

Yvette Vašourková, Founder Centre for Central European Architecture, Prague, Czech Republic and Member of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Europe 2017.

Marc Angélil, Architect and Professor of Architecture & Design, ETH Zurich and Head of the Academic Committee of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, Switzerland.

Welcoming guests to the LafargeHolcim Awards prize handover ceremony 2017 for region Europe on behalf of the host Country was Benedicte de Bonnechose, CEO of Lafarge France.

The audience of invited guests at the prize handover ceremony held at the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM), a national museum inaugurated in June 2013 as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, a year when Marseille was designated as the European Capital of Culture.

Reception held on the rooftop of the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MuCEM), a national museum inaugurated in June 2013 as part of Marseille-Provence 2013, a year when Marseille was designated as the European Capital of Culture.

LafargeHolcim Gold was shared by two projects in Brussels, Belgium, both of which excel in terms of their multi-functionality. Both projects are located in the Willebroek Canal district for which an urban masterplan has been developed that seeks to maintain Brussels as a diversified and vibrant city.

The two gold Awards winning projects in Brussels were in the center of the media briefing following the prize hand-over ceremony of the 5th International LafargeHolcim Awards for Europe.

Jan Terwecoren, member of the LafargeHolcim Awards Gold ex aequo winning team from TETRA architecten, Brussels, Belgium. His project “Logistics Framework” Adaptable structure for a garbage collection company was one of two projects that shared the top prize for region Europe.

Rolf Soiron, Chairman of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, Switzerland praised all winning teams and their projects and said that sustainable development needs to be driven, but not dominated by industry: “We cannot leave this up to NGOs and activists,” he said.

Bill Dunster, ZEDfactory presented his LafargeHolcim Awards Bronze winning project “Air Rights” Zero Energy Development units on parking lots, London, United Kingdom.

Edward Schwarz, General Manager of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, introduced the Foundation and its activities and put the LafargeHolcim Awards results for Europe into a global context.

Malgorzata Mader from Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland explained her LafargeHolcim Awards Next Generation 1st prize winning project, “Ecommunity” Converting a factory into housing, Lodz, Poland.

Ken De Cooman, member of the LafargeHolcim Awards Gold ex aequo winning team from BC architects & studies, Brussels, Belgium. His project “Mix-City” Urban integration of an existing concrete mixing facility was one of two projects that shared the top prize for region Europe.

Lunch during the full day excursion was held at SportBeach Restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Marseille.

Rémi Constantino, Strategic Director of EuroMéditerrannée (EuroMéd) introduced guests to the largest urban regeneration and construction project in Southern Europe to start the day. Tours then visited landmark buildings and construction sites of the project.

Sylvie Combe, Director of Communications Lafarge France moderated the EuroMéditerrannée project introduction to guests.

Lunch during the full day excursion was held at SportBeach Restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Marseille.

Lunch during the full day excursion was held at SportBeach Restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in Marseille.