Awards jury meetings: Multiple time zones in one room

The first-ever online jury meeting of the LafargeHolcim Awards including Marilyne Andersen, Head of the Academic Committee of the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction (right), and Benno Hossbach, Director of [phase eins], covered four time zones and was coordinated from Switzerland.

The Awards jury meeting for region Asia Pacific was coordinated via Eclépens, Switzerland and included jury members located in Bangkok, Thailand; Berlin, Germany; Boston, USA; Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland; London, United Kingdom; Lyon, France, and Singapore.

Members of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury for Asia Pacific headed by Nirmal Kishnani are online in five time zones – from Singapore (+6hrs) to Boston (-6hrs) – to select the most outstanding projects and visions in sustainable construction.

The Awards jury meeting for region Asia Pacific was coordinated via Eclépens, Switzerland and included jury members located in Bangkok, Thailand; Berlin, Germany; Boston, USA; Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland; London, United Kingdom; Lyon, France, and Singapore.

The virtual jury meeting to select LafargeHolcim Awards winners for region Middle East Africa (l-r): Mariam Kamara (Head of jury), Benno Hossbach, Elli Mosayebi, Marilyne Andersen, Guillaume Habert, Linna Choi, Zegeye Cherenet, Heinrich Wolff, Luisa Pastore, Joana Dabaj, and Mohsen Ech.

Members of the #LafargeHolcimAwards jury for Middle East Africa headed by Mariam Kamara are online in four time zones to select the most outstanding projects and visions in sustainable construction.

The Awards jury meeting for region Middle East Africa was coordinated via Eclépens, Switzerland and included jury members located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Cape Town, South Africa; Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland; London, United Kingdom; Lyon and Paris, France; and Providence, RI, USA.

Virtual Awards jury meeting for Europe including (from top left): Sergei Tchoban, Benno Hossbach, Alexandre Theriot, Hélène Lombois-Burger, Jeannette Kuo, Marilyne Andersen, Dirk Hebel, Luisa Pastore, Kristiaan Borret, Nuno Costa, and Eva Pfannes.

The virtual Awards jury meeting for Europe was coordinated via Eclépens, Switzerland – with jurors in Berlin and Ebringen, Germany; Lausanne and Zurich, Switzerland; Brussels, Belgium; Lyon and Paris, France; Porto, Portugal, and Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Virtual Awards jury meeting for Latin America including (from top left): Edelio Bermejo, Benno Hossbach, Harry Gugger, Luis Callejas, Marilyne Andersen, Sandra Barclay, Cecilia Puga, Luisa Pastore, Loreta Castro Reguera, Fernando Diez, and Maria Betânia de Oliveira.

Another regional LafargeHolcim Awards jury meeting is taking place as a two-day online session coordinated out of Switzerland. The jury for Latin America includes members in four time zones. They will nominate the most outstanding projects and visions as winners of the 6th LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction.

Four time zones in one room in Switzerland to coordinate the online LafargeHolcim Awards jury meeting for Latin America – with jurors in Basel & Lausanne, Switzerland; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Peru, Lyon, France; Mexico City, Mexico; Oslo, Norway; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Santiago, Chile.

The online jury meeting of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury for Latin America was coordinated from Switzerland and included Marilyne Andersen, Head of the Academic Committee of the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction (left), and Luisa Pastor, Coordinator of the Academic Committee.

Virtual Awards jury meeting for North America including (from top left): Marilyne Andersen, Benno Hossbach, Mitch Joachim, Luisa Pastore, Christophe Levy, Reed Kroloff, Sharon Johnston, Jesse LeCavalier, Sarah Burch, Sarah Graham and Sarah Whiting.

Four time zones in one room in Switzerland to coordinate the online LafargeHolcim Awards jury meeting for North America – with jurors in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Canada, France and Switzerland, in addition to technical support from Germany.

Marilyne Andersen, Head of the Academic Committee of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, represents the sponsor of the competition on all five regional juries.