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World Architecture Festival 2012 Global Urban Renewal Forum 2012.10.03

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Aedas was established in 2002 with the partnership of LPT Architects in Hong Kong and Abbey Holford Rowe in the UK to become Aedas LPT and Aedas AHR respectively. Following a merger with TCN Architects of Birmingham in 2003, the name Aedas was adopted for all areas of the practice with the LPT and AHR being dropped from the Hong Kong and UK practice names later in 2003.

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WAF Awards – Category Winners – 4th October 2012

Judges 2012

Our judging panels are international and comprise architects, allied professionals, clients and critics. The World Architecture Festival is an opportunity for peer review by some of the most distinguished professionals in the world.

2012 Super Jury

Completed Projects

· Shopping Centres - T-Site, Klein Dytham Architects

· Villa - Shearer's Quarters, John Wardle Architects

· Transport - Bodrum International Airport, Tabanlioglu Architects

· Schools - Binh Duong School, Vo Trong Nghia Architects

· Higher Education & Research - Campus for Central Saint Martins, Stanton Williams

· Health - The Royal Children's Hospital - Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart

Future Projects

· Future projects Residential - Terasa 153 Montenegro, Sanjay Puri Architects

· Future projects Culture - Beijing Artist Village Gallery Product, Aedas Beijing

· Future projects Commercial, Leisure-led development - Gunoot Eco Resort, SSH

· Future projects Education - AGU City City Campus, EAA-Emre Arolat Architects

· Future projects Competition Entries - Perry Park, HASSELL

· Future Projects Infrastructure - Tianjin Binhai Transport Interchange - Public Domain, HASSELL

· Future Projects Commercial - Mixed-Use - JST Product Complex, Osamu Morishita Architecct & Associates

· Future Projects House - C3 House, RTA Studio

· Future Projects Office - 120 Fenchurch Street, Eric Parry Architects

· Future projects Health - Rigshospitalet - The North Wing, 3XN

· Future Projects Experimental - Man-Built Islands Dongqian Lake Concept Design

Media Partner

World Architecture Festival (WAF), the world’s largest, live, inclusive and interactive global architecture event, is returning for its fifth successive year. To celebrate this milestone, and to signal the evolution of the Festival as the world’s leading architectural event, this year’s festival will be held in a new destination, taking place in Singapore from 3rd to 5th October 2012. www.worldarchitecturefestival.com

Grant Associates celebrates Gardens by the Bay Success

UK landscape architects to present scheme at World Architecture Festival in October

London & Singapore

Summary

Singapore's Gardens by the Bay, the dramatic leisure destination designed by UK landscape architects Grant Associates, has welcomed over one million visitors in its first two months including the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Now the scheme has been shortlisted for two World Architecture Festival (WAF) Awards, which is to be staged in Singapore for the first time next month (3-5 October 2012).

Over one million people have already visited Singapore's Gardens by the Bay since its completion on 29 June 2012 by a design team led by UK landscape architects, Grant Associates.

This includes the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's visit to Gardens by the Bay on Wednesday 12 September as part of their Asia Pacific tour celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubliee. They toured the Cloud Forest Cooled Conservatory, Supertrees Grove, planted a tree and met the design team.

Now, thousands of architects from around the world are being given a prime opportunity to visit Gardens by the Bay, when the World Architecture Festival (WAF) is held in Asia for the first time at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from 3-5 October 2012. Gardens by the Bay is shortlisted for 2 World Architecture Festival Awards in the Completed Urban Landscape Design and Display categories. Winners will be announced in Singapore on 5th October 2012.
At 101 hectares, Gardens by the Bay will eventually be one of the largest gardens of its kind in the world comprising Bay South, Bay East and Bay Central. Grant Associates was responsible for master planning the first and largest of the three planned gardens, Bay South, which stretches over 54 hectares and opened in June 2012. Bay East and Bay Central are yet to be completed.

A remarkable blend of nature, technology, environmental management and imagination, highlights of Bay South include 18 Supertrees (25-50 metre vertical gardens that light up at night) and two giant Cooled Conservatories, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects, housing Mediterranean and Tropical climate plants. The project also includes a rich variety of Horticultural Gardens, designed around the themes 'Plants and People' and 'Plants and Planet'.
Teamwork key to the success

Alongside lead designers Grant Associates, the British design team for Bay South included Wilkinson Eyre Architects (architects); Atelier Ten (environmental design consultants); Atelier One (structural engineers); Land Design Studio (museum and visitor centre designers); Thomas Matthews (communication designers). Squint Opera (animations) and Buro 4 (design management).

This team was supported by a number of Singapore Consultants including CPG (architecture, civils and structures, M&E), Meinhardt Infrastructure (civils and structures), Langdon Seah (cost consultants), LPA (lighting design), PMLink (project management) and WET (irrigation).

The client, National Parks Board of Singapore, and the Gardens by the Bay project team were instrumental in delivering the world class collections of plants.
A growing force in Asian landscape architecture

Gardens by the Bay is one of a series of significant landscape architecture projects that Grant Associates is currently working on in Singapore and throughout Asia. These include the landscape masterplan for TRX in Kuala Lumpur with Machado and Silvetti Associates; the landscape and public realm design for Capitol in Singapore with Richard Meier and Partners; Raffles City in Shenzhen with Benoy; and an environmental tourism study for Endau Rompin National Park in Malaysia with PEERS Consult

About Grant Associates

Grant Associates is a world-leading British Landscape Architecture consultancy specialising in creative, visionary design of both urban and rural environments worldwide, working with some of the world’s leading architects and designers.

Inspired by the connection between people and nature Grant Associates fuses nature and technology in imaginative ways to create cutting edge design built around a concern for the social and environmental quality of life.

Grant Associates has experience in all scales and types of ecological and landscape development including strategic landscape planning, master planning, urban design and regeneration and landscapes for housing, education, sport, recreation, visitor attractions and commerce.

For more information visit www.grant-associates.uk.com

WAF Awards Day Two Category Winners Announced at World Architecture Festival Awards 2011

World Display Building of the Year

Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion,Hjerkinn, Norway, Snøhetta, Norway

The Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion is located at Hjerkinn on the outskirts of Dovrefjell National Park, which rises 1200 metres above sea level and is home to Europe’s last wild reindeer herds and is the natural habitat for many rare plants and animals. The 90m² building, which features a rigid outer shell and an organic inner core is open to the public and serves as an observation pavilion for the Wild Reindeer Foundation educational programmes.

The Norwegian Wild Reindeer Centre Pavilion is located at Hjerkinn on the outskirts of Dovrefjell National Park, overlooking the Snøhetta mountain massif.
The 90m2 building is open to the public and serves as an observation pavilion for the Wild Reindeer Foundation educational programmes. A 1,5km nature path brings visitors to this spectacular site, 1200 meters above sea level.
Dovrefjell is a mountain range that forms a barrier between the norther and southern parts of Norway. It is home to Europe’s last wild reindeer herds and is the natural habitat for many rare plants and animals. Among the unique wildlife at Dovrefjell, the Musk Oxen herds are probably the main attractions for visitors. A long history filled with travellers, hunting traditions, mining, and military activities has left its mark on this land. In addition to the natural and cultural landscape, the Dovre mountain range also holds significant importance in the Norwegian consciousness. National legends, myths, poetry (Ibsen), music (Grieg), and pilgrimages celebrate the mystic and eternal qualities of this powerful place. The founding fathers of the Norwegian constitution are ”agreed and faithful, until the fall of Dovre!”
This unique natural, cultural and mythical landscape has formed the basis of the architectural idea. The building design is based on a rigid outer shell and an organic inner core. Reminiscent of rock or ice eroded by wind and running water, the south facing exterior wall and the interior create a protected and warm gathering place, while still preserving the visitor’s view of the spectacular natural panorama.
Considerable emphasis is put on the quality and durability of the materials to withstand the harsh climate. The rectangular frame is made in raw steel resembling the iron ore found in the local bedrock. Over time the rusted colour blends with the natural colours in the sourrounding mountains.
The simple form and use of natural materials reference local building traditions.
However, advanced technologies have been utilized both in the design and the fabrication process. Using 3D computer models to drive the milling machines, Norwegian shipbuilders in Hardangerfjord have created the organic forms from 10 inch square pine beams. The wood was then assembled in a traditional way using only wood pegs as fasteners. The exterior wall was then treated with pine tar while the interior wood has been oiled.
The pavilion is a robust yet nuanced building that gives visitors an opportunity to reflect and contemplate this vast and rich landscape.

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Architect
Mr Erik Brett Jacobsen
Snøhetta
Norway

Architect
Mr Martin Brünner
Snøhetta
Norway

Architect
Mr Rune Grasdal
Snøhetta
Norway

Architect
Mr Kjetil T. Thorsen
Snøhetta
Norway
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Architect
Mrs Margit Tidemand Ruud
Snøhetta
Norway
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Client / Developer
Mr Jo Skorem
Norsk villreinsenter Nord
Norway
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jo.skorem@villrein.no

Contractor wood
Mr Lars Djupvaag
Djupvaag boat builders
Norway
lasse@djupevaag.no

Environmental Engineer
Mr Knut Bjørgum
Snøhetta
Norway

Interior Designer
Mrs Heidi Pettersvold
Snøhetta
Norway

Main Contractor
Prebygg AS
Norway

Project Manager
Mr Knut Bjørgum
Snøhetta
Norway
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knut@snohetta.com

Structural Engineer
Mr Trond Gundersen
Dr.Techn. Kristoffer Apeland AS
Norway
trond.gundersen@kapeland.no

Sub contractor glass facade
Mr Erik Stening
Skandinaviske glass system
Sweden
erik.stening@skandglas.se

Sub contractor steel
Mr Bjørn Lonbakken
Lonbakken as
Norway

WAF Awards Day Two Category Winners Announced at World Architecture Festival Awards 2011

Four completed buildings and nine future projects, celebrating designs still on the drawing board, from around the world have today been announced as winners on the second day of the World Architectural Festival (WAF) Awards 2011.

The presentation of the WAF Awards is taking place during the largest global celebration of architecture - the World Architecture Festival, which is being held in Barcelona (CCIB) this week.

Speaking at the WAF Awards 2011 Paul Finch, WAF Programme Director, said: “The World Architecture Festival is the world's largest, live, truly inclusive and interactive global architectural awards programme. Attracting entries from internationally renowned practices to small local architects, the stellar quality of this year’s designs demonstrates their commitment to designing the world’s most exciting buildings. This year we’ve attracted more entries than ever before, with more than 700 submissions from 66 different countries. Our congratulations go to the winners for truly accomplished projects.”

All the WAF Award category winners will go head to head on Friday 4th November as they present their projects and compete for the highest accolades in global architecture, which will be decided by a 'super-jury'¹ of some of the world's most influential architectural and urban designers, led by the distinguished Michael Sorkin. They will cast their votes to decide the World Building of the Year 2011, Structural Project of the Year 2011 and Future Project of the Year 2011.

The WAF Awards day two winners are as follows:

World Shopping Building of the Year

Decameron, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Studio MK27, Brazil

The showroom of the Decameron furniture store is located on a rented site in the furniture commercial alley in São Paulo. To make the quick and economic construction viable, the architect, worked with the premise of a light occupation combined with industrial elements, which could easily be assembled.

The space was constructed through a mixed solution, with maritime transport containers and a specifically designed structure. Despite the spatial limitation imposed by the pre-determined dimension of the containers, the piece has impressive structural attributes that makes piling them possible. Two stories of containers form tunnels where products are displayed side by side.
The ample span, necessary to show furniture in relation with each other, is constructed by a metallic structure. This space is closed, in front and in back, by double-height metal casements with alveolar polycarbonate. At the back of the lot, there is a patio filled with trees and a pebbled-ground. When both doors are simultaneously opened, the whole store becomes integrated with its urban context. At rush stressful hours, by opening only the back doors, the store becomes self-absorbed, ruled by the presence of the inner-garden.

On the back of the site is the office, closed by a glass wall that enables the designers to take part on the sales life. Two edges of the design process in contact through the inner patio as other opposing strengths also meet at this small project: The intensity of the urban life and a small nature retreat, the power of the containers and the lightness of the metallic structure and finally, the linearity of the tunnels and the cubic volume.