2A Asia Architecture Award 2016: “Innovative Architecture in Asia”
Register/Submit Deadline: Friday, Jul 22, 201612 AMIRDT
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2A Magazine is pleased to announce the second annual 2A Asia Architecture Award; 2AAA 2016, which celebrates “Innovative Architecture in Asia”. Accordingly, the Award is for recognition of an individual's or group's substantial contribution to today’s architecture in Asia in terms of contemporary challenges of the field in the region and lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.
This continent-wide award recognizes and acknowledges architects who have engaged in creating and designing buildings and cities in Asia originating from their specific cultural and geographical localities which possess specific characteristics attributable to their local origins.
Award Categories
1.Residential
2.Commercial (Office & Business, Retail and wholesale, Production)
3.Public (Sport & Leisure, Education, Hospitality, Culture, Mixed Use, Health,
4.Religion, Civic ,Transportation), and community-based projects
5.Urban Projects, Rural Projects, Landscape & Public Spaces (Including squares
6.and streets)
7.Old and New (Reuse and adaptation, Renovation, Restoration, Regeneration)
8.Interior Architecture
9.Future Projects / Innovative Designs
Entry:
▪Entry takes place in two stages and is free of charge.
▪The submission process is completely digital and online.
▪The project should have been built /located in one of the Asian countries.
▪The project should have been completed on or after 01 January 2001 .
▪For Future Projects/Innovative Design category entries, the design dates should not be older than 2001.
▪The First Stage Entry opens on July 1, 2016 and closes on July 22, 2016 at 11:00 p.m. EEST (UTC/GMT +3.5 hours).
▪Categories 1 to 6 apply only to completed projects. Category 7 applies to design-only, future or uncompleted projects, including entries of regional and international competitions.
▪All categories are open to practices of all sizes and there is no limit to the number of categories one can enter, however one project cannot be entered in two different categories.
▪Winners of the 2AAA 2015 (first, second and third places, and special mentions) are not eligible to participate in the 2AAA 2016.
Criteria:
The following criteria will be considered to recognize and honor a built project/ future project in Asia that has produced significant contributions to humanity and built environment:
▪Design achievement;
▪Technical advancement, includes engineering achievements and innovative use of materials;
▪Reflection of sense of place and of cultural identity and ecology;
▪Environmental sustainability (including ecological, and socio-cultural sustainability)
▪Social responsibility and community and urban connectivity;
▪The effects of economical conditions on the project.
JURY:
▪Volkwin Marg - Architect, BDA. Dipl. Ing. Founder of von Gerkan, Marg and Partners.
▪Nasrin Seraji - Architect, AA dipl RIBA. Dean of the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais.
▪Wolfgang Tschapeller - Architect, March. Head of the Institute of Art and Architecture, Vienna .
▪Murat Tabanlıoğlu - Architect, RIBA. Chartered Member, Int'l Assoc AIA, Founder of Tabanlıoğlu Architects.
▪Françoise Fromonot - Architect, Professor at the schools of architecture of Paris-Belleville. Founding member of Criticat.
▪Hiromi Hosoya - Architect. Cofounder of Hosoya Schaefer Architects.
Awards and Exhibition:
▪Category winners will be publicly announced in the award ceremony on October 17, 2016 at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
▪At the same day of the event, All first-stage nominated entry boards will be displayed in an Exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
▪The top two winners in each Award category will receive gold and silver medals, respectively.
▪Upon Jury’s approving decision there might also be some special mentions in each category.
▪The special mentions will receive certificates of recognition and memorial plaques.
▪ All first-stage nominated projects will be published in a special edition of 2A Magazine and extra pages will be allocated to the winners and special mentions.
▪Names and a brief review of all entries will be published in the news part of website, after the event.
Academic Partner: Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Organizer: 2A Magazine
Organizing Committee:
▪ Ahmad Zohadi - Head of organizing committee and director of 2A Asia Architecture Award, Publisher & Editor in Chief of 2A Magazine.
▪Golmar Khatibi- Vienna based Architect and teaches at the Academy of fine arts in Vienna.
▪Marveh Farhoodi- M.Arch, editor of Sustainability Studies of 2A Magazine, member of advisory board of 2AAA 2015.
▪Negar Kalantar- Ph.D in Architecture - Texas A&M University, editor of Architectural Science of 2A Magazine, member of advisory board of 2AAA 2015.
For complete information, more upcoming details of the event and registration, please visit award website at: www.asiaarch2a.com
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