The 2016 World Architecture Festival Day Two category winners

It's Day Two at the 2016 World Architecture Festival, which concluded with seven more winners in the Completed Building category and nine Future Projects winners. Now that all the category winners have been revealed, the design teams will face off in one final round of project critiques with the super jury. One project will then be crowned as the Future Project of the Year and another will be the overall-winning World Building of the Year 2016 when WAF ends tomorrow, November 18. In case you missed it, here are the Day One results.

Check out the Day Two-winning projects below. 

COMPLETED BUILDINGS

SHOPPING: Crystal Houses by MVRDV

MVRDV created a completely transparent façade for the Chanel store on the PC Hooftstraat, a high-end shopping street in Amsterdam. “Judges praised the architects for demonstrating ‘such invention and bravado by using cast glass blocks that build their own crystalline wall with the memory and reference of the traditional shop unit in the High Street’.”

HIGHER EDUCATION & RESEARCH: Investcorp Building for Oxford University by Zaha Hadid Architects

Designed for the Oxford University Middle East Center, the Investcorp Building is a “smooth, steel tubular construction [that] houses a new lecture theatre, library and archive at St. Antony’s College. Judges commented, ‘Zaha Hadid expressed an architecture and form that allows the interior of the spaces to enjoy the view of the urban setting while cladding the building in a material that say ‘I am the future’.”

HEALTH: Notkarnan by Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor

The Nötkärnan private health clinic in Gothenburg, Sweden delivers healthcare services to the local Somali community. The new Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor-designed clinic “features abundant colour and design flair, replacing an existing drab building on the site. Judges recognized it as a ‘clear, elegant solution that brings nature directly into the healing environment” whilst its “clever façade manipulation gives an illusion of depth’.”

HOTEL AND LEISURE: Fushengyu Hotspring Resort by Aim Architecture

In designing the Fushengyu Hotspring Resort in Mianyang, China, Aim Architecture “merged planning, architecture, landscape and interiors, shaping a total concept based on the land, water and nature of the local Luo Fu Shan mountains in China's Sichuan province. This spa building wraps around a hill at the centre of the site, overlooking the valley. Judges praised the project for creating ‘an unfolding sequence of atmosphere and experiences’, also noting that the architects’ choice of materials helps to ‘unite the differently designed elements’ giving it the identity and feel of a village.”

RELIGION: St Trinitatis Church by Shulz and Schulz

“After suffering severe damage during WWII, the ruins of the original [St Trinitatis Church in Leipzig, Germany] were demolished in 1954, with the promised larger, permanent replacement [that] took over 70 years to materialize. But it seems that the wait was worthwhile. Architecture practice Schulz and Schulz received praise from the jury, who cited the new church as ‘an ingenious strategy centred around an open and engaging public space – a true urban church’.”

SPORT: Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre by HCMA Architecture + Design

“Through close collaboration with the local city authorities and diverse user groups in Surrey, Canada, [HCMA Architecture + Design] arrived at a design that maximized glazing towards the street, activating the project edge and blurring lines between interior and exterior spaces. The judges felt the project’s design ‘combined structural efficiency with an iconic silhouette” commending its wooden roof structure for ‘keeping clear of technical installation, allowing a very precise understanding of the overall space’.”

Plus, the project's structural engineer Fast+Epp very recently won the Supreme Excellence award in the 2016 Structural Awards.

TRANSPORT: #LightPathAKL by Monk Mackenzie Architects + LandLab

Monk Mackenzie Architects + LandLab’s #LightPathAKL project in Auckland, New Zealand began “when a study identified the potential of an unused former highway offramp to be repurposed to form the western route of an inner city cycleway and complete Auckland’s inner city cycle network. Architecturally, the project had to work simultaneously at two scales: the macro and the micro — the city and the individual. The category’s judges lauded the project as a ‘brilliant, fun intervention [demonstrating] how human intercession into a car dominated environment offers a catalytic public space for cycling and walking’.”

FUTURE PROJECTS

COMPETITION ENTRIES: Chengdu City Music Hall by Aedas

Located in Chengdu’s Wuhou district, [the Aedas-designed proposal] “houses the city’s finest world-class cultural venues, art exhibition halls, and educational facilities as a city cultural landmark. Inspired by an abstract analysis of Traditional Chinese Landscape Painting or Shan Shui style painting — ‘shan’ meaning mountain, and ‘shui’ meaning river — the project formalizes this language through its roof topography ‘mountains’ and erosion along the lower pedestrian levels ‘river’. Judges recognised the designs as a ‘sophisticated essay in the fusion of natural and manmade environments’.”

CULTURE: Wangari Muta Maathai House by Boogertman + Partners Architects

The jury described the Wangari Muta Maathai House in Nairobi, Kenya as a ‘beautiful, poetic and integrative’ project. “Intended as a centre for commemoration and learning, the project is dedicated to the memory of the late Wangari Maathai, who became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as an environmental activist and national leader.”

EDUCATION: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball

For the South Melbourne Primary School, the jury described the project as an “‘innovative and inspiring vertical campus [that they believe] will be a great learning environment in a highly dense new development area’...The primary school will accommodate 525 children and will include facilities for the growing community in Fishermans Bend, an area of great urban renewal in Victoria.”

HEALTH: The Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence by Amos Goldreich Architecture and Jacobs Yaniv Architects

“This new shelter was commissioned by Israeli charity No To Violence, led by distinguished human rights champion Ruth Rasnic. As the charity’s first purpose-built shelter, it will also accommodate its administrative headquarters. Once built, it will house families from diverse ethnic and geographical backgrounds, including Arab, Israeli, Ethiopian, Russian and Ukrainian women and children. The new shelter, which will occupy land gifted to the charity by the local municipality, will accommodate up to twelve families — all of whom require individual privacy, yet need to coexist with each other and with the staff who look after them. Judges praised the architects for their ‘socially driven, responsive design’ which they felt demonstrated an ‘invitingly open and considered interface between interior and exterior spaces’.”

HOUSE: Arthur Residence by 5468796 Architects

The Arthur Residence is a private home that is currently under construction in Regina, Canada. The judges were impressed by the architects' “‘thoughtful response to the standard suburban rectangular lot’, a building which will encompass the entire width of its plot and include four internal courtyards, creating a secret garden where its nature-loving owner can relax.”

MASTERPLANNING: Nærheden ‘Suburb of the Future’ by Arkitema Architects and karres+brands

“The judges extolled Nærheden ‘Suburb of the Future as ‘a replicable model for cities around the world’, commenting that it ‘brings together urban and suburban qualities in a legible, coherent and beautiful masterplan’. The first residents will move into this new Greater Copenhagen city district in 2018.”

MIXED USE: Kampung Admirality by WOHA

“The Kampung Admirality will be Singapore’s first integrated public development that brings together a mix of public facilities and services under one roof. [The project subverts] the traditional approach for each government agency to carve out their own plot of land, [thus] resulting in several standalone buildings. The Kampung Admiralty is conceived as a one-stop integrated complex, which will meet the needs of Singapore’s aging population and ‘offers great lessons for the future of mixed-use projects’, according to judges.”

RESIDENTIAL: Uptown by Design and More International

Design and More's intention for the Dubai-based Uptown project is to “achieve continuity between the past, the present, and the future by finding timeless language and techniques, as well as time-honoured local traditions across the 20,000m² eight-storey scheme. Judges felt the designs ‘deviate from the generic new development in the city [recognizing it] as a perfect example of how one should build respecting the architectural character, climate and materials of the location whilst still responding to social needs’.”

LEISURE-LED DEVELOPMENT: Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse by Oppenheim Architecture

In designing the Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse in Aqaba, Jordan, Oppenheim Architecture “[took] the local desert dunescapes, mountains, and ancient Bedouin traditions as primary design influence. The project comprises residential, hotel, and commercial space, centered around an 18-hole Greg Norman designed golf course. Judges praised its ‘strong, sensible form” commending the ‘way it communicates with nature”.”

All images and quoted text courtesy of the 2016 World Architecture Festival.