• Login / Join
  • About
  • •
  • Contact
  • •
  • Advertising
bustler logo
bustler logo
  • News
  • Competitions
  • Events
  • Bustler is powered by Archinect
  • Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

  • Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • Search

    Search in

  • Submit

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event
  • Login / Join
  • News|Competitions|Events
  • Search
    | Submit
    | Follow
  • Search in

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event

    Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • About|Contact|Advertising
  • Login / Join

National Museum in Szczecin crowned as 2016 World Building of the Year

By Justine Testado|

Friday, Nov 18, 2016

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

That's a wrap for the 2016 World Architecture Festival! After a final round of presentations and jury critiques for the Day One and Two category winners, the National Museum in Szczecin in Poland made it to the top as the ninth recipient of the coveted World Building of the Year. In recent years, the overall-winning title went to The Interlace by OMA/Ole Scheeren in Singapore and a21studio's The Chapel in Vietnam.

Additionally, the South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball scooped the Future Project of the Year award, while the Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus won Landscape of the Year. Last but not least, the Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture won Small Project of the Year for their ZCB Bamboo Pavilion.

All the winners were presented with their awards during the Friday night gala dinner, which took place at the Wilhelm Tuckermann-designed Postbahnhof in Berlin. As for next year, WAF will return to Berlin next November.

Scroll down to see the winning projects.

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes
WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes
WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

Jury chair David Chipperfield cited the National Museum as an “optimistic, poetic and imaginative” ode to the past. “This project enriches the city and the life of the city. It addresses a site with three histories, pre-World War II, wartime destruction, and post-war development, which left a significant gap in the middle of the city,“ Chipperfield stated. “This is a piece of topography as well as a museum. To go underground is to explore the memory and archaeology of the city, while above ground the public face of the building, including its undulating roof, and be interpreted and used in a variety of ways.”

FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball

FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​
FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​
FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​
FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​

“The school is a new model of vertical building that responds to the specific inner-urban context of the developing Fishermans Bend urban renewal area. Accommodating 525 students, the new school will be an integral component of the Montague Precinct within Fisherman’s Bend providing an education and community focus as the area is developed.”

“WAF’s Future Project super-jury — Kim Nielsen, Ole Scheeren and Coren Sharples — selected the project for ‘the way the space interprets and promotes pedagogy’, and how it connects indoor and outdoor teaching areas and differentiated learning environments. The judges felt the architects overcame the challenges of designing a vertical school, using a central staircase as a point of interaction and as a gathering space.”

LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus

LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus

“The [Kopupaka Reserve] is a hybrid park that combines a storm-water reserve with an urban park, playground and skate park, — all made possible by dovetailing the masterplanning of the streets with the green infrastructure of the 22-hectare reserve. Judges praised the project as ‘a successful translation of Maori traditions that succeeded in being both poetic and imaginative in its creation of a landscape that captures the soul and nature of the area’.”

SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion by The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture

SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture
SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture
SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture
SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture

“The ZCB Bamboo Pavilion is a public event space built for the Construction Industry Council (CIC)’s Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) in the summer of 2015 in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. Located in the ZCB Garden Area, the pavilion is a 4-storey-high, 37 metre spanning, bamboo gridshell structure with a usable area of approximately 350m2 and a seating capacity of 200. It is built from 473 large bamboo poles that are bent onsite to shape the structure and that are hand-tied together with metal wire using techniques based on Cantonese bamboo scaffolding craftsmanship. Recognised by judges as ‘an excellent architectural outcome’ the project was commended as a ‘brilliant example of cutting edge simulation and modelling combined with delightful traditional craft and skill’.”

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

RELATED NEWS 2016 World Architecture Festival Day One winners announced
RELATED NEWS The 2016 World Architecture Festival Day Two category winners
RELATED EVENT World Architecture Festival 2016

Related

world architecture festival ● world architecture festival awards ● museum design ● szczecin ● poland ● competition ● world building of the year ● europe

Share

  • Follow

    2 Comments

  • anetakrupakuzera
    anetakrupakuzera

    anetakrupakuzera ·  Nov 19, 16 9:35 PM

    :)
  • anetakrupakuzera
    anetakrupakuzera

    anetakrupakuzera ·  Nov 19, 16 9:40 PM

    In my opinion, in Szczecin we can find much many places which are worth seeing. I had the opportunity to spend there a few days at the Dana Hotel, a beautiful building with 100 years history and the city has literally charmed me. In the restaurant of the hotel we can enjoy a delicious goose and then explore this amazing city. And there is a lot to explore, like for example
    the amazing castle of Pomeranian Dukes:)
  • Comment as :

National Museum in Szczecin crowned as 2016 World Building of the Year

Henning Larsen's 'Changing Our Footprint' explores pathways toward sustainable building

Eight projects named best in the field at the 2023 AIA Interior Architecture Awards

A ‘genuinely delightful’ reflection on food, globalization, and automation wins 2022 Architecture Drawing Prize

Winners of Buildner's MICROHOME #5 competition offer solutions for affordable housing crises

Sponsored Post by Buildner

Design a new concept of small-scale home: MICROHOME / Edition #6 is launched!

AIA announces 2023 Regional & Urban Design Awards winners

Five student teams win big at USC School of Architecture's 12th annual Design Charrette

The International Garden Festival reveals projects for its 24th edition

Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

Kazuyo Sejima and Phyllis Lambert named recipients of 2023 Jane Drew Prize for Architecture and Ada Louise Huxtable Prize

Here are the 2022 Art of Building photography competition winners

HASTINGS Principal David M. Powell wins the 2023 AIA Award for Excellence in Public Architecture

OMA wins competition for a public expansion of Turin's Museo Egizio

Architecture and interiors celebrated at the 2022 International Design Awards

Peter Barber elevates the role of craft in design for the Royal Academy's 2023 Architecture Room

ACSA announces the 2023 Architectural Education Award winners

Next page » Loading

National Museum in Szczecin crowned as 2016 World Building of the Year

By Justine Testado|

Friday, Nov 18, 2016

Share

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

Related

world architecture festival ● world architecture festival awards ● museum design ● szczecin ● poland ● competition ● world building of the year ● europe

That's a wrap for the 2016 World Architecture Festival! After a final round of presentations and jury critiques for the Day One and Two category winners, the National Museum in Szczecin in Poland made it to the top as the ninth recipient of the coveted World Building of the Year. In recent years, the overall-winning title went to The Interlace by OMA/Ole Scheeren in Singapore and a21studio's The Chapel in Vietnam.

Additionally, the South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball scooped the Future Project of the Year award, while the Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus won Landscape of the Year. Last but not least, the Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture won Small Project of the Year for their ZCB Bamboo Pavilion.

All the winners were presented with their awards during the Friday night gala dinner, which took place at the Wilhelm Tuckermann-designed Postbahnhof in Berlin. As for next year, WAF will return to Berlin next November.

Scroll down to see the winning projects.

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes
WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes
WORLD BUILDING OF THE YEAR: National Museum in Szczecin, Poland by Robert Konieczny/KWK Promes

Jury chair David Chipperfield cited the National Museum as an “optimistic, poetic and imaginative” ode to the past. “This project enriches the city and the life of the city. It addresses a site with three histories, pre-World War II, wartime destruction, and post-war development, which left a significant gap in the middle of the city,“ Chipperfield stated. “This is a piece of topography as well as a museum. To go underground is to explore the memory and archaeology of the city, while above ground the public face of the building, including its undulating roof, and be interpreted and used in a variety of ways.”

FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball

FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​
FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​
FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​
FUTURE PROJECT OF THE YEAR: South Melbourne Primary School by Hayball​

“The school is a new model of vertical building that responds to the specific inner-urban context of the developing Fishermans Bend urban renewal area. Accommodating 525 students, the new school will be an integral component of the Montague Precinct within Fisherman’s Bend providing an education and community focus as the area is developed.”

“WAF’s Future Project super-jury — Kim Nielsen, Ole Scheeren and Coren Sharples — selected the project for ‘the way the space interprets and promotes pedagogy’, and how it connects indoor and outdoor teaching areas and differentiated learning environments. The judges felt the architects overcame the challenges of designing a vertical school, using a central staircase as a point of interaction and as a gathering space.”

LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus

LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus
LANDSCAPE OF THE YEAR: Kopupaka Reserve in Auckland, New Zealand by Isthmus

“The [Kopupaka Reserve] is a hybrid park that combines a storm-water reserve with an urban park, playground and skate park, — all made possible by dovetailing the masterplanning of the streets with the green infrastructure of the 22-hectare reserve. Judges praised the project as ‘a successful translation of Maori traditions that succeeded in being both poetic and imaginative in its creation of a landscape that captures the soul and nature of the area’.”

SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion by The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture

SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture
SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture
SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture
SMALL PROJECT OF THE YEAR: ZCB Bamboo Pavilion​​ by ​The Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture

“The ZCB Bamboo Pavilion is a public event space built for the Construction Industry Council (CIC)’s Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) in the summer of 2015 in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. Located in the ZCB Garden Area, the pavilion is a 4-storey-high, 37 metre spanning, bamboo gridshell structure with a usable area of approximately 350m2 and a seating capacity of 200. It is built from 473 large bamboo poles that are bent onsite to shape the structure and that are hand-tied together with metal wire using techniques based on Cantonese bamboo scaffolding craftsmanship. Recognised by judges as ‘an excellent architectural outcome’ the project was commended as a ‘brilliant example of cutting edge simulation and modelling combined with delightful traditional craft and skill’.”

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

RELATED NEWS 2016 World Architecture Festival Day One winners announced
RELATED NEWS The 2016 World Architecture Festival Day Two category winners
RELATED EVENT World Architecture Festival 2016

Share

  • Follow

    2 Comments

  • anetakrupakuzera

    anetakrupakuzera ·  Nov 19, 16 9:35 PM

    :)
  • anetakrupakuzera

    anetakrupakuzera ·  Nov 19, 16 9:40 PM

    In my opinion, in Szczecin we can find much many places which are worth seeing. I had the opportunity to spend there a few days at the Dana Hotel, a beautiful building with 100 years history and the city has literally charmed me. In the restaurant of the hotel we can enjoy a delicious goose and then explore this amazing city. And there is a lot to explore, like for example
    the amazing castle of Pomeranian Dukes:)
  • Comment as :

Archinect JobsArchinect Jobs

The Archinect Job Board attracts the world's top architectural design talents.

VIEW ALL JOBS POST A JOB

BIM Specialist

Rivers & Christian

BIM Specialist

Los Angeles, CA, US

Senior Architect (Dumbo)

Tom Winter Architects

Senior Architect (Dumbo)

New York, NY, US

Architectural Designer

Castelli-Design

Architectural Designer

New York, NY, US

Mid-level Project Manager / Designer / Architect

John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK)

Mid-level Project Manager / Designer / Architect

Los Angeles, CA, US

Senior Interior Architect / Interior Designer

Strada Architecture LLC

Senior Interior Architect / Interior Designer

Philadelphia, PA, US

Architectural Job Captain - Commercial/Civic

DAHLIN ARCHITECTURE | PLANNING | INTERIORS

Architectural Job Captain - Commercial/Civic

Irvine, CA, US

Project Designer

Laguarda.Low Architects, LLC

Project Designer

New York, NY, US

Architect/Designer

O'Neill Rose Architects

Architect/Designer

New York, NY, US

Project Coordinator Position

BMA Architects

Project Coordinator Position

Bridgehampton, NY, US

BIM Coordinator

Studio PCH, Inc.

BIM Coordinator

Venice, CA, US

Next page » Loading