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PRESS RELEASE JANUARY 2015 Archi-­‐World® Academy Awards 2013 -­‐ 2015 With over 1400 students in architecture participating from all over the world, the second edition of Archi-­‐World® Academy did once again create opportunities for the future talents in architecture. Many thanks to BAU Munich, our President Prof. Pallasmaa, the jury members*, the students, architecture schools and their Ambassadors who contributed to this success. *Jury members of Archi-­‐World® Academy Awards 2013 -­‐ 2015 are : Philippe Samyn (Belgium), Mario Cucinella (Italy), Paul de Ruiter (Netherlands), Thomas Herzog (Germany), Juan Manuel Herranz (Spain), Madhav Raman (India), Ibrahim Jaidah (Qatar), Yves Besançon Prats (Chile), Roger Duffy (USA), Fernando Romero (Mexico), Peter Stutchbury (Australia). Andrey Asadov (Russia) In bold : will be present for the awarding ceremony 1. The winners The twelve winners of the second edition of Archi-­‐World® Academy Awards 2013-­‐2015 are : Christian Salandanan Joyce Stijnen Ksenia Kiripkova wins internship with wins internship with wins internship with Anagram Architects, India Samyn and Partners, Belgium Arab Engineering Bureau, Qatar CASA KAWAYAN: Bamboo Research and Development Complex From archetype to prototype Recreational center"ISLAND BARAN" 1 Osman Sümer wins internship with Alemparte Barreda Wedeles Besancon Arquitectos y Asociados, Chile Living Bridge Kutay Biberoğlu wins internship with FR-­‐EE, Mexico Necroturris Wallison Caetano wins internship with Mario Cucinella Architects, Italy Carolina Travaglio wins internship with Paul de Ruiter Architects, The Netherlands Ivan Matveev wins internship with Asadov Architectural Studio, Russia Prototype AMPZ-­‐1045, Cultural Bridge for the City Cataldo Ancona wins internship with Thomas Herzog Architekten, Germany Student residence in Lyon Bartolomé Gómez Cordero wins internship with SOM, USA Spiritus Urbana Viktoriia Kuripka wins internship with Virai Arquitectos, Spain Vertical Farm of Paulista Avenue A SHADOW IN FEZ. Central Library of the Maghreb Performing arts center on Taganskaya square Boyana Stoeva wins internship with Peter Stutchbury, Australia Co-­‐housing as the zone of influens on a depressive territory 2 2. Round table and Awarding ceremony The awarding ceremony of the Archi-­‐World®Academy Awards 2013-­‐2015 will take place on 21st of January 2015 at 15.30 in FORUM C2 during BAU/Munich. The event will host a round table about the topic: ‘The future of architecture’. Following jury members have confirmed their participation: Mr Thomas Herzog -­‐ Herzog und Partner -­‐ Germany Mr Mario Cucinella -­‐ Mario Cucinella Architects -­‐ Italy Mr Ibrahim Jaidah -­‐ Arab Engineering Bureau -­‐ Qatar Mr Philippe Samyn -­‐ Samyn & Partners -­‐Belgium Mr Paul de Ruiter -­‐ Architectenbureau Paul de Ruiter -­‐ Netherlands Mr Juan M. Herranz Molina -­‐ Virai Arquitectos -­‐ Spain Mr Madhav Raman -­‐ Anagram Architects – India Mr Yves Besançon Prats-­‐ ABWB -­‐ Chile The round table will be followed by the presentation of the winning projects and prizes will be handed over to the students. 3. Presentation of Archi-­‐World®Academy 3 and the new jury members Mister Sergey Romanov, leader of the studio -­‐№ 1 GUP MNIIP "Mosprojekt -­‐4" in Moscow will officially announce the names of the architects that have accepted to become jury members of Archi-­‐World® Academy 3. Mr Rudy Ricciotti -­‐ Agence Rudy Ricciotti -­‐ France Mr Wolf D. Prix -­‐ Coop Himmel(b)lau -­‐ Austria Mr. Mauro Poponcini -­‐ Poponcini & Lootens -­‐ Belgium Mr Francesco Isidori -­‐ Labics -­‐ Italy Mr Guz Wilkinson -­‐ Guz Architects -­‐ Singapore Mrs Cathrin Krumrey -­‐ SBA Architects -­‐ Germany Mr James Wei Ke -­‐ CHIASMUS -­‐ China Mrs Ekin Ç. Turhan -­‐ Ercan Çoban Architects -­‐ Turkey Mr Marcio Kogan – Studio mk27 -­‐ Brazil Mr Sergey Romanov -­‐ № 1 GUP MNIIP "Mosprojekt – 4" - Russia Mr Teemu Kurkela -­‐ JKMM Architects -­‐ Finland Mrs Shelley McNamara -­‐ Grafton Architects -­‐ Ireland 3 The realization of this event has been made possible thanks to the active support of BAU Munich and our associated industrials partners Autodesk, Epson, Armstrong, Saint-­‐Gobain Glass, Desso. We are also grateful to our media partners for their support: AMC, Detail, The Plan, Architectuur NL, Blueprint magazine, revista AU -­‐ Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Architektor.ru, sankaijian.com, Archi-­‐News. A special thanks goes to Autodesk for the following statement : “The caliber of this year’s ArchiWorld Academy Award entries were outstanding, and it’s this next-­‐generation of talent who will shape the future of architecture and design. We’re proud to be part of this international competition, and to do our part to prepare an industry-­‐ready workforce by equipping students, teachers and schools worldwide with free access to Autodesk software and learning materials so they can learn to solve tomorrow’s design challenges today,” said Herbert Bickelmann, Senior Manager, Autodesk Education. We are looking forward to Archi-­‐World ®Academy third edition 2015/2017! 4