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2021 European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention – AADIPA

Biennial prize organised by the COAC and the AADIPA – Buildings + Architects

20 May 2021

5th edition of European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA

The 5th edition of European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, with a success of participation that coincides with the celebration of its 10th anniversary, publishes the names of those shortlisted in the a and b categories.

European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention 2021

Barcelona 20 of May – The European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention, a biennial contest organized by the COAC (Architects’ Association of Catalonia) and AADIPA (Association of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage), has published the shortlisted works in categories A and B of the Award, in order to give visibility to a greater number of works and to recognize the optimum level of good heritage practice in Europe.

In particular, the international jury for category A -Intervention in Built Heritage-, comprising the architects Jorge Fontes, David Lorente and Marco Antonio Garcés, has chosen to shortlist the following 16 from the 202 projects presented:

With an increase of 25%, almost 300 projects presented and the consolidation of international participation, the successful fifth edition of the European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention is set to coincide with the celebration of its tenth anniversary.

• Pleonastic is Fantastic, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy. AMAA
• Dirk and the Chocolate Factory, Girona, Spain. Anna & Eugeni Bach
• Chair, blinds, cords, Girona, Spain. Arnau Estudi d’arquitectura
• Old Ceramics Factory, Coimbra, Portugal. Atelier do Corvo + Luisa Bebiano Arquitectura
• Oliva Artés Museum, Barcelona, Spain. BAAS arquitectura
• Ragenhaus Musikschule, Bruneck, Italy. Barozzi Veiga
• Hotel Nomad, Basel, Switzerland. Buchner Bründler Architekten
• Merola’s Tower, Barcelona, Spain. Carles Enrich Studio
• O Fieiro House, Mazaricos, La Coruña, Spain. Estudio Arturo Franco
• Castle of Osma, Soria, Spain. Fernando Cobos Estudio Arquitectura
• Barn house, Ávila, Spain. g+f Arquitectos
• Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland. k2s architects + Arkkitehdit NRT
• Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA), Antwerp, Belgium. KAAN Architecten
• Brasserie Gallia, Pantin, France. Maxime Jansens Architecture + Erwan Bonduelle Architecture
• BIC Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza, León, Spain. Rodríguez Valbuena Arquitectos
• Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain. Xavier Villanueva, Ignasi Villanueva, Mireia Bosch, Ana Atance

Out of 16 projects an incredible 9 are in Spain – surely this is not equitable. There are no comparable projects in the UK, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Romania, Czechia, Croatia, etc? I would ask the judges to explain why the list is geographically so skewed towards Spain and southern Europe.

2021 European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention – Buildings

• Pleonastic is Fantastic, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy. AMAA

photo © Simone Bossi

• Dirk and the Chocolate Factory, Girona, Spain. Anna & Eugeni Bach

photo © Eugeni Bach

• Chair, blinds, cords, Girona, Spain. Arnau Estudi d’arquitectura

photo © Pep Sau

• Old Ceramics Factory, Coimbra, Portugal. Atelier do Corvo + Luisa Bebiano Arquitectura

photo © Eduardo Nascimento

• Oliva Artés Museum, Barcelona, Spain. BAAS arquitectura

photo © Gregori Civera

• Ragenhaus Musikschule, Bruneck, Italy. Barozzi Veiga

photo © Simon Menges

• Hotel Nomad, Basel, Switzerland. Buchner Bründler Architekten

photo © Ruedi Walti

• Merola’s Tower, Barcelona, Spain. Carles Enrich Studio

photo © Adrià Goula

• O Fieiro House, Mazaricos, La Coruña, Spain. Estudio Arturo Franco

photo © Alfonso Quiroga

• Castle of Osma, Soria, Spain. Fernando Cobos Estudio Arquitectura

photo © Fernando Cobos

• Barn house, Ávila, Spain. g+f Arquitectos

photo © Joaquín Mosquera Casares

• Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, Finland. k2s architects + Arkkitehdit NRT

photo © Tuomas Uusheimo

• Royal Museum of Fine Arts (KMSKA), Antwerp, Belgium. KAAN Architecten

photo © Sebastian van Damme

• Brasserie Gallia, Pantin, France. Maxime Jansens Architecture + Erwan Bonduelle Architecture

photo © Cécile Septet

• BIC Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza, León, Spain. Rodríguez Valbuena Arquitectos

photo © Luis Canal

• Casa Batlló, Barcelona, Spain. Xavier Villanueva, Ignasi Villanueva, Mireia Bosch, Ana Atance

photo © Casa Batlló

2021 European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention – Exterior Spaces

While, in category B – Exterior Spaces – the architects, Delphine Péters, Olga Felip and Isabel Aguirre, after evaluating the 49 participating proposals, have chosen to shortlist the following 10 works:

• Provisional urbanization of Can Batlló, Barcelona, Spain. batlleiroig
• Landscape and chapel of Jorba Castle, Barcelona, Spain. Carles Enrich Studio
• Deep Matter Garden, Capiago Intimiano, Italy. CE-A studio + Carlo Ezechieli
• Synagogue Square, Castellón, Spain. el fabricante de espheras, Grupo Aranea, Cel-Ras Arquitectura
• “Illa de la Pietat” as a public space, Barcelona, Spain. Estudi d’arquitectura Toni Gironès
• Valencia Central Park, Valencia, Spain. Gustafson Porter + Bowman
• The Dunbar Battery, Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom. rankinfraser landscape architecture
• Flood protection as an urban design, Grimma, Germany. Chair of Architectural Conservation and Design, TU Dresden
• Can Sau. Emergency Scenery, Girona, Spain. unparelld’arquitectes
• Footbridge in Tintagel Castle, Tintagel, United Kingdom. William Matthews associates + Ney & Partners

• Provisional urbanization of Can Batlló, Barcelona, Spain. batlleiroig

photo © Antonio Navarro Wijkmark

• Landscape and chapel of Jorba Castle, Barcelona, Spain. Carles Enrich Studio

photo © Adrià Goula

• Deep Matter Garden, Capiago Intimiano, Italy. CE-A studio + Carlo Ezechieli

photo © Carlo Ezechieli

• Synagogue Square, Castellón, Spain. el fabricante de espheras, Grupo Aranea, Cel-Ras Arquitectura

photo © Milena Villalba

• “Illa de la Pietat” as a public space, Barcelona, Spain. Estudi d’arquitectura Toni Gironès

photo © Fernando Alda

• Valencia Central Park, Valencia, Spain. Gustafson Porter + Bowman

photo © Richard Bloom

• The Dunbar Battery, Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom. rankinfraser landscape architecture

photo © rankinfraser landscape architecture

• Flood protection as an urban design, Grimma, Germany. Chair of Architectural Conservation and Design, TU Dresden

photo © Till Schuster

• Can Sau. Emergency Scenery, Girona, Spain. unparelld’arquitectes

photo © José Hevia

• Footbridge in Tintagel Castle, Tintagel, United Kingdom. William Matthews associates + Ney & Partners

photo © David Levene

The decision of the 5th edition of the Award will be announced coinciding with the celebration of the V International Biennial on Architectural Heritage AADIPA, which the management of the Award organizes jointly with the COAC, AADIPA and the Generalitat de Catalunya and on this occasion with, Equatorial Guinea as the guest country. The event will take place on Thursday, June 17, and will culminate with the official awards ceremony and the celebration of the contest’s tenth anniversary.

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