Dedalo Minosse Prize 2017, ALA Assoarchitetti Italia, Architects, Winners, Dates, Deadline

Dedalo Minosse Prize

European Client Architectural Award – Palladian Architecture in Vicenza, Italy

11 Mar 2018

Dedalo Minosse Prize 2018

Dedalo Minosse International Prize for Commissioning a Building

In Japan
At ASJ Tokyo Cell
7-18 April 2018

After the award ceremony on June 23rd at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, the Dedalo Minosse Prize traveling exhibition goes on around the world.

Thanks to the collaboration with Architect Studio Japan, from 7th to 18th of April 2018, it will be possible to admire, in Tokyo, the projects selected at the tenth edition of the Prize, which sees among its participants numerous architects from Japan.

It is not the first time that the exhibition of the Prize is hosted in Japan: in 2015 it was presented in front of a crowded hall with more than 350 participants among architects and clients.

On April 13th the Prize will be officially presented in the prestigious headquarters of the Italian Institute of Culture in Tokyo.

Many guests will attend the event, including Bruno Gabbiani, president of ALA Assoarchitetti, Paolo Calvetti director of the Italian Institute of Culture, Nobuaki Furuya of Waseda University, Yuhei Maruyama president of ASJ, Katsufumi Kubota, architect and juror of the tenth edition, as well as award-winning architects Philippe Prost, Luis Arturo Garcia, Matias Frazzi, Ryuichi Ashizawa.

Dedalo Minosse Prize 2018 Winners

The ring of remembrance, France:

all photos courtesy of the Deadlo Minosse organisers

Casa Meztitla, Tepoztlán, Morelos, México

“The Bluff” Villa, the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Town Hall of Gembloux, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium

26 Jun 2017

Dedalo Minosse Prize 2017 Winners

Dedalo Minosse International Prize for commissioning a building

The names of the winners have been unveiled.

They have received their awards on June 23rd at Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza

The names of the winners of the tenth edition of the Dedalo Minosse Prize have been announced. By rewarding architectural works that have already been constructed, this unique event puts the emphasis on the client, a player that is often underestimated when we talk about architectural achievements and forget that high quality works can only originate from an exemplary collaboration between the promoter and the designer.

It is an event focusing on the recognition, discussion and reflection on the role of those who invest money, thought and time to improve the world where we live: a Prize that, like no other, would not celebrate the creativity of the architect, viewed as the lone defender of beauty, but rather would be an opportunity to take a closer look at the entire process, which, if you look closely, besides the architect and the client, includes the contractor and the public administration, the latter acting as decision-maker and mediator between public and private interests, responsible for providing guidelines for the social, economic and cultural development of the community.

This year is the 20th anniversary of the Prize and to celebrate it the Jury has also assigned the Andrea Palladio International Prize to a Client who distinguished himself for his work in the last 20 years;

The response to this edition of the Prize was great: 400 submissions were received from 40 different countries, including Argentina, Philippines, France, Germany, Japan, India, Peru, Russia, United States, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam.

Very wide and diversified is the range of clients, consisting of companies (26%), government and public administrations (28%), private individuals (24%) and organisations, foundations, associations (22%).
As is customary the extremely interesting and complex panorama of works submitted was highly heterogeneous, encompassing homes (24%), schools (12%), offices (8%), places for the arts (19%), place for worship (5%), production sites (5%), commercial areas (2%), spaces for socialization (3%), tourist/recreational structures (3%), green spaces (5%), infrastructures (14%).

The jury’s assessment was not based on the size of the project but only its quality, its meaning, its values, the process it has arisen from, the innovative content and environmental values embodied in it, based on a view of architecture as an activity entailing great complexity and great responsibility on the part of everyone. In keeping with this approach, each edition produces an overview of architectural works, big and small, from all over the world, major works next to small artefacts rich with meaning and content.

The Jury has assigned 4 Main Awards: the Dedalo Minosse International Prize, the Dedalo Minosse International Prize OCCAM – Under 40, the ALA-Assoarchitetti Prize- Fondazione Inarcassa and the ALA-Assoarchitetti Prize Under 40. Together with 10 Special Prizes, among which Stanislao Nievo Special Prize dedicated to the renowned environmentalist writer who served as the chairman of the jury, since the first edition of the Prize. Additional Special Prizes include those given by sponsors and by the Veneto Region, that promoted the event jointly with Ala Assoarchitetti. 10 projects have been commended and 51 were published.

As usual, among the clients we find highly prestigious name such as Come sempre, tra i committenti spiccano nomi di grande rilievo, quali Birmingham City Council, Comune di Salerno, Confederazione Svizzera, Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore di Firenze, Région Hauts de France, Reinhold Messner.

Architects known wordwide were among the participants, including Dante O. Benini, Mecanoo architecten, Natalini Architetti, Philippe Prost, Volker Giencke & Company, Zaha Hadid Ltd, side by side with young architects who accounted for 25% of the participants.

The strong point of the Dedalo Minosse Prize, in fact, is the way it rewards not just major projects but also names that are not widely known as yet, thereby underscoring the role of clients in promoting design activities that are a future asset to society at large.

The winners of the 2016/2017 edition will be featured in a multimedia exhibition. More than 70 architectural works, completed in the last 5 years, exhibited through drawings, photos, models and video.
The exhibition will be opened from 24.06 to 16.07.2017 at the Civic Art Gallery of Palazzo Chiericati – Vicenza (Italy) Tue. to sun., 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.; from July 4th Tue. to sun., 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.; closed on monday.

Dedalo Minosse is promoted by ALA – Assoarchitetti and Regione del Veneto(*). Since its founding, the submissions for the Prize have been almost 8,000 with more than 50 participating countries. Over 200 events have been organized and 50 countries visited by the international roadshow.

(*) “Iniziativa Regionale realizzata in attuazione della L.R.5.9.1984, n. 51 art. 11”

A list of the Prizes and the projects rewarded at the tenth edition is given below:

Premi Istituzionali

PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE DEDALO MINOSSE ALLA COMMITTENZA DI ARCHITETTURA
DEDALO MINOSSE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR COMMISSIONING A BUILDING

The ring of remembrance, France:

all photos courtesy of the Deadlo Minosse organisers

Committente Client: Région Hauts de France
Progetto Project: Philippe Prost AAPP
Opera Title: The ring of remembrance
Realizzazione Construction 2014, Ablaint Saint Nazaire, Hauts de France, France

PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE DEDALO MINOSSE ALLA COMMITTENZA DI ARCHITETTURA – OCCAM UNDER 40
DEDALO MINOSSE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR COMMISSIONING A BUILDING – OCCAM UNDER 40

Casa Meztitla, Tepoztlán, Morelos, México

Committente / Client: Lilia Bazán
Progetto / Project: EDAA Luis Arturo García, Design team: Juan Hernández, Jahir Villanueva, Antonio Rivas, Ana Rodríguez, Diego Ruíz, Construction team: Hans Álvarez, Yolibel Allende
Opera / Title: Casa Meztitla
Realizzazione / Construction: 2013, Tepoztlán, Morelos, México

PREMIO ALA ASSOARCHITETTI – FONDAZIONE INARCASSA –
ALA ASSOARCHITETTI – FONDAZIONE INARCASSA PRIZE

“The Bluff” Villa, the Chilterns, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Committente / Client: Alastair Holberton
Progetto / Project: Lazzarini Pickering architetti
Opera / Title: “The Bluff” Villa in the Chilterns
Realizzazione / Construction 2013, The Chilterns, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

PREMIO ALA ASSOARCHITETTI – UNDER 40
ALA ASSOARCHITETTI – UNDER 40 PRIZE

Town Hall of Gembloux, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium

Committente / Client: Ville de Gembloux – Benoît Dispa
Progetto / Project: DEMOGO studio di architettura
Opera / Title: Polo Municipale di Gembloux
Realizzazione / Construction: 2015, Gembloux, Namur, Belgium

Premi Andrea Palladio

PREMIO ANDREA PALLADIO ITALIA
ANDREA PALLADIO PRIZE ITALY

Committente Client: Reinhold Messner
Progetto Project: Karl Spitaler, Robert Danz , Arnold Gapp, Werner Tscholl, Paolo Faccio, Enzo Siviero, EM2 Architekten Gerhard Mahlknecht, Kurt Egger, Heinrich Mutschlechner, Zaha Hadid Architects
Opera Title: MMM Juval – Castelbello (BZ), MMM Ortles – Solda all’Ortles (BZ), MMM Firmian – Castel Firmiano (BZ), MMM Dolomites – Cibana di Cadore (BL), MMM Ripa – Brunico (BZ), MMM Corones – Plan de Corones Brunico – Marebbe (BZ).
Realizzazione Construction 1995-2015 Provincia di Bolzano e Provincia di Belluno, Italia

PREMIO ANDREA PALLADIO INTERNATIONAL
ANDREA PALLADIO INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

Committente Client: Fernando Zobel de Ayala – Ayala Land
Progetto Project: William Higgins; AECOM – Master Planner; Leandro V. Locsin & Partners – Club House; Architecture International – Sea Breeze Verandas; Leandro V. Locsin & Partners; SOM and Leandro V. Locsin & Partners; Casas+ Architects; Callison RTKL; GF & Partners; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), PRSP; Conrad T. Onglao & Associates; Lor Calma & Partners
Opera Title: Anvaya Cove, Ayala Museum, Ayala Triangle Garden, Ayala Tower One, Bonifacio Global City Arts Center, Greenbelt, Nuvali Evoliving Center, Pangulasian Island, Roxas Triangle, The Mind Museum
Realizzazione Construction Philippines

Premi Speciali

PREMIO SPECIALE STANISLAO NIEVO
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Birmingham City Council
Progetto Project Mecanoo architecten, Francine Houben
Opera Title Library of Birmingham
Realizzazione Construction 2013, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

REMIO SPECIALE REGIONE DEL VENETO
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Confederazione Svizzera, Repubblica Cantone del Giura
Progetto Project Renato Salvi
Opera Title Transjurane A16 – Portale di di Choindez nord, Portale di Choindez sud e strada cantonale 6
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Choindez, Switzerland

PREMIO SPECIALE CAODURO LUCERNARI
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore di Firenze, presidente Franco Lucchesi
Progetto Project Natalini Architetti, Guicciardini & Magni Architetti Studio Associato, Mons. Timothy Verdon (progetto museologico)
Opera Title Museo dell’Opera del Duomo di Firenze
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Firenze, Italia

PREMIO SPECIALE GRANITIFIANDRE
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Förderverein Autobahnkirche Siegerland e.V
Progetto Project schneider+schumacher
Opera Title Autobahn Church Siegerland
Realizzazione Construction 2013, Wilnsdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

PREMIO SPECIALE LABORATORIO MORSELETTO
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client CEB, Comunità Ebraica di Bologna
Progetto Project SET Architects, Lorenzo Catena, Onorato di Manno e Andrea Tanci
Opera Title Memoriale della Shoah di Bologna
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Bologna, Italia

PREMIO SPECIALE L’ARCA INTERNATIONAL
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Krost Concern
Progetto Project Dante O. Benini & Partner
Opera Title ART
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Krasnogorsk, Russia

PREMIO SPECIALE CONFPROFESSIONI
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Belgian Buildings Agency
Progetto Project Philippe SAMYN and PARTNERS architects & engineers, LEAD and DESIGN PARTNER. With Studio Valle Progettazioni architects, Buro Happold engineers.
Opera Title European Council
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Brussels, Belgium

PREMIO SPECIALE CONFINDUSTRIA VICENZA – SEZIONE COSTRUTTORI EDILI ED IMPIANTI
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client JST Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Progetto Project Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & Associates
Opera Title Factory in the Earth
Realizzazione Construction 2013, Gelang Patah, Johor Bahru, Malaysia

PREMIO SPECIALE DESIGN FOR ALL
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Progetto Project LDA.iMdA Architetti Associati
Opera Title Casa Verde
Realizzazione Construction 2016, San Miniato, Pisa, Italia

PREMIO SPECIALE CITTADELLARTE – FONDAZIONE PISTOLETTO
SPECIAL PRIZE
Committente Client Associazione Dynamo Camp Onlus
Progetto Project Elio Di Franco, Enzo Manes
Opera Title Dynamo Camp
Realizzazione Construction 2016, San Marcello Piteglio, Pistoia, Italia

Segnalazioni

SEGNALAZIONE PROVINCIA DI VICENZA
COMMENDED
Committente Client City of Liepaja – Liepajas Pilsetas Dome – Uldis Sesks
Progetto Project Volker Giencke & Company – Prof.Volker Giencke
Opera Title GREAT AMBER Concert Hall
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Liepaja, Latvia

SEGNALAZIONE COMUNE DI VICENZA
COMMENDED
Committente Client Comune di Salerno
Progetto Project Zaha Hadid Ltd
Opera Title Stazione Marittima di Salerno
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Salerno, Italia

SEGNALAZIONE CAMERA DI COMMERCIO DELLA PROVINCIA DI VICENZA
COMMENDED
Committente Client Erasmus MC Programma Integrale Bouw, Rotterdam
Progetto Project KAAN Architecten
Opera Title Education Center Erasmus MC
Realizzazione Construction 2013, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client Fondazione Bertarelli, Maria Iris Tipa Bertarelli e Claudio Tipa
Progetto Project Edoardo Milesi & ARCHOS S.r.L.
Opera Title Forum Fondazione Bertarelli
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Cinigiano, Grosseto, Italia

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client Junko and Koshiro Katayama
Progetto Project Atelier TEKUTO Co., Ltd.
Opera Title R TORSO C
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Shibuya, Japan

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client University of California, Davis
Progetto Project SO – IL
Opera Title The Manetti Shrem Museum
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Davis, California, USA

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client AB Medica, presidente Aldo Cerrutti
Progetto Project Giuseppe Tortato
Opera Title AB MEDICA
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Cerro Maggiore, Milano, Italia

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client CONTESTUS GROUP -UAB “Solo House” Paulus Trimonis
Progetto Project Paleko ARCHstudija and Plazma Architecture Studio
Opera Title Rasu Namai
Realizzazione Construction 2015, Vilnius, Lithuania

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client MAM Mariano Martinez
Progetto Project Frazzi architects
Opera Title Paseo de la Brecha
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Colonia Do Sacramento, Uruguay

SEGNALAZIONE DELLA GIURIA
COMMENDED
Committente Client Anita Dube
Progetto Project Anagram Architects
Opera Title Artrovert – Conversations in Grey
Realizzazione Construction 2016, Greater Noida, India

13 Jun 2017

Dedalo Minosse Prize 2017

Dedalo Minosse Prize in 2017

THE OSCAR OF ARCHITECTURE – AT THE TEATRO OLIMPICO IN VICENZA WILL TAKE PLACE THE AWARD CEREMONY OF DEDALO MINOSSE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR COMMISSIONING A BUILDING

The event, promoted for 20 years by ALA Assoarchitetti in collaboration with the Veneto Region *, will be held in Vicenza on 22 and 23 June in the Palladian places, international symbol of architecture, made generously available by the City of Vicenza.

Dedalo Minosse Prize recognizes the Client’s figure as fundamental and strategic in the constructive process. The recognition of a positive and stimulating role that creates, with architects’ ability, the good architecture.

Open to private and public clients from all over the world, the aim of the award is to select architecture works already finished, as good practice of the contemporary architecture research that confirms the quality given by a fruitful collaboration between the architect and the client.
Since its founding, the submissions for the Prize have been almost 8,000 with more than 50 participating countries. Over 200 events have been organized and 50 countries visited by the international roadshow.

Among the awarded architects in the past editions you can find famous international architects such as Gae Aulenti, Campo Baeza, Mario Botta, Guido Canali, Massimiliano Fuksas, Von Gerkan Marg Und Partner, Zaha Hadid, Kisho Kurokawa, Mecanoo, Manfredi Nicoletti, Erik Owen Moss, Dominique Perrault, Paul de Ruiter, Piero Sartogo, Studio Odile Decq, Oscar Tusquets, Claude Vasconi, Cino Zucchi.

The response to this edition of the Prize was great: 400 submissions were received from almost 40 different countries, including Argentina, Philippines, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, India, Peru, Portugal, Russia, United States, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vietnam.

Musei Civici Vicenza – Teatro Olimpico, Italia:

For this tenth edition, the International Jury, made up of architects, clients, artists, personalities and professionals of unquestionable authority and experience, has assign the following awards:

– the Dedalo Minosse International Prize, to a Client who commissioned a professional Architect;

– the Dedalo Minosse International Prize OCCAM – Under 40, to a Client who commissioned a young professional Architect;

– the ALA-Assoarchitetti Prize- Fondazione Inarcassa, to a Client who commissioned an Italian professional architect;

– the ALA-Assoarchitetti Prize Under 40, to a Client who commissioned a young Italian professional Architect;

This year is the 20th anniversary of the Prize and to celebrate it the Jury will also assign the Andrea Palladio International Prize to the Client who distinguished himself for his work in the last 20 years.

The Jury will also assign other special award, allocated by Patron bodies and sponsors.

In the judgement special attention has been dedicated to those works that have taken into account the following issues: social and economical sustainability; works inspired by Design for All; use of the natural light; enhancement and conservation of the environment, the landscape and the architectural heritage; use of innovative technologies and materials; use of renewable energy and resources; promotion of traditions and local languages; multidisciplinary planning approach; integration between art/architecture.

The selected candidates’ names are to be announced to the press during the Awards ceremony, which will take place in Vicenza on June 23rd 2017 at Teatro Olimpico.

The awarded works will be exhibited from June 24th to July 16th 2017 at the Civic Museum Palazzo Chiericati (Vicenza, Italy)

Once again two Palladian places, made available by the City of Vicenza, host a kermesse that resembles the night of the Oscars, a kind of “walkway” of Client, architects, experts and enthusiasts who celebrate architecture, telling their stories.

In twenty years, private and public Clients coming from over 30 countries have taken the stage of the Teatro Olimpico, in front of an audience of over 500 people.

In the past editions the Dedalo Minosse Prize awarded first-class Clients who have searched a value for the community in their architectural works. Among those: the governments of Denmark, England, Spain, France, Italy and Germany; the city of Amsterdam, Innsbruck, Hiroshima, Londra, Barcellona, Roma, Napoli, Palermo, Joannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, Berlino; institutions as United Nations’ agencies, European Space Agency, the National Trust of England, Emergency and WWF; the universities of Detroit, Baltimora, Los Angeles, Cordoba and the Politecnico di Milano; famous companies, as Porsche, Porsche, Citroen, BMW, Ferrero, Benetton, Nestlè, Vodafone, Snaidero who sought to create innovative and comfortable workplaces.

Starting from September 2017, a selection of the awarded projects will travel around the world for the next two years. The traveling exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in cooperation with national and international partners. The past editions of the Dedalo Minosse has been exhibited for example in Italy in Bolzano, Milano, Foggia, Roma, Trieste, Venezia, Bologna, Torino and abroad in Tokyo, Manila, Bruxelles, Vienna, Mosca, Berkeley, San Francisco, Hanoi, Kiev, Riga, Pechino e Londra.

Agenda for 2016/2017 Edition:

Conference “Waiting for Dedalo Minosse” June 22nd 2017, Palazzo Bonin Longare VICENZA – Italy
10.00 am – 1.00 pm (FIRST SESSION) / 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm (SECOND SESSION)
Meetings with the actors of tenth edition of Dedalo Minosse Prize.

International and Italian architects and young professionals talk about the process that determines the success of the architecture, from the preliminary idea to the realization, trough the restrictions, needs of economic, social and environmental sustainability, focusing on the relationship with clients, project executors and the public administrations.

Presentation of the Prize and welcome dinner at “Cava Cengelle”
A welcome dinner for all the architects and clients at “Cava Cengelle” not far from Vicenza. Cava Cengelle is an amazing quarry for the extraction of the local yellow stone, with a carved gallery 4 km long.

Dedalo Minosse International Prize Award Ceremony June 23rd 2017 Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza)
From 10.00am to 12.00pm Press Preview of the exhibition at Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza
5.30pm Award Ceremony at the Teatro Olimpico
From 7.30 Opening of the awarded project exhibition, and cocktail
Exhibition of the selected projects form 24.06 to 16.07.2017, Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

The nominated Jury is composed of:

Paolo Caoduro, main sponsor of the Prize, Italy;
Cesare M. Casati, editor-in-chief, l’ARCA;
Peter Eisenman, architects Eisenman Architects USA;
Fortunato D’Amico, architetto e curatore indipendente, Italia
Bruno Gabbiani, President of ALA-Assoarchitetti, Italy;
Marcella Gabbiani, director of Dedalo Minosse Prize, Italy;
Richard Haslam, architectural historian, Great Britain;
Katsufumi Kubota, architects Architect Studio Japan, Giappone;
Heiner Oberrauch, client which won ALA Assoarchitetti Prize in 2013-2014 Edition.
Michelangelo Pistoletto, artist, Italy;
Andrea Tomasi, President of Fondazione architetti e ingegneri liberi professionisti iscritti Inarcassa, Italy;
Roberto Tretti, President of Centro Studi per le Libere Professioni, Italy;
Alain Sarfati, architects Sarea-Alain Sarfati Architecture, Francia;
Luca Zaia, President of Regione del Veneto, Italy

ANTICIPATIONS
At the award ceremony will be there as special guest the mountaineer Reinhold Messner. The Italian explorer and writer, known to the general public as being the first mountaineer in the world to climb all fourteen tops of the planet that exceed 8,000 meters above sea level, often on slopes or in exceptional conditions (one of these inspired the film Nanga Parbat). Messner will be the protagonist of one of the most important prizes of Dedalo, dedicated to the Messner Mountain Museum project.

Philippe Prost, architect and urbanist, professor at the Paris-Belleville National School of Architecture, will be among the awarded names. In 2006 he won the contest for the construction of the Army General Staff at the heart of the Ecole Militaire in Paris. Its agency has delivered an animation center in the old Bourg-les-Valence cartridge factory, named “2009 Silver Square”.

Website: Dedalo Minosse Prize Italy

dedalominosse@assoarchitetti.it

Location: Vicenza, Italy

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