Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2022, African Cultural Center Architectural Contest Winner

Kaira Looro 2022 Competition Winners

12 July 2022

Children’s House in Africa – Winners

Architecture Competition to support humanitarian projects in Africa by Balouo Salo Humanitarian Organization

Design by Ziyu Guo from China – the winner of the 2022 edition:

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2022 Edition

The winners of Kaira Looro 2022 for a Children’s House in Africa have been announced

The ‘Kaira Looro’ international architecture competition, held by humanitarian organisation Balouo Salo, has this year also, established itself as one of the most important in the field of humanitarian and development design, attracting students and young architects from all over the world. The objective of this edition was to select a humanitarian architecture aimed at hosting activities to combat child malnutrition in an area of Sub-Saharan Africa and donate the entire proceeds to charity. The project proposals were selected by a panel of internationally renowned architects and firms.

The second prize design:

Adequate child nutrition is the basis for survival and psycho-physical development. Well-nourished individuals can grow properly, learn and participate in social life. However, today, at least one in three children under the age of five suffers from malnutrition in one of its most visible forms.

Globally, about 149 million children under the age of five suffer from stunting, the first visible form of malnutrition. They are too short for their age and their brains are at risk of not developing to their full cognitive potential, thus hindering their ability to learn as children, earn as adults and contribute to community development. Wasting affects 45 million children, who have weakened immune systems and are at risk of death. Finally, almost 39 million children are overweight as a result of changing global food systems.

The third place design:

In light of these considerations, the 2022 edition of the Kaira Looro international architecture competition was held, with the aim of selecting an architectural model of a ‘Children’s House’ to be built in Africa with the proceeds of the competition (entirely donated) to tackle the phenomenon of child malnutrition, as well as to raise the international community’s awareness of humanitarian issues in developing countries and to support the charity projects promoted by humanitarian organisation Balouo Salo.

The architecture requested in the call for entries, was a 250 square metre space intended to combat child malnutrition through the provision of nutritional material, the development of health and hygiene awareness programmes, the provision of paediatric and social care visits, accommodation for those at risk and the training of community nurses, who will be able to advise families on good prevention and nutrition practices.

The project area is in southern Senegal where Balouo Salo has been working since 2014 with the implementation of a number of infrastructure projects to facilitate accessibility to drinking water, schooling and to promote sustainability and human rights. This is one of the least developed areas of the country: poverty affects around 90% of the population; sanitary conditions are among the worst nationwide and only 8% of the population has access to purified water; 70% of the population lives in dwellings with no access to electricity. These conditions directly affect children. It is estimated that 1 in 3 children is at risk of malnutrition, and the region’s child malnutrition and mortality rates are the highest in the country.

The competition, announced in January 2022, was open to young architects, engineers and designers from all over the world. The design proposals were evaluated by an international panel of prestigious architects and firms including: Kengo Kuma (Kengo Kuma & Associates), Mario Cucinella (Mario Cucinella Architects), Agostino Ghirardelli (SBGA | Blengini Ghirardelli), Benedetta Tagliabue & Ana Gallego (EMBT Miralles Tagliabue), Mphethi Morojele (MMA Design Studio), Alice Dietsch (AL_A), Giuseppe Mazzaglia (MVRDV), Sharon Devis (Sharon Davis Design), Ligia Nunes (Architecture Sans Frontières International ), Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani e Mohamed Amine Siana and the technical-scientific committee of Balouo Salo & Kaira Looro.

On 11 July, the organisation announced the 50 winning projects, which include 1st prize, 2nd prize, 3rd prize, 2 honourable mentions, 5 special mentions, 20 finalists and 20 Top 50.

The winning team will receive a cash prize of €5,000 and an internship at prestigious firm ‘Kengo Kuma & Associates’ in Tokyo, Japan. The runner-up will receive €2,000 and an internship at firm ‘Mario Cucinella Architects’ in Bologna, Italy. The third place winner will receive €1,000 and an internship at “SBGA – Blengini Ghirardelli” in Milan, Italy.

The winner of the 2022 edition is young Ziyu Guo from China:

The second prize was won by a team also from China consisting of Shimin Zhou, Wanning Liao, Tianchen Xu, Hanyang Liu and Joseph Ongaco:

Third place was won by Nattaphon Worawanitchaphong from Thailand:

Two honourable mentions were given, one selected by Kengo Kuma and the other by organisation Balouo Salo, the teams are from China and Poland respectively.

The first consists of Xizhou Chen, Chunlei Zhu.

Whereas the second consists of Michał Pietrusiewicz.

Five special mentions were given to team projects from Italy, Brazil, Poland and China.

The other winning projects were from Turkey, Germany, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Chile, Indonesia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Colombia, Benin, Ivory Coast, the USA and Morocco.

The winners of past editions of the competition are: Juan Pablo Lopez Isabella from Uruguay (2021 – Women’s House); Aleksandra Wróbel, Agnieszka Witaszek, Kamil Owczarek from Poland (2020 – EOC); Changze Cai from China (2019 – Peace Pavillon); Giacomo Spanio, Sergiu Cernea, Paolo Reali, Nicola Puppin from Italy (2018 – Cultural Center); Natalia Serafin, Paulina Gorecka, Anita Wisniewska from Poland (2017 – Sacred Architecture).

In addition to raising the international community’s awareness of emergency issues in developing countries, the competition also aimed to make young architects aware of the responsibilities of designers towards society, while also providing an opportunity for professional growth and international visibility to facilitate their entry into the job market, through the provision of prizes and internships at internationally renowned firms.

In keeping with the event’s tradition, this year also the entire proceeds, from registration fees, will be donated to humanitarian organisation Balouo Salo. Specifically, this year’s funds will be used to build the winning project and other interventions linked to the fight against child malnutrition, such as infrastructures to promote accessibility to drinking water. The winning architectural project will be studied and analysed in the coming months by Balouo Salo’s team of humanitarian specialists in order to be integrated into the broader programme to combat child malnutrition, which includes training, awareness-raising and involvement of local communities and authorities.

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This edition achieved exceptional participation with 835 project proposals from all over the world, with the highest participation from: Italy, Poland, China, Mexico, Turkey, Brazil, Taiwan, USA, France, Colombia, India, Japan, Greece as well as almost every other country in the world, totalling 147 teams of different nationalities.

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All the winning projects can be viewed on the competition’s official website.

As in past editions, the official volume “Kaira Looro Architecture Competition – Children’s House” will be published with all the winning projects and the proceeds will be donated for humanitarian purposes.

Website with award projects: www.kairalooro.com/competition_childrenhouse/winningproject.html

Previously on e-architect:

8 January 2022

Children’s House in Africa

a non-profit event by Balouo Salo Humanitarian Organization

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2022 Edition News

An architecture competition that protects health and prevent malnutrition.

The winning project will be built in southern Senegal.

The ‘Children’s House’ should be a welcoming place where activities aimed at preventing child malnutrition can be carried out in a rural environment of Sub-Saharan Africa. The children of today are the leaders of tomorrow; allowing them to develop properly is essential in order to build a better future.

Nevertheless, today, 149 million children in the world suffer from growth retardation resulting from nutritional difficulties caused by poverty, conflicts and the environmental crisis. An adequate diet, especially in the first 5 years of life, means facilitating the psychological and physical development necessary to develop all of the fundamental abilities to participate in social life.

The “Kaira Looro ” is an international architecture competition for students and young architects, the objective of which is to grow up careers of new architectural talent, raise awareness in the international community regarding the topics of emergency, and support humanitarian projects.

Participation is open to architects, students, designers, engineers and anyone who wants to propose a solution to the theme. It is possible to participate in the competition individually or in teams, with one requirement: the presence of under 35 years old on the team.

The entries received will be evaluated by a jury made up of prominent architects:

Kengo Kuma (Kengo Kuma & Associates), Mario Cucinella (Mario Cucinella Architects), Agostino Ghirardelli (SBGA | Blengini Ghirardelli), Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT Miralles Tagliabue), Mphethi Morojele (MMA Design Studio), Alice Dietsch (AL_A), Giuseppe Mazzaglia (MVRDV), Sharon Devis (Sharon Davis Design), Ligia Nunes (Architecture Sans Frontières International ), Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani and Mohamed Amine Siana and an scientific committee made up of Raoul Vecchio (Balouo Salo), Sebastiano D’Urso (University of Catania), Moussa Soaune (CCAA Senegal), Mamath Ndiaye (Balouo Salo) and other specialist in architecture and nutrition.

Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places, 2 honourable mentions, 2 special mentions, 20 finalists, and 20 Top 50. The winning project will receive a cash prize (5.000 €) and an internship at Kengo Kuma & Associates studio in Japan, as well as the construction of the project as humanitarian intervention. The other internships will be awarded to the 2nd place team at the Mario Cucinella Architects in Italy and to the 3rd place at the SBGA Blengini Ghiradelli, and respectively 2.000€ and 1.000€. Furthermore, all of the projects will be published on the competition’s website and in its official book, transmitted to 30 of the competition’s global media partners, and shared with institutional partners.

The architecture of the ‘Children’s House’ will be a space intended to prevent child malnutrition by providing nutritional material, the development of hygiene and healthcare awareness raising programmes, the organisation of paediatric and social care appointments, housing for at-risk patients, and the training of community nurses, who will guide local families on best practice in relation to prevention and nutrition.

The design will be constructed in the context of a humanitarian programme and it should meet some particular construction needs, namely: be easy to construct using sustainable technologies that are adaptable to self-construction; make use of natural and/or recycled materials available in the region; be integrated into the social and cultural environment of the location.

The architecture, of maximum 250 square meters, will need to host the following activities: administration, storage, hospitality, and recreation.

The competition is organised by the Balouo Salo Non-Profit Organisation, engaged in charitable projects in Africa, and all proceeds (obtained from the registration fees) will be donated to the construction of the winning project in a village in southern Senegal, where the organisation itself operates.

Registration will begins on 15th January 2022.

FAQ response deadline | 1/06/2022
Project submission deadlines | 13/06/2022
Publication of results | 11/07/2022

Info and registration:
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Kaira Looro Architecture Competition
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BRIEF
Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2022
Children’s house in Africa

THEME
Architecture student competition for an architecture of CHILDREN’S HOUSE in a Senegalese
village.

JURY
Kengo Kuma (Kengo Kuma & Associates), Mario Cucinella (Mario Cucinella Architects),
Agostino Ghirardelli (SBGA | Blengini Ghirardelli), Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT Miralles
Tagliabue), Mphethi Morojele (Mphethi Morojele Design Studio), Alice Dietsch (AL_A), Giuseppe
Mazzaglia (MVRDV), Sharon Devis (Sharon Davis Design)), Ligia Nunes (Architecture Sans
Frontières International )Saad El Kabbaj, Driss Kettani e Mohamed Amine Siana

TARGET
Architects, students, designers and engineers from anywhere in the world in individual participation
or with a team with at least 1 member under 35

AWARDS
1st prize: € 5,000 + Internship at Kengo Kuma Associates + Construction
2nd prize: € 2,000 + Internship at Mario Cucinella Architects
3rd prize: € 1,000 + Internship at SBGA | Blengini Ghirardelli
Honorable mentions – 5 mentions – 20 finalists – 20 Top 50
All awarded teams will receive a certificate and will be: published in the competition channels,
broadcast to over 30 media partners, shared with institutions and published in the official volume.

CALENDAR
Registration: from 15/01/2021 to 15/05/2022
Submission deadlines: 13/06/2022
Publication of results: 11/07/2020

PURPOSE
Non-profit to launch young architectural talents, promote the theme of the competition
internationally and support humanitarian projects.

Kaira Looro Architecture Competition 2022 information / image received 080122 from Project Earth 2

Previously on e-architect:

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Firt Place Team: OMONIOALY346 from Italy
Project design by: Giacomo Spanio, Sergiu Cernea, Paolo Reali, Nicola Puppin.

Kaira Looro Competition

Location: Senegal, West Africa

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Senegal Buildings

Architecture in Senegal – architectural selection below:

University of Bambey Building, Diourbel
Design: IDOM

photograph : Francesco Pinton
University of Bambey Building

House in Dakar
Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and Antoni Associates

image from architects
Senegal Property

Dakar Railway Station
Project Consultancy: Iglo Architects

image from architects
Dakar Railway Station

Radisson Blu Hotel in Dakar
Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects and Antoni Associates

photo from architecture office
Senegal Hotel Building

Solar Well, Sambacounda village, Senegal, Africa
Design: Raoul Vecchio Architect

picture from architects practice
Solar Well in Senegal

African Architecture

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