La Royale belge shortlisted for AHI Award

Architectural Heritage Intervention has just announced the shortlisted projects for the seventh edition of the European AHI Awards.

Among them are three Belgian projects: 

- Royale Belge, Brussels, Belgium. Caruso St John Architects, Bovenbouw Architectuur, DDS+, MA2

- Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium. noAarchitecten

- Share and reuse factory, Kortrijk, Belgium. ATAMA
 

The shortlisted entries in the four categories have been selected by the international jury from a total of 238 submitted projects, representing 24 European countries. The awards ceremony will take place in Barcelona on 5 June. 

A total of 40 works (15 in the Built heritage category, 10 in the Exterior spaces category, 5 in the Urban planning category, and 10 in the Disclosure category) have been shortlisted by the members of the international jury of the European AHI – Architectural Heritage Intervention – Award. Organised in partnership with the Architects’ Association of Catalonia, this biennial Award aims to honour and showcase best practices in heritage intervention across Europe.

Shortlisted entries in the Built Heritage category

The jury for the Built heritage category, made up of the architects Meritxell Inaraja, Stefano Francesco Musso and Stijn Cools, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 159 submitted projects:

- Gran Palais, Paris, France. Chatillon Architectes
- Renaissance of the Convent of Saint-François, Sainte Lucie de Tallano, France. Amelia Tavella
- Hyparschale Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany. gmp von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects
- Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara, Italy. Labics
- Vapor Cortès. Prodis 1923, Terrassa, Spain. Harquitectes
- Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium. noAarchitecten
- Turbine building, Sant Adrià del Besòs, Spain. Batllori & Trepat Arquitectes, Consorci del Besòs
- Kunstsilo, Kristianasand, Norway. BAX Studio, Mendoza Partida, Mestres Wåge
- Railway Museum of Catalonia, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain. Jordi Roig Arquitectes
- Royale Belge, Brussels, Belgium. Caruso St John Architects, Bovenbouw Architectuur, DDS+, MA2
- Agricultural Cooperative, Flix, Spain. Camps Felip Arquitecturia
- Special Exhibitions Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom. Carmody Groarke
- Share and reuse factory, Kortrijk, Belgium. ATAMA
- Rehabilitate to Revitalize: A lively neighborhood, Vic, Spain. Ajuntament de Vic (Vic City Council)
- Uhrovec Castle – Outhouse, Uhrovské Podhradie, Slovakia. ô, Slovak Technical University - Faculty of Architecture and Design - Institute of History and Theory of restoration of monuments

 

Shortlisted entries in the Exterior Spaces category
Meanwhile, the jury for the Exterior spaces category, composed of the architects Michaela De Poli, Gentzane Goikuria and Fernando Menis, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 41 submitted projects:

- Park at the Warsaw Uprising Mound, Warsaw, Poland. Archigrest, topoScape
- Memorial of the Former Deportation Station, Bobigny, France. OKRA
- Cortevecchia Square, Ferrara, Italy. INOUT architettura
- Corral de Don Diego, Toledo, Spain. Consorcio de la Ciudad de Toledo
- Firal d'Olot, Olot, Spain. Anna & Eugeni Bach, Bayona Studio, alba Colomer, Bach Arquitectes
- Jardines Mediterráneos de la Hoya Park, Almería, Spain. KAUH ARQUITECTURA Y PAISAJISMO
- Interior Public Courtyard, Inca, Spain. Flexoarquitectura
- Plaça Major, Olot, Spain. Un Parell d'Arquitectes, Pep de Solà Morales, Quim Domene
- Can Batlló Park, Industrial Heritage and Nature, Barcelona, Spain. IMU, City Council of Barcelona
- L'Hort Petit, Barcelona, Spain. JAAS

Shortlisted entries in the Urban Planning category

The jury for the Urban Planning category, comprising the architects Ioanna Spanou, Batu Kepekcioğlu and Bart Akkerhuis, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 10 submitted projects:

- Part Baixa of Tarragona Comprehensive Plan, Tarragona, Spain. Territoris XLM, BCQ Arquitectura

- Bridging Time and Space: Master Plan for the Regeneration of Ancient Corinth, Greece. Ministry of Culture – Ephoreia of Antiquities of Corinthia, American School of Classical Studies in Athens (ASCSA), Thymio Papayannis and Associates (TPA)

- Metropolitan General Plan for the neighborhoods of Camp de l'Arpa and El Clot, Barcelona, Spain. Jornet Llop Pastor Arquitectes, Urban Planning Management Department (Barcelona City Council)

- Master Plan of the Camino de Santiago in the Autonomous of Castilla y León, Spain. Rodríguez Valbuena Arquitectos

- Saint-Omer's Urban Heritage Protection Plan, Saint-Omer, France. Atelier d'architecture Philippe Prost/ AAPP

Shortlisted entries in the Disclosure category

The jury for the Disclosure category, composed of the architects Elodie Degavre, Stephen Bates and Mariona Benedito, has shortlisted the following entries from a total of 28 projects:

- Atlas of Architectural Reuse, Barcelona, Spain. Habitar, grupo de investigación UPC

- Ruins, Scars and Traces, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain. SIC Arquitectura y Urbanismo

- Atlas histórico del urbanismo español, Madrid, Spain. Fernando de Terán

- Domingo de Andrade: Continuity and Transformation in a Compostelan Enclave, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Celestino García Braña, Adrián Alonso Lorenzo

- Metro010, Rotterdam, Netherlands. YOU Foundation

- Creating Coromandel: Marco Zanuso in South Africa, London, United Kingdom. Edna Peres, Andrea Zamboni

- Sumem Patrimoni, Vic, Spain. Ajuntament de Vic (Vic City Council)

- Alot Olot: Arquitectura, paisatge i deliri garrotxí, Olot, Spain. Un Parell d'Arquitectes, Roger Serrat-Calvó i Calm

- Quaderns 275: The Ambiguity of Heritage, Barcelona, Spain. Alessandro Scarnato, Francesc Muñoz

- New/Old. Fernando Távora. Works, Porto, Portugal. Teresa Cunha Ferreira, David Ordoñez-Castañon, Eleonora Fantini