LEAF AWARDS
CATEGORY: BEST SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED INTO A BUILDING WINNER: Q1 BUILDING, THYSSENKRUPP QUARTER ARCHITECT: JSWD ARCHITEKTENWITH CHAIX & MOREL ET ASSOCIÉS LOCATION: ESSEN, GERMAY COST: €300MILLION COMPLETION DATE: 2010
Judges’ comments: Extending across 11 floors of flexible areas the Q1 is structured by intermediate levels and floating bridges. The windowpanes are supported by filigree cable constructions, so that the windows appear to be made from a single pane of glass. The innovative and efficient sun shading system for large parts of Q1’s façade has more than 3,000 metal feathers. These rotate to follow the position of the sun, avoiding overheating while still protecting views for the occupants from over- heating and it can direct natural light into the interior.
CATEGORY: BEST SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN KEEPINGWITH ITS ENVIRONMENT WINNER: EDF ARCHIVES CENTRE ARCHITECT: LAN LOCATION: BURE-SAUDRON, FRANCE COST: €1.1MILLION COMPLETION DATE: 2011
Judges’ comments: The EDF Archives building fully integrates into the landscape of Bure-Saudron in the rural heart of eastern France while meeting stringent environmental quality standards. This is a building that houses energy company EDF’s millions of documents on 70 kilometres of shelves.With five levels and a total surface area of 7,000 square metres, heat loss and energy consumption are both low, thanks to a high-performing, cutting edge envelope that keeps the interior comfortable in the summer and reduces the need for cooling.
CATEGORY:OVERALLWINNER AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGOF THE YEAR (MULTIPLE OCCUPANCY) WINNER:MILANOFIORI RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX ARCHITECT:OBR OPEN BUILDING RESEARCH LOCATION:MILAN, ITALY COST: €32.8MILLION COMPLETION DATE: SEPTEMBER 2010
Urban housing remains the poor relation to other programmes, yet presents architectswith their greatest challenge in finding amodern
CATEGORY: INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN AWARD WINNER: ST PANCRAS RENAISSANCE HOTEL ARCHITECT: RHWL ARCHITECTS LOCATION: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM COST: £150MILLION COMPLETION DATE:MARCH 2011
Judges’ comments: Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott the hotel was originally opened in 1876. The poet Sir John Betjeman called this Gothic treasure ‘too beautiful and too romantic to survive’ in a world of tower blocks. But it has: after years of sensitive restoration, half a century on from when
efforts to rescue it began, this historic landmark is now reborn as the public face of the new St Pancras International Eurostar Terminal.With Gothic Revival metalwork, gold leaf ceilings, hand-stencilled wall designs, the fantastic aura of the building has come back to life, through the efforts of what the judges recognise as a huge commitment by all concerned. In a very competitive category, it was a treat for us to choose this scheme rescuing a unique atmospheric design now hailed as one of London’s most romantic buildings.We hope it will encourage others to restore and renovate noteworthy existing urban fabric to avoid losing it forever.
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interpretation.We feel thatOBR’sMilanfiori HousingComplex is a truly progressive and holistic concept for its setting of theMilanofiori North schemewhich asserts a strong identity, has a high environmental quality and avoids the dormitory town syndrome.With its elegant overlap of different layers,OBR’s scheme interacts meaningfullywith nature, and – somethingwe regard as significant today – allows residents to personalise their landscape.OBR’s design reminds us that city living iswholly compatible with progressive design, bringing the advantages to city dwellers of the garden setting and the sense of being rooted in the neighbourhood.
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