On 11 March at the Casalgrande Padana Creative Centre, the International Jury finally reached an agreement on the projects that will receive the 2019-2021 Grand Prix awards.
Chaired by Franco Manfredini (President of Casalgrande Padana), the jury is composed of:
- Francesca Gugliotta, a design journalist who writes for Italian and international magazines (London)
- Malgorzata Szczepanska, an interior designer, stylist and Editor-in-Chief of Elle Decoration (Warsaw) Benoit Joly, a journalist with D’Architecture magazine (Paris)
- Flavio Mangione, an architect and teacher (appointed by the National Council of Architects – Rome)
- Sebastian Redecke, an architect and journalist with Bauwelt magazine (Berlin)
- Matteo Vercelloni, an architect, journalist and architecture critic (Milan)
The jury has chosen the names of the finalists of the 12th edition after evaluating over 140 applications and selecting the projects that have best expressed the theme of ceramics as the star of the architectural project from both a formal and functional point of view.
Here are the names of the finalists:
Doug West, TPG Architecture – Associated Press Headquarters, New York City, USA
Peter Apel, Andrew Kiel, Sauerbruch Hutton – Experimenta, Heilbronn, Germania
Studio Transit – Angelini Headquarters, Roma Italia
Brygida, Stachura JSK Architekci – Dekada Shopping Centre, Nysa, Polonia
Weikko Kotila, Laatio Architects - Market Hall of Oulu, Oulu, Finlandia
Csilla Kutlik, Àrkàd Tem – Szent Gellèrt school, Budapest, Ungheria
Simon Barazin, Jonathan Canetti, Jonathan Canetti Architecture & Design – Buza gelato gallery, Tel Aviv, Israele
Samir Sadrudin, Nadia Abban, Design Office Aga Khan Hospital – Princess Zahra Pavillion, Karachi, Pakistan
Philippe Loyer, Atelier Loyer Architects, Pierre Chomette, Chomette-Lupi et Associés Architectes – Lycée Simone Veil, Liffré, Francia
Giampiero Peia, Peia Associati – La nuova ROOM XIX alle Nazioni Unite di Ginevra, Ginevra, Svizzera
Simone Sfriso, TAM Associati – Nuovo Complesso Parrocchiale “Resurrezione di ns. Signore”, Varignano Viareggio, Italia
Guendalina Salimei, T Studio – Riqualificazione del piano libero di Corviale: il Chilometro Verde, Roma, Italia
Augusto Ortoleva, Studio Cantone-Ortoleva – Una piscina nel paesaggio, Catania, Italia
Christian Bianco, CBArchitects – Bruzzesi 7 studios, Milano, Italia
Barbora Léblová - Barbora Léblová Interiors & Architecture, Private Apartment, Praga, Repubblica Ceca
Jacopo Mascheroni, JM Architecture – Jesolo Lido Beach Villa e Villa a Ginevra , Venezia, Italia – Ginevra, Svizzera
Anna and Krzysztof Paszkowscy-Thurow, Anna Thurow Architecture and Interiors – House NB, Szczecin, Polonia
Alfonso Femia, Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia – Urbagreen a Romainville, 8ème Art a Marsiglia, Complesso Turistico plurifunzionale a La Ciotat, Living in the Blue a Lambrate, Sangiovanni Housing a Milano
Philippe Deprick, Atelier d’ArchItecture Le 212 – Centre Aquatique Aqua N&S , Flixecourt, Francia
Lisa Deering, Glancy Nicholls Architects – The Spitfire Gallery, Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
Marco Borghi, Studio M2R Architettura – Nuova sede Croce Rossa a Scandiano (RE), Italia
Italian Commercial Project – UAE Pavilion, Saadiyat Island Abu Dabi, UAE
Giancarlo Scognamiglio, SAG Architettura – Due Fabbricati E.R.P. per 22 alloggi quale edilizia sostitutiva, Portici (NA), Italia
The winners of the four categories (Shopping and Business Centres; Public, Service and Industrial Construction; Residential Buildings; Façade Cladding, Outdoor Flooring, Swimming Pools and Spas) will be announced during the award ceremony on 27 May in the Auditorium of the Mudec Museum in Milan.
This edition of the Grand Prix has once again demonstrated ceramics’ versatility and ability to meet the needs of contemporary architecture, even in different settings, and how this material can add value by emphasising the matter and the extraordinary role it plays in binding together the entire composition.
