ARCASIA Awards For Architecture 2021

2.7.2021 – Jury members announced

11.5.2021 – Answers to Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) Posted

23.4.2021 Submission portal is OPEN for submissions: http://arcasiaawardsarchitecture.com/

15.4.2021 – The portal will be open for submission on 23 April 2021. Revised Submission closing date: 22 May 2021.

1.4.2021 – AAA 2021 Announced.

Rules And Conditions for The Arcasia Awards for Architects 2021
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All queries about the award should be directed to aca19@foxmail.com.

ARCASIA Awards For Architects 2021

Q1: Is the 1-min video a compulsory item for the submission?

A1: Yes, it is. Please submit it while filling the registration form, or you won’t be able to complete the registration.

Q2: Can I show my identification on the materials I submit?

A2: Yes, you can, as the awards are not anonymous.

Q3: Should the 1-min video be precisely 1 min, or maximum or minimum 1 min?

A3: It should be MAXIMUM 1 min.

Q4: Is there a limit to the age of the participants?

A4: There is no age limit to participate in the awards. However, please note that only registered architects or firms can participate.

Q5: Should the submitted ‘Documentation Drawings’ be construction drawings? What is the level of drawings you require?

A5: AAA is a design award, so architectural design drawings will be enough. There is no need to submit construction drawings.

Q6: Do you accept registration certificate in other languages?

A6: The copy of the original certificate can be in any language, but we also need a translated document in English. When submitting, please combine them in one single PDF file.

Q7: For the ‘Architectural Design Report’ part, is it mandatory to upload images in each section?

A7: No. The submission of the image for the Design Report is OPTIONAL.

Q8: Regarding the eligibility, it states that “Registered Architects or Architectural firms from any ARCASIA member country for projects anywhere in the world.”. Suppose our company is a corporate member of ARCASIA institute. Is all of our architect applicable to apply for the projects located anywhere in the world? Or we need to have the architect be a member of ARCASIA institutes?

A8: The registration of architects and architectural practices vary in each country. In some countries, registered architects may not be members of an ARCASIA Institute.

Applicants DO NOT need to be a member of an ARCASIA institute as long as they are legally registered to practice architecture in their own country. But only members of ARCASIA institutes receive a discount in the application fee.

If the company is a registered practice in any of the 21 countries/regions of ARCASIA, they may enter their projects from outside of the ARCASIA region for the award. The award will be credited to the firm. Architects who are not registered shall not receive the award.

Q9:Can I directly apply for the special awards of Socially Responsible Architecture and Sustainability?

A9: No, you cannot. We encourage all projects to address sustainability and social responsibility criteria through good architecture. The jury will select the special awards from ALL submissions during the review. You can provide relevant information regarding these two awards in the registration form. The jury will review and make their decision.

Q10: When filling the registration form, there are some input fields that I have no information to provide. But I was rejected by the system when I proceeded to payment. Do I have to fill out all fields?

A10: If you have no information to put in certain input boxes, please type in ‘N/A’ to pass by the system. But please note that by not providing certain information, you are doing so at your own risk.

Q11: I found that for some input fields, the limit of words does not match as it was stated. What should I do?

A11: Due to the limitation of the portal system, the limit of the input field cannot be defined by word but by character only. We have asked the website designer to extend the limit. But please do adjust your draft when filling the form online.

31 OCT 2021 – ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2021 Winners Announced

The ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2021 was launched on April 1, 2021.

We received 224 eligible submissions from more than 15 countries, from which the jury shortlisted 25 projects due to their excellent design and completion after extensive reviews. We are pleased to announce the winners of the AAA2021 as follows:

 

CATEGORY AWARD PROJECT ARCHITECTS COUNTRY
A1 – Single Family Residential Projects Honorary Mention SABUJ PATA ASIA KARIM, INDIGENOUS Bangladesh
A2 – Multi-family Residential Complexes Honorary Mention RAS HOUSES SANJAY PURI India
Honorary Mention The Statesman Shahla K Kabir, Suvro Sovon Chowdhury, Studio Morphogenesis Limited Bangladesh
B1 – Commercial Buildings Honorary Mention ARAKAWA Bldg. Keiichiro Taniguchi, Ayumi Chihara, Tomohiko Hayata Japan
Honorary Mention CADG Innovation & Scientific Research Demonstration Center China Architecture Design & Research Group China
Honorary Mention DaiyaGate Ikebukuro Koji Okada, Sae Ito Japan
Honorary Mention One Excellence Farrells Hong Kong SAR, China
B2 – Resort Buildings Honorary Mention Navakitel Design Hotel JUNSEKINO ARCHITECT AND DESIGN Thailand
Honorary Mention The Aluminum Mt. Wutopia Lab China
B3 – Institutional Buildings Gold Medal ACADEMIC-ARK, OTEMON GAKUIN UNIVERSITY Yasuhiro Sube, Keisuke Aneha, Mitsubishi Jisho Sekkei Japan
Honorary Mention KOKUGAKUIN UNIVERSITY Learning Center Koji Okada, Toshimi Ura, Takahide Fukui Japan
Honorary Mention Viettel Academy Educational Centre VTN Architects, Nghia Vo Trong Vietnam
B4 – Social and Cultural Buildings Gold Medal Pocket Plaza, Yongjia Road, Shanghai Shen ZHUANG China
Gold Medal UCCA Dune Art Museum OPEN Architecture China
Honorary Mention Agri Chapel YU Momoeda Japan
Honorary Mention Yan Luo Sports Park Ming Zhang, Zi Zhang, Original Design Studio TJAD China
B5 -Specialised Buildings Gold Medal Choui Fong Tea Café 2 Jeravej Hongsakul, IDIN Architects Thailand
C – Industrial Buildings Honorary Mention The Architecture wears PVC PIPEs. KUK HYEON KU, Studio Atelier Maroo Korea, Republic of
Honorary Mention BingDing Wood kiln AZL ARCHITECTS China
D2 – Conservation projects, Adaptive reuse Honorary Mention Conservation and renewal of Gunanjie Street historic district Jianguo Wang, Architects & Engineers Co., Ltd. of Southeast University China
Gold Medal Dapeng Grain Warehouse Renovation Ruiding Cai China
E – Integrated Projects Honorary Mention Yan An Tourist Service Center Weimin Zhuang, Hongjun Tang, Kuang Li China
Special Award Special Award for Socially Responsible Architecture Pocket Plaza, Yongjia Road, Shanghai Shen ZHUANG China
Special Award for Sustainable Architecture Pit Art Space Ming Zhang, Zi Zhang, Shu Qin China
Special Award for Sustainable Architecture Tank Shanghai OPEN Architecture China
Special Award for Sustainable Architecture Tea Leaf Market of Zhuguanlong Township Yehao Song China

 

Congratulations to all shortlisted projects and their architects! We would like to thank our Awards Jury for their supports and months of hard work.

Acknowledgement:

 

Awards Jury

ARCASIA President: Rita Soh

Non-Architect Juror: Kenya Hara

Zone A Juror: Jitendra Singh

Zone C Juror: ZHENG Shiling

International Juror: Francesco Dal Co

 

Awards Working Team

Convenor: WU Jiang

Assistants: ZHOU Minghao, LI Hua, WEN Huajing, ZHENG Xin

Jury Panel of ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2021

1. President of ARCASIA – Ar. Rita Soh

Ar. Rita Soh joined RDC Architects Pte Ltd in 1989 as an Architect and rose through the ranks before assuming the mantle of Managing Director in 2016.
Over the years, she has played a key role in RDC’s digitalisation journey, making it one of the pioneers in the adoption of Information Technology for design & practice.
In addition, she had also led RDC to be the first design practice locally to achieve ISO 9000 certification in 1992.
Ar. Rita Soh has been involved in design and project management of healthcare, hospitality, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional and infra structure projects, both locally and overseas, where many of these projects had won a variety of awards
Ar. Soh is currently a member of the Appeals Board (Land Acquisition), Board Member of Sentosa Development Corporation & Housing Development Board. She is also member of Mandai Development Committee and Chairman of Building & Construction Authority (BCA) Design & Engineering Safety Award Assessment Committee.
She is President, ARCASIA (Architects Regional Council Asia), Chairman of SUTD Architecture & Sustainable Design Pillar Advisory Board as well as member of the NUS Advisory Committee, School of Design & Environment.
She was formerly a Nominated Member of Parliament.
Ar. Soh holds a Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies) degree and a Bachelor of Architecture (Honours) degree from the National University of Singapore as well as a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Building Design from the University of Nottingham.

2. Eminent Non-Architect Personality – Kenya Hara

Kenya Hara (b.1958) is a graphic designer, president of the Nippon Design Center Inc., and professor at Musashino Art University.
His highly-influential exhibition “RE-DESIGN: Daily Products of the 21st Century” toured worldwide, and he has built a reputation for producing exhibitions and educational programs that bring focus to new values by embracing keywords, such as “HAPTIC,” “SENSEWARE,” and “Ex-formation.” Much of his work, including the programs for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Nagano Winter Olympic Games and promotion of Expo 2005, is deeply rooted in Japanese culture.
In 2002, Hara became MUJI’s art director. His wide-ranging work is noted for its attention to transparency, and includes visual identity for Matsuya Ginza, Mori Building, Tsutaya Shoten, GINZA SIX, and MIKIMOTO. In 2011-2012, his exhibition “DESIGNING DESIGN Kenya Hara China” was held in Beijing as the first station, and then expanded to Asia. In 2010, “HOUSE VISION” program was launched to build a new platform for future industries. In addition, the Tokyo exhibition was held in 2013 and 2016, the Beijing exhibition was held in 2018, and the exhibition “HOUSE VISION” will be held in various cities in the future. He also focuses on inspiring global interest in Japan, and served as Chief Creative Director of the Japan House project for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In July 2019, he launched the HIGH RESOLUTION TOUR website as a new approach to tourism, exploring specific locations in Japan from an individual perspective.
Many of Hara’s books have been published in English, including Designing Design (Lars Müller Publishers, 2007), White (Lars Müller Publishers, 2009), Designing Japan (Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018), and 100 Whites (Lars Müller Publishers, 2019).

3. Eminent Architects Representative from Zone A

Prof. Jitendra Singh is an Architectural Planner with over 50 years of experience in different capacities. He has taught at the IIT Roorkee, NIT Patna and Amity Jaipur. He became the FIRST Architect Vice Chancellor in India of TWO Universities- The JP University Chapra and Nalanda Open University Patna and Pro VC of Patna University Patna. He has held all academic positions in the leading Institutes. He guided first PhD scholar at Patna University and Amity Jaipur and has over 150 research papers and four books.
There are many buildings to his credit in India. He has actively participated in The Indian Institute of Architects, The Institute of Town Planners India and the Institution of Engineers (India). He has been Hon Editor of The JIIA and reviewer of the IEI Springer Journal and JIIA. He has been member of IIA Council and the Council of Architecture-The Statutory Body of Architects in India. Prof Singh had been Chairman of the Sustainable Development Forum and the Architectural Engineering Division of IEI.
Prof. Singh had been the Deputy Chairman of Education Committee of ARCASIA and Member of the Heritage Committee of the UIA.
He has been recipient of ‘Madhav Achaval Gold Medal-2005’ and ‘Lifetime Contribution Award-2009’ by IIA, the ‘Eminent Architectural Engineer-2006’ and the ‘Architectural Engineering Design Award-2004 by the IEI. ‘Amity Academic Excellence Award -2010’ by Amity University UP.
He is a Golfer, Past President Rotary International and is widely travelled in India and abroad.

4. Eminent Architects Representative from Zone C – Dr Zheng Shiling

Dr. ZHENG Shiling is Full Professor of Tongj University. He is the Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Membere de l’Académie d’Architecture de France; Honorary Fellow, the American Institute of Architects. He is director of Institute of Architecture and Urban Space, Tongji University; Member of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council, China; Director of the Committee for Strategic Development, Shanghai Planning commission; Director of the Expert Committee for the Preservation of Historical Areas and Heritage Architecture, Shanghai. The Ex-vice President of the Architectural Society of China, Ex-President of the Architectural Society of Shanghai, Ex-Director of the Committee of Urban Space & Environment, Shanghai Urban Planning Commission. Now, Director of the Committee for Strategic Development, Shanghai Urban Planning Commission; Director of the Academic Board of Tongji University. His main design works are Nanpu Bridge, Gezi Middle School, Zhu Qizhan Art Museum, Fuxing High School, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street, Shanghai, The National Finance and Taxation Museum, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, The Bund Public Service Centre, Shanghai (2013) etc. He has published many papers and thesis in academic periodicals, journals both international and domestic and international conferences, he has been the chair for many important juries for international and national architecture and urban planning competitions.

5. Eminent Architect from any region other than the ARCASIA region – Prof Francesco Dal Co

Prof. Francesco Dal Co
Collegiate
-Degree in Architecture, Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV), 1970
-Chair History of Architecture, IUAV, 1981
-Visiting Professor, History of Architecture, School of Architecture, Yale University, New Haven Ct., 1982-1991
-Professor, History of Architecture, Accademia di Architettura of the Università della Svizzera Italiana, 1996-2005
-Honorary Degree in Engineering, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
-Honorary Fellow, R.I.B.A., London
-Academic, Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Roma
-Director, Architectural Section, La Biennale di Venezia, 1988-1991
-Editor of the architectural magazine «Casabella», since 1996
Books (selection)
-La città americana (with G. Ciucci, M. Manieri Elia, M. Tafuri), Laterza, Roma-Bari 1973 (Gili, Barcelona 1975; Mit Press, Cambridge Mass. 1979; Granada, London 1980)
-Architettura contemporanea (with M. Tafuri), Electa, Milano 1976 ( Belser Verlag, Stuttgart 1977;, Aguilar, Madrid 1978; Berger Levrault, Paris 1982; Faber & Faber, London 1986; Abrams, New York 1986; Motuvum, Tokyo 2002; China Building Industry Press, Beijing 2003)
-Carlo Scarpa. Opera completa, Electa, Milano 1984 (MOPU, Madrid 1985; Moniteur, Paris 1985;: Architectural Press, London 1986; Rizzoli, New York 1986)
-Figures of Architetcure and Thought, Rizzoli, New York 1991
-Aldo Rossi. I quaderni azzurri, (editor), Electa- Getty Research Institute, Milano-Los Angeles 1999
-Piranesi, Mudito & Co., Madrid 2006
-Centre Pompidou, Yale University Press, New Haven-London 2016
-The Guggenheim. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconoclastic Masterpiece, Yale University Press, New Haven-London 2017
-Souto Moura (with N. Graça Moura), Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos 2019

A Grand Affair – ARCASIA Awards Ceremony 2021

Written by: Wang Yiming, Zhang Lingzhu, Lu Yejiong, and Zhou Minghao  

31 October 2021 – ARCASIA Awards for Architecture 2021 held the prize-giving ceremony in the Starlight Little Theater of Nine Trees Future Art Center, Shanghai, from 19:00-21:00 hours on 31 October 2021. Established by the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA), the annual award aims to commend the outstanding architectural works of Asian architects, enhance the built environment and the role of architects and architecture in the social, economic and cultural development of Asian countries. In 2021, ARCASIA received 225 applications from 15 Asian countries, from which the jury selected a total of 25 winning projects.

The Architectural Society of China (ASC) organized of ARCASIA Awards for Architecture and Professor Wu Jiang, Vice Chairman of ARCASIA (Zone C) and Executive Director of the Architectural Society of China, served as the convener of the awards. However, due to COVID-19 prevention requirements, the award ceremony was held in a hybrid format with online and offline components. As a result, only a small number of local shortlisted participants attended the ceremony in person.

The event kicked off with opening speeches from Rita Soh, President of ARCASIA and Zhao Qi, Vice Chairman of the Architectural Society of China. They wished all the shortlisted architects the best of luck.

The first award announced was the winner of the inaugural ARCASIA Ar. Barry Will Award, a new award named after the eponymous former Chairman of ARCASIA. It aims to support young architects and their efforts to promote social responsibility in architecture. Donald CHOI, President of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, announced that the award went to the team of Common ground: Community-led productive garden and learning centre led by Mahmuda ALAM from Institute of Architects Bangladesh.

Secondly, Associate Professor Li Yanbo of Tongji University and Convener of the ARCASIA Student Competition and Student Jamboree announced the six ARCASIA Student Design Competition winners. Finally, Gyanendra Shekhawat, Chairman of the ARCASIA Education Committee, presented the six winners of the ARCASIA Thesis of the Year (TOY) award. Ahn Tai Le & Dong Nhu Vo from the University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City took the Student Competition Gold Award, and Chia Sheng Wei of the Singapore University of Technology and Design received the Gold Award for the Thesis of the Year.
[Click to see complete list of the ARCASIA Students Design Competition Winners 2021]
[Click to see complete list of the ARCASIA Thesis of the Year (TOY) 2021 Winners]

The audience was treated with a spectacular video review of the winning projects from AAA 2020, and the event entered a climax when the much-anticipated AAA 2021 award presentation finally commenced. Thanks to the dynamic hybrid event format, the presenters could interact freely with the winners from all around the globe to create an exciting and warm atmosphere.

The distinguished list of award presenters included:

  • Rita Soh, President of ARCASIA,
  • Abu S.M Ahmed, President-Elect of ARCASIA,
  • Luo Dajin, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Fengxian District Committee of Shanghai,
  • Cao Jiaming, Chairman of the Architectural Society of Shanghai China,
  • Liu Song, Party Secretary of College of Architectural and Urban Planning Tongji University, President of Tongji University Architectural Design, and
  • Tang Shuoning, President of Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.

The five gold medal-winning projects were:

  • ACADEMIC-ARK, Otemon Gakuin university, Japan
  • POCKET PLAZA, Yongjia Road, Shanghai, China
  • UCCA Dune Art Museum, China
  • CHOUI FONG TEA CAFÉ 2, Thailand
  • DAPENG GRAIN WAREHOUSE RENOVATION, China

The award ceremony of Asian Awards for Architecture 2021 was a complete success. Congratulations to all the winners!

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