After Urban renewal and the new neighbourhoods in 2008 and The renovation of existing sites and buildings in 2011, the theme chosen for the TENTH SESSION is the relationship of architecture to natural and urban landscapes.

From the sublime to the mimetic, all works that fall within the major art of landscape, whether in terms of integration or reappropriation, could be submitted to the international jury for consideration: seaside, climatic or agro-foodstuffs constructions, engineering works, wine cellars, covered markets, water towers, windmills, cultural buildings, ruins and factories, etc.

The jury met on 20th and 21th June 2014. After having reviewed the 134 propositions, from 18 European countries and 8 outside Europe countries, the jury has decided to select 28 projects and to award, among them, a Grand Prix Philippe Rotthier of 15 000 € and two prizes of 7 500 €. The jury has also decided to grant a special prize and to single out five projects for an honour.

The project applications come from 18 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the Slovak Republic,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United-Kingdom, Switzerland.In addition to these European achievements, 8 entry presentation files come from the following countries: Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Iran, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Syria, Turkey.The members of the jury of the 2014 Philippe Rotthier European Prize for Architecture:

AUDE-LINE DULIÈRE
Architect, Great-Britain

ALFONSO FEMIA
Architect, laureate of the 2011 Rotthier Prize, Italy

DOMINIQUE FOURNIER
Architect, Switzerland

FEDERICA MATTA
Artist, France

WILLIAM PESSON
Architect and architectural historian, France

PAOLA PIEROTTI
Architect and journalist, co-founder of the PPAN company, Italy

SEBASTIAN REDECKE
Editor of Bauwelt, Germany

ALICE VERLAINE
Architect, Belgium

Architecture – PAYSAGE 2014

© Fernando Alda

PHILIPPE ROTTHIER GRAND PRIZE FOR THE BEST INTERVENTION IN A BUILT LANDSCAPE
Cooking school in a former slaughterhouse
Medina Sidonia, Spain 
María Gonzalez, Juanjo López de la Cruz. SOL89, architects
€ 15 000

© Luc Boegly

PHILIPPE ROTTHIER PRIZE FOR THE BEST INTERVENTION IN A SOCIAL LANDSCAPE
Le Candide social housing
Vitry sur Seine, France 
Bruno Rollet Architect
€ 7 500

© Ioana Marinescu

PHILIPPE ROTTHIER PRIZE FOR THE BEST INTERVENTION IN A NATURAL LANDSCAPE
House and office
Balsthal, Switzerland 
Pascal Flammer, architect 
€ 7 500

© Cariddi Nardulli

SPECIAL PRIZE FROM THE JURY
Women’s welfare centre
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 
FAREstudio, Riccardo Vannucci, architect

Mentions

Danish Maritime Museum in HelsingØr, Denmark,BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, architects
Open-air theatre in Rotterdam, the Netherlands Atelier Kempe Thill architects and town planners, Rotterdam (NL)
The sea Library in Awashima, Japan,ETAT ARKITEKTER AB, Sweden, Erik Törnkvist, architect SAR/MSA and Malin Belfrage, architect SAR/MSA
Coverage of the archaeological ruins in Saint Maurice, Switzerland,Savioz Fabrizzi architects
Drying hall for pot plants in Hulshout, Belgium,OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen, architects

Nominated

St. Lawrence Chapel in Vantaa, Finland,Avanto architects Ltd., Ville Hara and Anu Puustinen
New waste processing plant in Valencia, Spain,Israel Alba
Campus of the American School in Switzerland in Montagnola, Switzerland,David Mayernik Ltd., project designer
Islamic Cemetery in Altach, Austria,Bernardo Bader Architects and Azra Aksamija, artist
Wine Museum and Ampelographic Garden in Patrimonio, Corsica,Perraudin Architects: Gilles Perraudin, Elisabeth Polzella, Delphine Blanc, Romain Crozetiere, Carine,Midoun, Nobouko Nansenet
Museum of Art and Archaeology of Côa in Vila Nova de Foz Côa, Portugal,Camilo Rebelo, Tiago Pimentel
Bruoux ochre mines in Gargas, France,DE-SO Defrain Souquet Architects

Campus of the University of the Arts in London, United Kingdom,Stanton Williams

District Water Board Brabantse Delta in Breda, The Netherlands,KAAN Architecten
Barraka Panoramic Elevator inValletta, Malta,Architecture Project
Bypass road for the town of Brixen, Brixen - Varna (BZ), Italy,attia + scagnol MODUS architects
Renovation and extension of the Saint Gotthard hospice in Airolo, Switzerland,Miller & Maranta, dipl. Architekten ETH, BSA, SIA, Basel
Restoration and extension of the Villa Garbald of Gottfried Semper in Castasegna, Switzerland,Miller & Maranta, dipl. Architekten ETH, BSA, SIA, Basel
Market hall and public spaces in Ghent, Belgium,Robbrecht and Daem architects & Mjosé Van Hee architects
Social housing in the historical centre of Pamplona, Spain,Pereda Pérez Arquitectos
Footbridge close to the bastion of the town of Pamplona, Spain,Pereda Pérez Arquitectos
EDF Archives Centre in Bure-Saudron, France,LAN, Umberto Napolitano et Benoit Jallon
Rowing Pavilion in Alange, Spain,José María Sánchez García
APOTECA Workshop in Mazunte, Mexico,Ersen Timur, Architecto DE

All this works will be presented in the exhibition, which will take place from 19th October to 23th November 2014 at the "Fondation pour l'Architecture" (CIVA), 55 rue de l’Ermitage in Brussels.The exhibition will accompanied by a catalogue, in French and English.

European Prize of Architecture Philippe Rotthier

Established in 1982 by the architect Philippe Rotthier, this triennial prize rewards works of collective and cultural value with regional roots and using natural and sustainable materials that draw on the genius of the European town and a dialogue with the past and with history.
The prize-winning works are selected by juries composed of leading European figures and have included the writers Adrien Goetz and Françoise Lalande, the journalists Sergio Frau and Katia Pecnik, the designer Matali Crasset, the historians Bruno Foucart, Charles Jencks and David Watkin, the artist Bernard Métais, and the architects Anna Heringer, Christian Biecher, Ben Bolgar, André Jacqmain, Léon Krier, Michael Lycoudis, Dimitri Porphyrios, Oscar Tusquets and Paolo Portoghesi.

Juries have often chosen to select sometimes little known works and to recognise original approaches, such as those by François Spoerri and his lacustrine architecture, by Abdel-Wahed El- Wakil and Eusebio Leal Spengler for the restoration of the city of Havana or by the film-maker Emir Kusturica for his Küstdendorf village in Serbia. Towns and institutions have also been awarded the Philippe Rotthier Prize, including Bayonne, Val d’Europe and Le Plessis-Robinson in France, Palermo in Italy, Poundbury in the United Kingdom, Dresden in Allemagne, and the Äkroken campus in Sweden.

Philippe Rotthier, Prize Founder

Philippe Rotthier was born in 1941. After qualifying as an architect, in 1964 from the École de la Cambre in Brussels, Philippe Rotthier worked with the architect André Jacqmain and in 1967 was a founding member of the Atelier d’Architecture de Genval. In 1973, he settled on the island of Ibiza where he built and renovated 80 houses in the vernacular style. His method of architectural design and production have been the subject of a number of publications (Ibiza. Le Palais Paysan, 1984; Maisons sur l’île d’Ibiza, 1990; Architectures Arquitecturas Ibiza, 1997; XXX à Ibiza, 2003).
In 1982 he founded the European Prize for the Reconstruction of the City and in 1986 the Fondation pour l’Architecture in Brussels.In 1985 he founded the Talles d’Estudis de l’Hàbitat Pitiú in San José that works to protect the traditional Ibiza habitat.Since 2006 he has divided his time between Ibiza, Brussels and Polynesia where, on a motu on the island of Tahaa, he built his own home using local materials. In 2011, he founded the Architecture Museum – La Loge in Brussels, dedicated to contemporary creation.

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