As part of its growing activities, 2A is now organizing 2A Asia Architecture Award (2AAA) as an annual event. The event will highlight Asian achievements in Architecture and in terms of contemporary challenges of the field. image © WA

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2A magazine has announced the final winners of the 2A Asia Architecture Award 2015 : 2AAA 2015. The 2AAA 2015 was held in conjunction with ITU Faculty of Architecture as award academic partner.

This year’s 2AAA took place in two stages. The response to the Call for submission was very strong. Out of 613 submitted projects in seven categories, around 400 projects have met the award submission standards in the first stage.

A jury comprised of leading architects and professionals from India ( Romi KHosla), Iran ( Bahram Shirel), South Korea ( Seung H-Sang), and Turkey (Sinan Mert Sener, and Yavuz Selim Sepin) evaluated the projects in two stages  and with respect to the award key goal which was defined as:

To identify essences of Architecture in Asia and to glorify the importance of social and cultural identity and significance of spirituality along with physical aspects of architecture.

Finally, On October 16, the following projects were publicly announced and awarded in the 2015 award ceremony. Winners Awarded in seven categories with each category featuring three winners from first to third places and some honourable mentions in some categories:

Commercial Category

First Place

Project Title: Loom Shade for Amber Denim at Gazipur (Bangladesh)

Design Team: Archeground Ltd. - Lead Architect: Md. Jubair Hasan, Partner Architects: Nabi Newaz Khan and Lutfullahil Majid, Project team: Ahmad Faisal/ Md. Abdur Rakibi/ Saurav Dutta/ Md. Abdur Rakib/ Abdul  Rahman/ Md. Zubairul Alam/ Sumaiya Mehjabeen/ Nafisa Bari/ Mehnaz Chowdhury/ Samantha Hossain Sheetal (Bangladesh)            

Second Place

Project Title: Billboard  (Japan)

Design Team: Shintaro Matsushita, Takashi Suzuki and Naohito Ikuta (Japan)

Third Place

Project Title: Zorlu Levent  (Turkey)

Design Team: Tabanlioglu Architects- Lead Architects:  Melkan Gürsel and Murat Tabanlioglu (Turkey)

Future Projects / Innovative Designs Category

First Place

Project Title: Yazd international trade Center (Iran)

Design Team: Bahman Mehrabani, Pegah Elahian and Mohsen Tajeddin  (Iran)

Second Place

Project Title: Pont Mutin (Japan)

Design Team: Tsukano Architect Office- Lead Architect:  Michiya Tsukano (Japan)

Third Place  

Project Title: esprit-N (Japan)

Design Team: Tsukano Architect Office- Lead Architect:  Michiya Tsukano (Japan)

Interior Design Category

First Place

Project Title: Esspriss Cafe Center (Iran)

Design Team: Hooba Design Group - Lead Architect: Hooman Balazadeh, Project Manager: Elham Seyfi azad, Project team:  Niloofar Al-taha/ Noushin Atrvash/ Mona Razavi/ Mohammad Fard/ Majid Kamali Ali Akbari/ Nosrat-allah Mansouri (Iran)

Second Place 

Project Title: J.S Bridal Maison  (Iran)

Design Team: N.A.M- Lead Architects:  Arash Heidarian and Fahimeh Montaseri, Project team: Ali-Asghar Yaghoubian/ Ali Youssefzadeh/ Behzad Hasanzadeh/ Morteza Motahari/ Mona Zamani/ Katayoun Youssefi/ Alireza Salari/ Samaneh Ghazizadeh/ Ali Gholamzadegan/ Kazem Nezami (Iran)

Third Place  

Project Title: Arman Dentistry (Iran)

Design Team: Office Comma - Lead Architects: Iman Shafiee and Behzad Maneshgar, Project team: Lida Badafrah/ Mohamad Jalali Farahani/ Pejman Moeini/ Mehdi Farid Afshar/ Hamed Farid Afshar/ Yaser Ebrahimi (Iran)

Special mention

Project Title: Diyar Media Studio (Iran)

Design Team: ReNa Design- Lead Architect: Reza Najafian, Project Team: Mina Nazmjou/ Ehsan Marvi/ Mohamad Hosein Hamzehlouei/ Maryam Najafian/ Saeed Toodehfallah (Iran)

Special mention

Project Title: Kandovan Hotel  (Iran)

Design Team: Tarh & Afarinesh Architectural & Engineering Consultants- Lead Architect: Shiva Aghababaei (Iran)

Old and New Category (Reuse and adaptation, Renovation, Restoration, Regeneration)

First Place

Project Title: Cer Modern Art Center  (Turkey)

Design Team: Uygur Architects- Lead Architects: Semra Uygur and Özcan Uygur/ Project team: Necati Seren/ Güliz Erkan/ Ayhan Abanozcu/ İrem Erdinç/ Selen Poyraz/ Işıl Düzgün/, Ünsal Susam/ Danyal Kubin/ Mehmet S. Yurdakul/  Bahri Türkmen (Turkey)

Second Place

Project Title: The Ab-Anbar of Divan-Khaneh (Fars Province Museum of Aqua Structures)- (Iran)

Design Team: Ali Sodagaran and Nazanin Kazerounian  (Iran)

Third Place 

Project Title: Lamkadeh Building  (Iran)

Design Team: Office Comma- Lead Architects: Iman Shafiee and Behzad Maneshgar, Project team: Ghazal Goodarznia / Samaneh Sadatmir/ Majid Ghiasvand/ Hamid Emami/ Iman Zare (Iran)

Special mention

Project Title: Ave Gallery (Iran)

Design Team: Fluid Motion Architects - Lead Architects: Catherine Spiridonoff and Reza Daneshmir, Project Team: Vandad Rohbani/ Behrang Bani Adam (Iran)

Public Category (Sport & Leisure, Education, Hospitality, Culture, Mixed Use, Health, Religion, Civic, Transportation)

First Place

Project Title: Sancaklar Mosque (Turkey)

Design Team: EAA- Emre Arolat Architecture: Lead Architect: Emre Arolat (Turkey)

Second Place 

Project Title: For the people by the people  (Bangladesh)

Design Team: SchilderScholte architects- Lead Architects : Gerrit Schilder and Hill Scholte (Netherlands)

Third Place

Project Title: Maria Grazia Cutuli School (Afghanistan)

Project Team: Mario Cutuli/ IaN+/ ma0 and 2A+P/A (Italy)

Special mention

Project Title: Naman Pure Spa   (Vietnam)

Design Team: Lead Architect:  Nguyen Hoang Manh/ project team: Nguyen Quoc Long/  Bui Hoang Bao/ Steven Baeteman/ Truong Trong Dat/ Le Ho Ngoc Thao (Vietnam)

Residential Category

First Place

Project Title: East Village  (Lebanon)

Design Team: Jean-Marc Bonfils & Associates: Jean-Marc Bonfils/ Marwan Matta/ Ramzi Sabbagh/ Lea Ksayer/ Rudolphe Matar/ K.Sioufi & Partners/ Turba/ Nassif  (Lebanon)

Second Place 

Project Title: BB home (Vietnam)

Design Team: Doan Thanh Ha and Tran Ngoc (Vietnam)

Third Place

Project Title: Beyond the hill (Japan)

Design Team: acaa- Lead Architect : Kazuhiko Kishimoto (Japan)

Special mention

Project Title: Kahrizak residential Building  (Iran)

Design Team: Mahdi Kamboozia (Iran)

Urban Projects, Rural Projects, Community-based projects, Landscape & Public Spaces Category (Including squares and streets)

First Place

Project Title: Gallipolli Peninsula HNP3 Martydoom  (Turkey)

Design Team: Uygur Architects: Lead Architects: Semra Uygur and Özcan Uygur , Project Team: Güliz Erkan/ Necati Seren/ Evren Başbuğ/ Özcan Kaygısız/ Melike Bilgin/ Alhan Gedik/ Kemal OVACIK  (Turkey)

Second Place  

Project Title: Friendship Centre (Bangladesh)

Design Team: Lead Architect: Kashef Mahboob Chowdh`ury , Project team: Anup Kumar Basak/ Sharif Jahir Hossain/ Matiur Rahman/ Zafar Ahmed/ Phansak Thew Site/ Nahidur Rahman/ Amrul Hasan/ Ahasanul Haque/ SM Hafizur Rahman/ Jamir Ali Khan/ Jongsak Kuntonsurakan, Khan M A Bari / Albab Yafez Fatmi, Sharijad Hasan (Bangladesh)

Third Place

Project Title: Kwel Ka Baung Migrant Learning Center (Thailand)

Design Team: Albert Company Olmo & Jan Glasmeier  (Germany)

Special mention

Project Title: Ayang Gichatgil (South Korea )

Design Team: CA Plan -  lead architect: Jungwoo Chae, Project team: Seungyoung-Jung/ Seoyoung-Yoon/ Hyo Weon-Lee  (South Korea)

Special mention

Project Title: Shahr-E-Aftab International Trade Fair (Iran)

Project Team:

-NJP( Iran )- Project and Design Manager: Hamid Mirmiran and Farideh Saebi, Project team:

Baharak Keshani/ Saman Sayar/ Mahmod Hasanvandi/ Amin Sharafaldin/Tello Tahmasian/ Daryosh Shafaghati/  Mahmod Porziaei/  Nazanin Salimi/ Glareh Danaei/ Shahriar Ghasemi  

-GMP( Germany): Project and Design Manager: Volkwin Marg  and  Hubert Nienhoff , Project team:

Markus Pfisterer/ Nima Ghahreman / Fariborz Rahimi Nedjat / Justin Allen/ Alexander Buchhofer/ Kasia Ciruk/ Yana Espanner/ Stefanie Hereth/ Nicole Jahn/ Felix Kastner/ Christian Klimaschka/ Lars Laubenthal/ Sebastian Lundelius/ Silvia Schneider/ Katya Vangelova

Special mention

Project Title: Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge (Iran)

Design Team: Diba Tensile Architecture (Iran)- Lead Architect: Leila Araghian , Project team: Alireza Behzadi/ Sahar Yasaei/ Mina Nikoukalam / Massimo Maffeis/ Marco Grigoletto/ Loris Frison/ Adel Mohammadi/ Payam Golfeshan/ Massod Momeni/ Nader Naghi pour

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