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The proposal the jury selected for the €12,000 first prize, was developed by the team made up by Elena Jiménez Sánchez and Abelardo Linares del Castillo-Valero. The proposal stood out because of its aim to retrieve the urban fabric of the west area of “la Vila” and because of how it gives value to the vestiges of the Almohad wall and the former church of Santa María, the main heritage elements which shape this end of the urban fabric. The new suggested streets converge in a square connected to the riverbank of the river Júcar. New businesses and facilities open towards this square, where the floor plan of the former church is enhanced. The primitive bell tower is retrieved, turned now into a viewpoint which makes it become the main landmark when one analyses the profile of the city and also the finishing element of the street which runs along its main axis.
The jury also decided to award honourable mentions to two other proposals which they considered best responded to solving some of the arisen issues.
The jury decided to leave this prize without it being awarded to any proposal, in accordance with the section 15.3 of the competition guidelines, since the jury believed none of the presented proposals responded in a satisfactory way to the entire set of objectives which aimed to be achieved for this location.
However, since the jury found notable qualities in several of the projects which were put forward, they decided to award an honourable mention ex aequo to two of them.
The jury also decided to award honourable mentions to two other proposals which they considered best responded to solving some of the arisen issues.
The proposal granted first prize, Hydrangea, was presented by the team made up by Eva Niño Mendizábal, Elia San Román Vázquez and Carmen Carral Pérez.
The jury highlighted its way carry out the rehabilitation of the series of constructions which are in a state of ruin at present, to turn them into dwellings for artists, retrieving their original shapes and traditional constructive techniques, as well as because of the subtle connection in two different levels of the Rúa da Caramoniña with what today is the park of Santo Domingo de Bonaval. This proposal shows a unique ability to respond to the several challenges this area presented without leaving to one side the need to preserve and enhance, at the same time, the most attractive aspects it still maintains today.
The jury also decided to award honourable mentions to two other proposals which they considered best responded to solving some of the arisen issues.
The proposal granted first prize, Pisando la Tierra, was presented by the Alfonso Zavala Cendra and Ramón Andrada González-Parrado.
The proposal was found worthy of recognition for the reorganization it suggests of the Plaza Pedro de Mendoza, which gives back the main historic access to the Alcazaba its importance, as well as for how naturally this access is restored by means of constructing a series of platforms at different levels. It was also highlighted for the solution put forward for the residential block, which is in current state of ruin, where the authors of the proposal masterfully put into practice the forms and materials of the tradition of the area of Guadix, with a result which is completely aligned with the identity of this place.
The jury also decided to award honourable mentions to two other proposals which they considered best responded to solving some of the arisen issues.
It was published on the occasion of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition Awards Ceremony and the Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts 2020 Award ceremony.
Both initiatives are organized by INTBAU (the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism) and the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Rafael Manzano Prize and the Council of Architecture Institutes of Spain.
The Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition and Building Arts Awards Ceremony was held on October 7, 2020 in the assembly hall of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda.
The event was chaired by David Lucas Parrón, Secretary General of Housing, who was accompanied by Iñaqui Carnicero Alonso, General Director of Urban Agenda and Architecture; Javier Martín Ramiro, General Director of Housing and Land; Laureano Matas, Secretary General of the Higher Council of Architecture Institutes of Spain and Alejandro García Hermida, Executive Director of the Richard H. Driehaus initiatives in Spain and Portugal. Richard H. Driehaus, promoter of these initiatives, spoke from Chicago, and Harriet Wennberg, Executive Director of INTBAU, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism, spoke from London.
On June 3, 2021, the exhibition “Timeless Architecture” was inaugurated at CentroCentro in the Madrid City Hall. The exhibition showcases a selection of materials, techniques, and construction trades, as well as architectural and urban practices that are helping to keep construction traditions alive.
It was open to the public from June 4 to October 3 2021
The exhibition is centered around the work carried out in recent years by INTBAU, thanks to the generous support of the American philanthropist Richard H. Driehaus (1942-2021). With the collaboration of many national and international institutions, Driehaus has sponsored a series of initiatives in Spain and Portugal aimed at promoting traditional architecture and urbanism, construction trades, and the conservation of cultural heritage.
The proposals of the winning projects from the Fourth Edition of the Richard H. Driehaus Architecture Competition are displayed in the exhibition.
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