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The days of single function activity sectors in large cities are numbered. One of the most symbolic of these, Brussels’ European Quarter, will completely change its appearance in the next 15 years. This extraordinary urban project combining an economic axis with residential, cultural and leisure projects is now in the hands of Christian de Portzamparc. As the competition winner, the French architect will have to pull the stops out to humanise what some have dubbed a human ghetto and keep within a spirit of sustainable development. This is against a background of unprecedented financial turmoil. “The best known urban regeneration projects – the World Financial Centre in New York, Canary Wharf and Paddington Central in London, or La Défense in Paris – have all seen the light of day after collective decisions made when economic cycles were at their lowest and low prices favoured long term projects,” commented the Mipim in 2009. The scale and extent of the current world crisis should generate a veritable breeding ground of new ideas. Architecture plays a primordial role in designing the city of tomorrow, innovation and creativity are becoming the order of the day for projects combining aesthetics, functionality, low energy consumption and urban integration. Large cities are showing a desire to redevelop poorer neighbourhoods. For some, the port areas have suffered most after deindustrialisation. The German city of Duisburg’s gamble to redevelop them came off. British architect Lord Norman Foster’s Eurogate is the jewel in the crown of this redevelopment. The fourteen storey multi-use building retraces the curve of the old port. As well as its unusual form, the building includes innovative techniques for energy saving and sustainable development. Today’s ecological property developments are not limited to a specific architectural genre. Will the mixed environmental friendly spaces become the standard for the future?

Marie-Claire Regniers

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02 Editorial 04 Portrait : Santiago Calatrava 06 Portrait : Sou Fujimoto 08 Archi-Bau Awards 10 Portrait : Joël Claisse 12 Portrait : Big 14 Showrooms : architecture and image 15 Porsche Museum, Stuttgart 16 Products 18 « Green » wood 19 Agenda : trade fairs, museums, exhibitions 21 Books 23 Competitions

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Named one of the “100 most influential people” by Time architectural output is too large to give in detail, so we have chosen to Magazine in 2005, the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava comment on some of his recent or upcoming flagship projects. never tires of livening up modern architecture. In summer 2004 the Athens Olympics highlighted the Olympic stadium An architect has hardly ever made the headlines beyond publica- and its roof. A real expression of architectural prowess, the suspended tions specialised in architecture! Santiago Calatrava is a workaholic structure partially covers the stands and is a series of double metal- operating both sides of the Atlantic to produce some of the most extra- lic arches covered with thousands of polycarbonate plates. In 2005 it ordinary buildings that have been built over the last twenty years. He is was the turn of the Turning Torso in Malmö (Sweden) to turn heads. one of the most prolific, high profile and controversial architects of the The nine superimposed cubes making up the skeleton of the building 21st century. He graduated from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arqui- are stacked with a skew of several degrees. The progressive turn (90 tectura (Valencia) and completed his training in town planning studies degrees from foundations to the roof) of this huge 190 metre tall glass at the same institution and then completed training in Civil Engineering and steel spiral represents a turning human body. At the other end of at ETH Zurich in 1979. Now, at 57, is designs are taking off in a range the Europe, his Tenerife Auditorium, where a succession of platforms of sculptural and symbolic forms like works of art on a monumental outline in a complex silhouette the large curve of the symphony hall, scale. Bridges, museums, concert halls, stations, airports, skyscrapers, enveloped by an unusual wing suspended over 50 metres from the nothing is impossible in his offices in Zurich, Valencia or New York. A ground. The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Queen Sofia Palace of the glance at any of his work confirms his talent as painter and sculptor. Arts celebrates the marine world in Valencia. The building shelters His many exhibitions over nearly 25 years are confirmation of this. His some spectacular scenic spaces and plays on contrasts between the

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opaque side of the structure and the transparency of the large glass soil is undoubtedly the World Trade Center Transportation Hub in Lower volumes. Common denominator of all these buildings, the sensation of Manhattan, which should be completed in 2014. The form of the new movement suggestive of living beings and the incredible whiteness of station suggests a dove that is about to take off. The main body has their white concrete finishing are very impressive. Also the suspension two 45 metre high wings attached to a huge hall. The glass vault will let bridge started least year in Jerusalem, 360 metres long and weighing natural light penetrate to the level of the platforms. The low and curved more than 4,000 tonnes of steel, it has a striking visual lightness, most forms of the building will contrast with the linearity and height of Daniel probably because it depicts the harp of King David. Libeskind and David Childs’ Freedom Tower.

Calatrava’s first work in the United States, the extension of the Milwau- As all these projects show, Santiago Calatrava occupies a special place kee Art Museum in 2001, is by no means a one off. After the Sundial in the landscape of contemporary architecture. At the start of his desi- Bridge in Turtle Bay in California (2004) Calatrava designed the Chicago gns Santiago Calatrava works in charcoal or watercolours with a real Spire a 115 floor tower which is soon to become the highest in the Uni- expressive force. His work testifies to his qualities as architect, engi- ted States. Work started in June 2007. Inspired by a spiral sculpture, it neer and artist. should be crowned with a 152 metre pinnacle to finish at 609 metres in 2012. Another ambitious project, in New York, is a residential sky scra- 1 / Jerusalem Light Rail Bridge (2008) per with a total surface of 175,000 m2 which will be made up of a dozen 2 / World Trade Center Transportation Hub, New York (in progress) giant glass cubes fixed alternately to the central node in concrete. But 3 / Liège Guillemins station, Belgium (2009)

the project which should really put Calatrava’s footprint on American 4 / The Chicago Spire (in progress) photos © Santiago Calatrava

5 Sou Fujimoto www.sou-fujimoto.com

photo © MC Regniers 1 photo © Daici Aino 2 photo © Sou Fujimoto

Endowed with an amazing sense of space and This simple cube, with 90 m² of floor space, is composed of an inhabita- experimentation in residential architecture, Sou Fujimoto ble volume set in a larger volume which serves as a garden, creating a is probably one of the most promising young architects series of geometric frames, like paintings of the city. The architect deli- of our time. ghts in engaging in a subtle game with the built volumes and nature. Prolific and ambitious, Sou Fujimoto has already completed several Particularly lauded at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona last projects, which have attracted attention and won awards very often in October, the astonishing “Final Wooden House,” winner in the “Private Japan and elsewhere. The simple forms that he prefers break down House” category, afforded a wide international audience an opportunity into several branches or are intersected in a carefully orchestrated spa- to get to know better the man behind it: Sou (Sosuke) Fujimoto. Born tial order. For the 7/2 project in Hokkaido, the wooden box-like structure in Hokkaido (Japan) in 1971, this young architect, a graduate of the Uni- formed of two small houses is divided into seven different shapes articu- versity of Tokyo, has specialized, so to speak, in the research of and lated independently to generate diverse spatial landscapes. experimentation with single-family or grouped dwellings. Influenced by nature and the physical aspects of our world, but also an admirer of Le A weekend house situated on the rocky ground facing the Pacific Ocean, Corbusier, Louis Kahn and Mies van der Rohe, he embarked early on the O House is conceived like the branches of a tree. Nevertheless, all competitions and conceptual explorations to create a totally different the spaces are in continuous relation between them, without any real way of understanding architecture. boundary. The location affords marvelous, panoramic vistas in seve- One of his first residential projects, the N House (2001) is a surprising ral directions. For Sou Fujimoto, “creating architecture is nothing else dwelling with absolute permeability between the inside and the outside. than creating various distances.” In an open-plan design, its contours

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are “folded” at several points. Each space generated between the walls depending on his or her position in space. This pavilion is related to the is both separated from and connected with others. “Space consists of primitive living conditions, before architecture. As in this project, all the relations,” the architect likes to point out in his book “Primitive Future” works of Sou Fujimoto reveal his fascination with spatial relativity and a published by INAX Publishing. At the outset, architecture undoubtedly new sense of distances which is incompatible with the conventional ru- consisted only of distance, well before roofs and walls arrived. The dis- les of architecture. Would his residential model be somewhere between tances indicated the degrees of interaction between people and objects. a futuristic dwelling and a “cave,” a primitive space that people have to (…) These interactions are transformed to infinity with movement.” For fit up in a creative manner? To be continued. most of his projects, Sou Fujimoto relies on these relations and the plan 1 / N House, Oita (2001) of the building as a whole. In his quest for a new architecture, Sou Fujimoto thinks about concepts 2 / 7/2 House, Hokkaido (2006) of primitive architecture. This is how he came to design a small 4 m x 4 3 / House O, Chiba (2007) m cubic pavilion, set in a copse of Kumamoto. The Final Wooden House is built by piling up massive Japanese cedar beams, interconnected by metal cables. Some are off-centre inside to create shelves and to be used to go from one level to another. The glazed openings in the walls and the roof provide the indispensable natural light. The architect wanted no se- paration between the floor, the wall and the ceiling (the floor becomes a chair, for example). Spatiality is perceived differently by each person,

7 ARCHI-BAU AWARDS 2009

Facades Public Award 26 Social Houses, Umbrete (Sevilla, Spain) Architect: Solinas Verd Arquitectos (Spain) First Prize 1 www.svarquitectos.com Vicar Theatre, Almeria (Spain) Architect: Solinas Verd Arquitectos (Spain) Mention Built in the heart of an established suburb, this complex building is animated Gym 704, Barbera del Valles (Barcelona, Spain) by an impressive façade constructed of copper bands applied in coordinated Architecte: H Arquitectes (Spain) colours. The jury stated that project radiates sensitivity through the www.harquitectes.com sophisticated treatment and arrangement of the volumes, the interaction between space and light, the use of the same material horizontally and vertically, the clever variation of colours which provides sheen and depth to Interior design the front façade and the fine work of the moving sun screens. www.svarquitectos.com First Prize 3 Olivomare restaurant, London (Great Britain) Public Award Architect Pierluigi Piu (Italy) SAHRDC (South Asian Human Rights Documentation Centre), New Delhi (India) Fish restaurant Olivomare refers to the oceanic world in its formal Architect: Anagram Architects (India) appearance and decorations without using any blue. The jury members www.anagramarchitects.com were impressed with the visual and tangible impression, and the simplicity and the tranquillity of this project; the stylisation of the oceanic elements Mention shows great sophistication, the choice of patterns and materials, the play of Sheep stable, Almere (The Netherlands) light, attention to detail and the placement of the walls that suggests good Architect: 70F architecture (The Netherlands) acoustics. www.70f.com www.pierluigipiu.it

Public Award Green Building Friendhouse Hotel, Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine) Architect Ryntovt Design (Ukraine) First Prize 2 www.ryntovt.com Archives nationales EDF, Bure (France) Architect: LAN Architecture (France) Mention 1 The main objective of this strategic project is to realize a « zero energy » Boomba hair designer, Brussels (Belgium) building based on an intelligent shape, impressive façade, a choice of adapted Architect: Marcella Schiepers (Belgium) systems and the production of renewable energy (photovoltaic and heat pump). [email protected] Although the building has not yet been finished, it impressed the jury because of the technical research and systems, but also because of the restraint in form, Mention 2 for the simple and useful façades and the intelligence of the layout. Bureau All Capital, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) www.lan-paris.com Architect: i29 et Eckhardt&Leeuwenstein (The Netherlands) www.eckhardtenleeuwenstein.nl / www.i29.nl

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Public Award 4 1 | 09 Himmelblau Kreuzberg Tim Nørlund Jensen (Denmark) Destined as a Berlin suburb, the apartment building could become an architectural signal to draw attention to a previously underprivileged

area. The tower has been drawn like a vertical city which favours variety archi-news and ecological building: natural ventilation as a result of the 2m space in the double façade, atriums, solar panels, wind mill, the use of river water provides cooling. www.norlundarchitects.com 1 Mention 1 Environment Camp Tim Nørlund Jensen (Denmark) www.norlundarchitects.com

Mention 2 Green in Between Rami Kopty (Israël) www.ramiarch.blogspot.com 2

9 4 Joël Claisse www.claisse-architecte.be

photo © Véronique Boissacq 1 photo © Serge Brison 2 photo © Ludo Noël

For 35 years now, Joël Claisse (1948) has advocated an In the case of the old convent of the Franciscan Sisters, the neo architectural approach that rejects systems but constantly classical façades, which have been preserved because of issues questions itself. involving urban restrictions, allow us to see the large spiral stair- case behind a protruding wall consisting wholly of windows in the In several of his projects the architect articulates everything in simpli- main façade. The inner volumes, transformed to accommodate city and attention to detail of contemporary activities involving existing lawyers’ offices, have been designed in the spirit of minimalism buildings and wages a daily battle against an architecture that takes no from the new structure in visible concrete to the furniture and risks. "We must stop dividing the habitat into lots" he urges (together lighting appliances drawn by the architect and his co-workers. The with Pierre Loze) in Belgium New Architecture volume 4, published by guiding principles behind renovation work on an old brasserie for Prisme. You have to renew the frame to give it new life. We must stop a company of advanced technology in the heart of an urban island, forcing architects to compete according to procedures that reduce were rediscovering the building’s original exterior – namely traces their function to that of mere suppliers of plans and documents with of the past - and designing a modification with an uncompromisin- a view to building. “Architecture and urban development must reclaim gly contemporary approach. The architect has decided to preserve their place in the heart of our society in the study of the art of living.” the thick brick walls, but also to open one of the long front façades The in-depth revaluation of suburbs and creating a mixture of in its central section by creating a large vertical frame around an functions in the city centre is a different creed, both today and atrium, and to restructure the innermost volume on either side of yesterday. There are too many creative projects that are criticized this hall which generates a large amount of light. by politicians or community associations.

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In 2002, the length of the Quai aux Pierres de Taille, the object The respect attributed to the testimonies of the past may not of the renovation (a building from 1926), was rather unusual in form a hindrance to the architectural creation which should be view of its dimensions: a façade of 40 meters and a depth of 30 encouraged. We see this in the architecture of Joël Claisse, which meters divided over four levels. The framework and the window is sober and simple, with a respect for the building and the scale frame, which are then converted into two large technical spaces, of the city, and with attention to constructional details and the are placed along the length of the building to unite the building. choice of material. The housing projects are executed in the same spirit, simple and quiet. And so the villas have their façades renovated while the rear 1 / Renovation house in avenue Molière in Brussels undergoes a radical face-lift: the demolition and reconstruction 2 / Renovation old Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of a concrete canvas, the opening for a large window area, a de- 3 / Renovation offices in Schaerbeek tailed study of the terraces, areas for inside and outside. For the 4 / Refurbishing of an old brewery for TEIN Telecom renovation of a large traditional house situated in one of the green boroughs in Brussels, the Joël Claisse Architecture firm gave new a space to the innermost volumes, to free them from traditional barriers, open them to the light and determine future views. The glass extension links the garden to the living area and creates a large area for sport and recreational activities below the terrace.

11 Bjarke Ingels www.big.dk

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Portrait of the Danish “BIG” agency and the path followed tional ingredients and the results of his own experiments. And all of by its founder, Bjarke Ingels – creator of surprising works this is done with a great sense of humour. This unique alchemy brings that turn conventional ideas on their head. forth a freedom of expression, and surprising architecture that turns convention on its head. It is certainly no accident that the “Housing” The young Danish agency BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group – has only been category at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona was won by up and running for three years, yet it enjoys international exposure. his “Mountain Dwellings” project – a housing estate in Copenhagen. Its founder, Bjarke Ingels (1974) is, however, not a new face on the The jury loved this daring set of 80 dwellings designed across steps, scene. After studying in Denmark (Royal Danish Academy of Arts) and with marvellous private outdoor areas and a large residents’ car park Barcelona (Tecnica Superor de Arquitectura), five years before setting behind the accommodation block. All of Bjarke Ingels’ projects display up BIG, he founded the PLOT agency with Belgian Julien De Smedt, a an incredible handling of shapes: a sharp blade for a tower in Copen- colleague at the OMA agency in Rotterdam. hagen and apartment blocks twisted into the shape of the letters V Having won many awards, Bjarke Ingels is seen as a leading light in the and M. And these shapes are not chosen arbitrarily – they came from a new generation, combining good analysis, research and social aware- careful study of the sunlight, views and geographical areas. ness. Setting up his stall away from architectural trends aiming for a The architect and his 60 colleagues show off an abundance of energy. utopia, or on the other end of the scale for a hard-nosed pragmatism, He is the winner of the contest to design the new “Danish Maritime Mu- the architect is opting for a third way, engendering a balance between seum” – which will stretch over 5000m2 in a dry dock near Kronborg social, economic and environmental aspects, mixing together tradi- Castle in Elseneur (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). Designed to respect

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its immediate environment, the museum is placed around the dock bol for “Man”, while distilling the energy and optimism of China. Will and not inside it. This preserves the dock as an empty space to be used the REN become an iconic Shanghai landmark in 2010? We’ll have to for outdoor activities, exhibitions and events. A number of footbridges wait and see. We also have some extremely unusual spaces making up cross over the dock, creating a dynamic tension. In September 2007, a W-shaped tower in Prague. According to its designer, what appear to Bjarke Ingels said that his work as an architect is often to bring certain be four towers are in fact a single block, maximizing the total surface visions into reality, but that it is not always easy to reconcile the visio- and number of façades. nary with reality. The museum should open its doors in 2010. Another An admirer of Jørn Utzon, a major Danish architect who designed the winning project is the Danish pavilion for the 2010 World Fair in Shan- Sydney Opera House, which has become the emblem for a whole conti- ghai, composed of two circular trajectories forming the interior, and nent, Bjarke Ingels also enjoys creating unique concepts wherever he an exterior linked by a platform. His architectural process takes into goes, without neglecting the public aspect of his projects. Because account a lifestyle that includes sustainable development. The building contemporary society is in constant development, his work is above stands to be a little bit of Denmark in a Chinese city: the steel façade all one of detecting changes, identifying new needs and of solving new incorporates a motif reflecting the shape of the Danish capital. There is problems – sometimes even of improvising. to be a swimming pool full of water taken from the port of Copenhagen, bicycles and possibly even the famous mermaid. 1 / Danish pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai World Fair (under construction) Staying in Shanghai, the proposal made for a hotel and leisure and 2 / VM Housing, Ørestad (2005) conference centre – the Ren People Building – evokes the Chinese sym-

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The architectural panorama of spaces linked to selling is particu- A veritable domestic landscape, it is a fully furnished lively landscape, larly broad and varied. When it comes to showrooms, displaying spacious and sunny, in the centre of Soho. www.bynewyork.com the very components of the interior layout – wall covering, lighting, furniture, design objects – the offerings of choice are showcased 2 / Nespresso Champs-Elysées, Paris in festive settings. This is a discipline undergoing a radical trans- With more than 1500 m2 distributed over 2 levels and 3 different formation that many architects like – with fabulous fields for spaces, the Champs-Elysées shop provides an experience of coffee experimentation by designers, all of whom want to reserve an through eight spaces. The Francis Krempp practice has designed them optimal welcome for the public and to stimulate their choices effi- like communication blocks. Colour, smells, luxury and a product that ciently. A quest for timelessness and certainty for some, a desire becomes a decorative element. www.nespresso.com to plunge in worlds of dreams for others, these flagship stores hatch in hundreds every year, as expressions of modernity at the 3 / Fritz Hansen, Milan heart of the urban system. Designed by Stefano Tagliacarne, this platform of the Danish brand reflects the manufacturer’s philosophy to communicate its collections, 1 / BY Living Concept punctuated with masterpieces by Arne Jacobsen and Poul Kjaerholm. The three Italian firms Boffi, Living Divani and Porro have created a The products on show become the leading elements of the decoration. unique presentation concept, developed by the architect Piero Lissoni. www.fritzhansen.com

14 Porsche Museum, Stuttgart www.deluganmeissl.at | PROJECT 1 | 09 archi-news photo © Brigida González Delugan Meissl Associated Architects, Vienna

Built to replace a modest museum built in 1976 in consider the building with regard to its structure but also used it Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, the new recently opened museum to interpellate the visitor and stimulate the senses. The exchange is worthy of the history of Porsche. between the interaction of the building, the visitors and the inner spaces multiply the perspectives. 80 old models and more than 200 About 170 architectural firms all over the world participated in historical pieces are displayed in an exhibition area of about 5600 this competition. The winners, the Austrian architects Delugan and m²; the collection develops and meanders on various levels linked Meissl, were announced in January 2005. A symbol of speed and by ‘sloping streets’. Especially striking is the special shape of the prestige, this remarkable project, which recaptures the values of architecture and the large halls with rounded angles to show the the mythical value in which Ferdinand Porsche established himself prestigious sports cars to their full advantage. As in the case of in 1938, has now been renamed the Porscheplatz. The monolithic paintings exhibited in important museums, the decor should not be exterior reflects suppleness, speed and movement as the architects overshadowed by the objects on display. This international meeting see it. The exterior is a foretaste of what visitors will experience place for clients and Porsche lovers allows no fewer than 200,000 when they enter the museum. The angles and variety of textures and visitors per year. levels reveal a structural complexity that reflects a machine. Balanced on three double concrete pillars, the exhibition hall ap- pears to hover weightlessly. Indeed, not only did the architects

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are all proof of this. 1 | 09 thickness of 10.5 cm. Door panels have a thickness These innovations are combined with of 1 cm. This solution was devised to cater both increasingly effective roof covering systems and installation techniques. The for living space needs (a single metal box that VMZINC Standing Seam, since its conception, was recently redesigned in order doubles the overall opening space) and for design to improve 2 essential aspects of Zinc roofing : it embellishes the appearance of purposes (architects increasingly choose glass the roofing and makes it more ergonomic to install. Thanks to third generation archi-news for interiors). The product is available in a single Standing Seam, also called Standing Seam G3, architects can now design zinc version for plastering, with overall opening widths roofing that is more streamlined and more elegant. A flatter ridge cap and more of 120/140/160 cm and with standard opening discreet edge flashing are the most striking elements of this recent development. heights of 200/210 cm and non-standard heights. www.vmzinc.com www.scrigno.net

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Cladding, parquet and terraces, exotic wood is more and Two thirds of the wood volume dealt with by DLH in the world (1 mil- more seductive for contemporary architects. lion m3) comes from tropical species. The certified forests managed by the group in the Congo stretches over 750,000 ha today, about half However, use of tropical forests has its ecological risks because this of the total area it manages. Note that a meticulous survey involving activity is a source of significant revenue for the countries concerned. 100 employees identified over a million trees with diameter over “The industry needs to be aware that we must manage natural re- 30 cm, and the data was used to make an inventory of all the species. sources responsibly, preserve the forests, renew them over the long This inventory was used to create a long-term management plan which term, invest in eco certification, in a word change our habits”, insists is based on sustainable utilization of the forest. In the plan the forest Kurt Masui from the DLH group. This company is originally Danish was divided into 30 sustainable harvesting lots (one for each year), and has been active for over 100 years in the wood trade. It recogni- and in any lot where DLH is active there is intense cooperation with ses that its activities depend directly on the state of the forests. That the local populations, to ensure their customs and traditional rights is why its president Jørgen Møller-Rasmussen is insisting that the are respected (with the help of GPS, community radio transmissions, group practices careful management of the environment, while kee- etc.)! Of course, these social initiatives have repercussions on the cost ping to responsible purchasing policies, in particular using globally of the final product, but for the good of our planet, market demand recognised certification systems such as the FSC (Forest Stewardship for certified products has to be strengthened. When setting up their Council). FSC is an international organisation, promoting ecological building specifications, architects should know that their certified management of the world’s forest, which goes beyond only respec- products are not necessarily less cost effective. Behaviour can also ting the environment but also guaranteeing the social rights of the change under pressure from the NGOs as can be seen in the industry. local communities. Every product supplied with the FSC label comes On the political side we notice an increase in the implementation of from an FSC certified forest where in addition each stage in the Chain public procurement policies promoting certified timber. EU legislation of Custody chain from forest to manufacturers and retailers is audi- is being formulated to prevent import of illegal timber in EU. ted and certified. www.dlh-group.com

18 AGENDA / trade fairs / EVENTS / exhibitions

Architect@Work 2009 Austria Denmark

Bogdan Bogdanovic – Vienna Close Up 1: Big - Copenhague | A genda Architect@Work is a national exhibition Architekturzentrum > 9/06/2009 Danish Architecture Centre > 31/05//2009 exclusively for architects, interior designers www.azw.at www.dac.dk and other prescribers through a specific Unconventional architect, town planner, and writer Visionary architecture and new ideas of Bjarke Ingels 1 | 09 Jean Prouvé - Vienna registration system. So for its fourth staging Hofmobiliendepot > 21/06/2009 COPENHAGEN ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN DAYS this event will be presented in two exhibition www.hofmobiliendepot.at 2 – 6/09/2009 / www.cphadd.com sites in Belgium: one at Kortrijk Xpo on 7 Furniture and architecture of the French designer Jean Prouvé CODE 09 27 – 30 /08/2009 - Copenhague and 8 May 2009 and the other at the Foire REAL VIENNA 26 - 28/05/2009 - Vienna Design, furniture and architecture / www.furniturefair.dk

Internationale de Liège [international Real Estate Fair / www.realvienna.at archi-news Liège fair] 4 and 5 June 2009. Finland Belgium Its unique concept is distinct from other Compact Kitchen - Jyväskylä initiatives in the building sector particularly Etapes - Hornu Alvar Aalto Museum >10/05/2009 because building specifiers have access Grand-Hornu Images > 31/05/2009 www.alvaraalto.fi www.grand-hornu-images.be Four compact kitchens designed by students of the to the exhibition. Further Architect@ The French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec University of Art and Design Helsinki Work exclusively exhibits the novelties of manufacturers and distributors, which Office Kersten Geers. David Van Severen – Antwerp Sense of Architecture - Helsinki DeSingel > 3/05/2009 Museum of Finnish Architecture > 31/05/2009 creates optimal contact between exhibitor www.desingel.be www.mfa.fi and prescriber. To guarantee the value of Contemporary architecture in the Austrian state Styria these novelties, each candidacy is subjected Cool Dozen+ - Ghent Design Museum > 1/06/2009 The Decades of Finnish Architecture - Helsinki to a commission of architects and interior www.designmuseumgent.be Museum of Finnish Architecture - 10/06 - 6/09/2009 designers to evaluate the innovative The evolution of Finnish design with 13 chairs and 13 textiles www.mfa.fi character of each product exhibited. From the beginning of the 20th century to the end of the 1980s Charles Kaisin, le design en mouvement ! - Hornu Architect@Work is a global concept Grand-Hornu Images - 20/06 >27/09/2009 EDGE – PARACENTRIC ARCHITECTURE 7-9/08/2009 including a programme of short high level www.grand-hornu-images.be Jyväskylä seminars on current subjects on the central Work and research of the designer Charles Kaisin 11th International Alvar Aalto Symposium www.alvaraalto.fi theme of “Metal and Architecture.” ARCHITECT@WORK 2009 7 & 8/05/2009 - Kortrijk Xpo France www.architectatwork.be 4 & 5/06/2009 - Foire Internationale de Liège www.architectatwork.be Générocité - Paris Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine - Palais de Chaillot BIS-BEURS 3 – 11/10/2009 - Ghent > 17/05/2009 Building and real estate fair www.citechaillot.org www.bisbeurs.be French contemporary architectural production

Czech Republic Pierre-Louis Faloci - Toulouse Centre Méridional de l'Architecture et de la Ville Current and Future Challenges for Urban >13/06/2009 Development - 24-27/05/2009 - Mikulov www.cmaville.org IFHP Conference 2009 / www.ifhp2009.cz Museum architecture

Changing Housing Markets Tania Concko architecte-urbaniste, Amsterdam 28/06 – 1/07/2009 - Prague Bordeaux Conference / www.enhr2009.com Arc en rêve centre d’architecture > 14/06/2009 www.arcenreve.com TENDENCE 10 – 13/09/2009 - Prague www.itendence.cz Habiter Ecologique Quelles architectures pour une ville durable? - Paris 19 STONE+TEC 20 – 23/05/2009 - Nuremberg SAIE 09 AGENDA International Trade Fair Natural Stone www.nuernbergmesse.de From 28 to 31 October 2009, the Bologna grand Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine 12/05 - 1/11/2009 TECHTEXTIL 16-18/06/2009 - Francfort/main international building exhibition will offer visitors www.citechaillot.org International trade fair for the technical textiles new visions of architecture and the international www.techtextil.com products of more than 1700 manufacturers over CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE: RESPONDING TO AN URGENT AGENDA 28-30/06/2009 - Marseille EUPVSEC 21 – 24/09/2009 - Hamburg a total surface area of 270,000m2. An activity 5th Urban Research Symposium European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference programme will promote dialogue between www.urs2009.net www.photovoltaic-conference.com the different building industry figures around JARDIN & PISCINE 30/04 – 10/05/2009 - Paris Great Britain new technologies, without forgetting energy, www.foiredeparis.fr acoustics, the environment and safety. Le Corbusier. The Art of Architecture - London The special exhibition “Architecture, Design and EQUIPVILLE 26 – 28/05/2009 - Lyon Barbican Art Gallery > 24/05/2009 Urban equipment / www.equipville.com www.barbican.org.uk Innovation” will again be centre stage of the exhibition to concentrate on the most sensitive FIAC 22 – 25/10/2009 - Paris Between earth and heaven: questions of contemporary architectural French and International actors of the art world the architecture of John Lautner - Glasgow www.fiac.com The Lighthouse > 26/07/2009 discussion, the concept of sustainable www.thelighthouse.co.uk architecture and energy efficiency in buildings. BATIMAT 2 - 7/11/2009 - Paris In a factual programme, we cite NEW STONE International Building Fair / www.batimat.com FACILITIES SHOW 12 – 14/05/2009 - Birmingham Facilities Management fair AGE DESIGN, a natural stone development with Germany www.thefacilitiesshow.com top designers and state of the art technologies, SAIECONCRETE, which shows the new potential Archiczech - Berlin INTERBUILD 18 – 21/10/2009 - Birmingham Deutsche Architektur Zentrum > 7/05/2009 International building fair of concrete as a contemporary material or NEW www.daz.de www.interbuild.com MATERIALS SPACE which will be the meeting place Five exhibitions presenting the Czech architecture of innovation for materials. NEW DESIGNERS 9 - 19/07/2009 - London Klaus Kinold - An Architect Photographing International design www.saie.bolognafiere.it Architecture - Munich www.newdesigners.com Pinakothek der Moderne > 31/05/2009 www.pinakothek.de Italy BolognaFiere and Archi-Europe are organising the competition “SAIE Selection 09” to select 24 Hawaiian Modern. The Architecture of Vladimr Giò Ponti in casa Palladio. Ceramiche e arredi Ossipoff - Francfort/Main creati dal maestro – Fratta Polinese projects and project designs (12 for the Young Deutsches Architekturmuseum > 14/06/2009 Villa Badoer > 28/06/2009 Architects category and 12 for the Students) www.dam-online.de www.studioesseci.net on the theme of accommodation with low LAND Milano srl. Raggi Verdi. Green visions for Oggetti sonori. La dimensione invisibile del building cost and low energy consumption. All Milan 2015 - Berlin design – Milan 24 projects and/or selected designs will be Aedes Land > 18/06/2009 Triennale Design Museum > 2/06/2009 presented in specific Cuore Mostra Saie 2009 www.aedes-arc.de www.triennaledesignmuseum.it exhibition at the SAIE International Building Joe Colombo. Inventing the Future - Leipzig CERSAIE 29/09 – 3/10/2009 - Bologna Exhibition which will take place from 28 to 31 Grassi Museum > 28/06/2009 International Exhibition for Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom October 2009. www.grassimuseum.de Furnishings www.cersaie.it Works by Fernando & Humberto Campana www.archi-europe.com/archi-saie-awards 1989 - 2009 - Weil am Rhein SAIE 09 28-31/10/2009 - Bologna Vitra Design Museum 16/05/2009 – 28/02/2010 Building Fair www.design-museum.de www.saie.bolognafiere.it

INTERNATIONAL GREEN ROOF CONGRESS 2009 Luxemburg 25 – 27/05/2009 - Nuertingen www.greenroofworld.com Beyond Kiosk - Luxemburg MUDAM > 13/09/2009 INTERSOLAR 27 - 29/05/2009 - Munich www.mudam.lu Europe’s largest solar technology trade fair Contemporary art, design and graphic design www.intersolar.de 20 Jean Tschumi. Philippe Samyn – Constructions Architecture échelle grandeur Pierre Puttemans, Pierre Spehl BOOKS Jean Gubler This monograph offers a broad outline of the rigorous, imaginative and poetic work of the Belgian architect, Updating the view on the work of an architect who engineer and town planner Philippe Samyn, with some Dutch Architects 9 runs through 20th century modernity, this book draws 1,350 illustrations of buildings, models, plans, summary Lesley Moore on research in a rich archival trove. The chapters are images and drawings often not seen previously. devoted to themes that broach the theory of architecture. | B ooks The ninth edition of this book offers you the most Fonds Mercator Publishers | www.fondsmercator.be comprehensive view of Dutch architecture today, Editions Presses polytechniques et universitaires € 480 pages - 79.95 describing recent projects by almost 100 architects, 1 | 09 romandes | http://www.ppur.com ISBN 978 90 6153 843 1 (Dutch) interior designers, urban development experts and French - 174 pages - CHF 59.00 | € 36.95 ISBN 978 90 6153 841 7 (French) landscape architects. ISBN 978 2880747459 ISBN 978 90 6153 840 0 (English) Editions Bis Publishers | www.bispublishers.nl € Limited Edition Y08. The Skira Yearbook of the Dutch / English - 264 pages - 66.00 Sophie Lovell ISBN: 9789063691967 World Architecture 2007-2008 archi-news Through prototypes and limited edition objects, the work Luca Molinari Contemporary ecological is a new phenomenon in current property design. A large choice of products reflects the best of this new sector: they Devoted to world architecture, this book is an original architecture are signed by Gaetano Pesce, Marc Newson, Maarten Baas, tool detailing the best architecture to emerge in Tom Dixon, Studio Job, Zaha Hadid or Johanna Grawunder. 2007/2008, using a selection of finished buildings, From a large museum in California to a Mexican chapel, a projects and key personalities and cities. residential building in Ticino to a concert hall in Limoges, Editions Birkhaüser | www.springer.com the projects presented arise from an environmental approach in their design, construction and use. Proving English - 255 pages - € 49.90 Editions Skira | www.skira.net that today, ecological architecture is no longer limited to ISBN: 978 3764388959 English - 240 pages - € 75.00 residential buildings, this book which contains numerous ISBN 978 8861305878 plans is available in a choice of signed copies, Coop Himmelb(l)au, UNStudio, Bernard Tschumi, among others. Hitoshi Abe Naomi Pollock Editions Daab | www.daab-online.com English / German / Spanish / French / Italian Touch of Glass: Interior Design Contest This first complete monograph on the work of Hitoshi Abe 388 pages - € 39.95 (1962) published in English unveils the work of one of the ISBN 978 3866540606 Saint-Gobain Glass and the fnsai present the new most interesting Japanese architects. His designs are competition "cas d'ecole" [case study]. internationally renowned for their structural innovation and spatial complexity: Miyagi Stadium (2000), Reihoku Community Hall (2002) and the Kanno museum, Shiogama “Touch of Glass” is the first creativity competition dedicated to glass. (2006). Each project is richly illustrated with internal and Glass is the privileged medium of interior architects. It can produce external photographs, diagrams and drawings. a transparent space, and is always the material for constant innovations. Phaidon Publisher | www.phaidon.com English - 208 pages - € 69.95 Thanks to the “Touch of Glass” competition, creation professionals ISBN 978 0714846651 and students can participate in research on the use of glass products in interior architecture and space design. The works will be part of a project combining aesthetics, architectural creativity and compliance with standards. They must be designed in a realistic context of industrial development.

Deadline: 29 June 2009. www.touchofglass.fr

21 AGENDA Spain BATIMAT 2009 CITY FUTURES IN A GLOBALISING WORLD 4-6/06/2009 Batimat is a not to be missed biennial Madrid The Netherlands International Conference / www.cityfutures2009.com exhibition in the building world. It will bring together an exhaustive range of SALON INMOBILIARIO DE MADRID 27 – 30/05/2009 Building for Bouwkunde - Rotterdam international products, materials and Madrid NAI > 7/06/2009 Real Estate Fair / www.ifema.es services in Paris from 2 to 7 November. www.nai.nl Its seven spaces occupy nearly 135,000 m2 FORO EUROPEO DE LAS ENERGÍAS DE FUTURO A City for the Future. A climate-friendly of exhibition space, this is also a unique 9-11/06/2009 - Bilbao metropolis - Amsterdam European Future Energy Forum chance to meet all the profession’s top ARCAM > 23/05/2009 www.bilbaoexhibitioncentre.com www.arcam.nl figures. Thematic events will be organised during the six days of the exhibition. For HABITAT VALENCIA FORWARD 21 – 26/09/2009 - Valence 200 years Prix de Rome - Rotterdam European creavity meeting point (furniture, decoration this 2009 edition placed under the theme of Kunsthal > 21/06/2009 and accessories) / habitat.feriavalencia.com www.kunsthal.nl sustainable renovation and energy efficiency,

Sweden Batimet will highlight the achievements Brazil Contemporary - Rotterdam of the Grenelle de l’Environnement 30/05 – 23/08/2009 www.nai.nl Architect Sverre Fehn - Stockholm [environment round table]: reduction of Three Rotterdam museums present every facet of Brazilian The Swedish Museum of Architecture > 3/05/2009 energy waste, development of renewable www.arkitekturmuseet.se culture energy, sound insulation, accessibility for Norway Switzerland persons with reduced mobility, safety, comfort, etc. Good Design, Good Business - Zurich Powered by Nature - Oslo In order to show its international Norsk Design – Architecture Center 28/05 – 28/08/2009 Museum für Gestaltung > 24/05/2009 www.norskform.no www.museum-gestaltung.ch development, Batimat honours Russia 21 Norwegian design bureaus inspired by nature and north African countries (Morocco in Caruso St.John Architects - Zurich particular). The success of “Construisons Portugal ETH > 3/07/2009 www.gta.arch.ethz.ch Demain” [let’s build tomorrow] in 2007 From Mickey Mouse to Andy Warhol - Porto encourages Batimat organisers to renew the PETER ZUMTHOR 12/05/2009 - Zurich Fundação Serralves >14/05/2009 Conference 8PM / www.arch.ethz.ch project. These are two wood town houses www.serralves.pt with minimal ecological footprint combining MORE TOLERANCE - ARCHITEKTUR UND PLANUNG PLANNING IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY 5/05/2009 architecture, ecology, technology, design and 24/05/2009 - Berne Oporto Conference 7PM Lacaton & Vassal / www.hsb.bfh.ch comfort. Conference / [email protected] www.batimat.com Russia Turkey

TURKEYBUILD 6 -10/05/2009 - Istanbul BALTIC BUILD 9-12/09/2009 St Petersbourg Building fair Building Fair / www.balticbuild.ru www.yemfuar.com ZODCHESTVO 15 - 18/10/2009 Moscou 16 – 20/06/2009 - Istanbul International architecture exhibition ISTANBUL DESIGN WEEK 2009 www.istanbuldesignweek2009.com www.zodchestvo.com

ARKIPARC 2009 8- 9/10/2009 - Istanbul Architecture Event www.arkiparc.com

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22 Competitions

Aluminium in Renovation Award 2009 (EU) Project Competition Station Square Preparation for the PA Garda civic The 2009 European Aluminium in Renovation Awards and St. Gallen (CH) museum (IT) Jury Prize shall be awarded to renovation projects/buildings The Municipality of St. Gallen represented by the Directorate The Commune of Ivrea (TO) is announcing a competition which have been completed after 1 January 2006 (and Building and Planning has the objective to upgrade the area of ideas to select an innovative project to prepare and | C o m pet i t ons haven’t participated in the 2007 contest), and which are of this important square. On the basis of the given operation promote the PA Garda Civic Museum. The competition is covered in one of the specified categories : Residential and and utilisation concept, all areal and design elements are to designed to obtain a guide project to equip the museum Non-residential. It will cover renovation, restoration and 1 | 09 re-construction. be redesigned with regard to the urbanistic reinterpretation structure with a sustainable organisation in accord with Deadline: 01/07/2009 of the station square with its diverse functions, its the Museum’s mission statement. www.aluminium-award.eu relations to the town environment and its diverse historical Deadline: 10/07/2009 developments. www.comune.ivrea.to.it Realisation Competition for Deadline: 29/08/2009 Reconstruction and Expansion of the www.stadt.sg.ch/home/bau_ und_ planung/projekt_ Saie Selection 2009 (BE)

Town Museum Kassel (DE) bahnhofplatz.html BolognaFiere and Archi-Europe jointly organize a special archi-news It is the objective of this competition to obtain innovative contest "SAIE Selection 09" in order to select 24 projects and economic designs for the modernisation and Competition of proposals and ideas to and concepts (12 for young architects and 12 for students) expansion of the town museum to a new total effective reuse and increase the value of the ex presenting Low cost and Low energy sustainable housing. surface of about 2,000 m2. These designs must give mining area in cavriglia (IT) Deadline: 31/07/2009 reason for the expectation of a realisation in due time This competition, will provide, at the end of proceedings, www.archi-europe.com/archi-saie-awards until June 2012, keeping the given budget. the drafting of a detailed plan regarding the mining area Deadline: 16/06/2009 throughout the development of the master plan, winner of HÄUSER-AWARD 2010 "The future is being www.hhs-architekten.de/aktuelles/379,1595.hhs the competition. The land object of the study is approximately built today"(DE) 950 hectares. To the participants in the competition is Our own four walls are a reflection of the demographic Concrete Student Trophy 2009 (AT) requested to identify uses compatible with the soils, in order and social changes currently taking place: the classic The Concrete Student Trophy 2009 is awarded to to gurantee the vitality and to requalify the environmental floor plan is disintegrating in favour of more open, more innovative and creative engineering and architectural system according to quality and sustainability criteria. flexible layout structures and, more than ever before, efforts, which help express the diverse technical Deadline: 1/06/2009 houses have to adapt to their occupants' changing needs application possibilities of concrete in local concrete or www.comune.cavriglia.ar.it/news/?id_ 101=94 and life situations. All these developments have produced concrete prefabrication and the individual constructive a new generation of individual single-family houses in and creative approaches. Design an Exemplary Building with the recent years. We are looking for the best of them: houses Deadline: 08/10/2009 help of the Region (BE) that are not only convincing because of their outstanding www.zement.at/page.asp?c=49 In 2009, the Brussels-Capital Region is launching architectural quality but also meet the requirements of for the third consecutive year a competition for the the early 21st century in ideal fashion. Touch of Glass: Interior Design Contest construction or renovation of Exemplary Buildings. The Deadline: 25/05/2009 competition intends to show that new or renovated Touch of Glass” is the first creativity competition dedicated to www.haeuser.de/awards glass. Thanks to this competition, professionals and students buildings can attain very good performances. The can participate in research on the use of glass products competition provides a budget of 5 million euros to be in interior architecture and space design. The works will shared among the most promising projects. be part of a project combining aesthetics, architectural Deadline: 10/09/2009 creativity and compliance with standards. They must be www.ibgebim.be/Templates/Default.aspx?id= designed in a realistic context of industrial development. 18562&langtype=2060 Deadline: 29/06/2009 www.touchofglass.fr

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