BRICK Outstanding International 18 Brick Architecture BRICK 18 2 3 4 5 6 7 “The projects in the Brick Award show the very versatile ways brick is used as a contem- porary form of construction and that brick architecture is widespread everywhere in the world.” Jonathan Sergison BRICK 18 BRICK Feeling Living 18 at home together 12 THE COMPETITION 24 WOLFGANG PAUSER 66 MARCOS PARGA 14 EDITORIAL Why Do Bricks Warm The RRURBAN Effect the Soul? 70 TONY FRETTON ARCHITECTS 28 MONADNOCK Westkaai Towers 5 & 6 Atlas House 78 DMVA ARCHITECTEN 36 ADEPT Lorette Convent – Villa Platan Apartments Drbstr 40 SWAN ARCHITECTES 82 WILD BÄR HEULE ARCHITEKTEN Social Housing in the Apartment House with Vines & Public Garden Industrial Brickwork 44 PEDEVILLA ARCHITECTS 86 UWE SCHRÖDER ARCHITEKT House on Mühlbach ROM.HOF Student Dormitory 48 BLOCK ARCHITECTS Lee&Tee House 90 VLA – VILHELM LAURITZEN ARCHITECTS AND COBE 52 RUSSELL JONES Krøyers Plads Mews House 94 STEFAN FORSTER ARCHITEKTEN 56 HERMANSSON HILLER LUNDBERG Philosophicum ARKITEKTER House Juniskär 98 BARKOW LEIBINGER Apartment House 60 PROJECT ORANGE Prenzlauer Berg Foundry Mews 102 E + N ARKITEKTUR Mengel Tower 106 PRAKSIS ARKITEKTER Carlsberg Researcher Apartments 110 M3H ARCHITECTEN Tugelablokken 114 HANS VAN DER HEIJDEN ARCHITECT Houses with Two Doors 280 APPENDIX 10 Working Sharing Building together public spaces outside the box 120 SANDY ATTIA 162 PATRÍCIA BARBAS 224 MIKKO SUMMANEN The Design of the Strangely Familiar From Clay to Gold Workplace 166 CHRIST & GANTENBEIN 228 U.D. URBAN DESIGN AB 124 TROPICAL SPACE Kunstmuseum Basel & GOTTLIEB PALUDAN ARCHITECTS Terra Cotta Studio Extension Värtan Bioenergy 132 HIERL ARCHITEKTEN 174 NICOLÁS CAMPODONICO CHP Plant State Archives Landshut ESTUDIO 236 ALEAOLEA ARCHITECTURE & San Bernardo Chapel 136 DATA ARCHITECTES LANDSCAPE CVAE Pantin – Sorting 182 TCHOBAN VOSS ARCHITEKTEN The Old Church of Facility Russian Monastery Vilanova de la Barca Church St. Georg 140 LRO LEDERER RAGNARSDÓTTIR 244 ARCHITECTUUR MAKEN OEI ARCHITEKTEN 186 HART BERTELOOT ATELIER De Gouverneur ARCHITECTURE TERRITOIRE Sparkasse Ulm 248 ADMUN STUDIO Activity and Dance Center 144 MAX DUDLER Cloaked in Bricks 190 SEA – STUDIO FOR ENVIRONMENT Reception Building Dräger AND ARCHITECTURE 252 MVRDV 148 FLORIAN NAGLER ARCHITEKTEN The Temple and the People Crystal Houses Keep It Simple – Studio, 194 EGGEN ARKITEKTER 256 WIRTH ARCHITEKTEN Workshop and Depot St. Olav’s Catholic Remisenpavillon 152 BUREAUVANEIG Cathedral 260 MUKA ARQUITECTURA ‘t Melkhuisje 198 ANDREAS HELLER ARCHITECTS & Dwelling Between Party 156 BEDAUX DE BROUWER DESIGNERS Walls ARCHITECTEN European Hansemuseum Pavilion Brick Factory Lübeck 264 FEAT. COLLECTIVE Vogelensangh Lanka Learning Center 202 PETER BÖHM ARCHITEKTEN Philosophikum 268 VECTOR-I ARCHITECTS WITH DAAD ENGINEERS am Domplatz Restaurant Southside 206 BEZ + KOCK ARCHITEKTEN New Market Anneliese Brost Music 272 PÉRIPHÉRIQUES ARCHITECTES Forum Ruhr Lorraine Coallia – 210 LUNDGAARD & TRANBERG Paris 75019 ARKITEKTER 276 CIVIC ARCHITECTS AND BRIGHT; Kannikegården THE CLOUD COLLECTIVE 214 BOLTSHAUSER ARCHITEKTEN Augmented Brickwork – Kopfholz School Public Railway Passage Tilburg 218 KOEN VAN VELSEN ARCHITECTEN Public Transport Terminal Breda 11 BRICK 18 Vladimir Arsene Anne Kaestle Jonathan Sergison, Marc Mimram and Anne Kaestle Stephan Ferenczy Jonathan Sergison 12 The Competition The Brick Award provides architects from all over and structures that point to a historic context. Topics the world an opportunity to showcase modern, very present today across all industries—sustain- innovative architecture with bricks. It aims to inspire ability and user comfort—were likewise prominent. architects and people to share design concepts Several architects additionally adopted a playful and explore new ways of fulfilling built ideas—made approach to the architectural form, color or use of with ceramic materials. bricks, sometimes combined with other materials. 2018 marks the eighth time that Wienerberger is In the second phase, an international jury deter- presenting this internationally established award. mined the winners of the competition. The architects Nearly 600 projects from 44 countries were submit- Vladimir Arsene (Rumania), Stephan Ferenczy ted, this year with a particularly strong European (Austria), Anne Kaestle (Switzerland), Marc Mimram focus. In the first phase of the two-part selection (France) and Jonathan Sergison (Great Britain) process, the 50 shortlisted projects were nominated met in Vienna to pick the winning projects from by the pre-jury of international architects and archi- among the 50 nominees. The expertise and opinion tecture journalists from among the submissions. At of the jury were decisive, since Wienerberger every Brick Award, the composition and nationalities had no say in the selection. Because the jury’s of this panel changes, and so do the sensitivities enthusiasm for the projects was so high, they ulti- and tastes when assessing the projects. Wojciech mately chose seven winners instead of five. During Czaja, Christian Holl and Jan Peter Wingender, who the judging procedure they particularly valued also contributed project texts for this book, could innovative architecture made with modest means, be won over for the Brick Award 2018. As usual, the simple but smart concepts, as well as projects criteria for choosing the nominees and winners highlighting the versatility of clay building materials, were the use of clay building materials, innovation, e.g., for renovation purposes. sustainability throughout the building process, and the architectural quality of the project. This year, This book presents the 50 nominees, as well as the however, the pre-jury members introduced a new, winners of the Brick Award 2018. Each project is also additional criterion which they called the “adequacy” commented in a text written by one of the pre-jury of the project—“adequacy” meaning that it should members. Finally, the winners are featured in short also be regarded in relation to its purpose, building videos you can find on brickaward.com. type and cultural context. A social project, for instance, is to be evaluated taking its limited budget Dear architecture fans, we wish you a lot of into account. enjoyment in discovering the brick architecture masterpieces of the 2018 Brick Award! When looking at this year’s nominees, we can ob- serve a number of tendencies that point toward current social and architecture trends. Many projects are located in an urban environment and these numerous renovation, extension and adaptation ventures reflect the growing demand for additional space within an urban context. It is also worth noting that the design of the buildings is often characterized by the forms and colors of facing and backing bricks and roof tiles: Abstract ornaments and structures are equally represented as lettering 13 BRICK 18 “We believe in creating living spaces for human beings.” Heimo Scheuch CEO Wienerberger OUR MISSION We improve people’s quality of life by providing outstanding, sustainable building material and infrastructure solutions. 14 Editorial Dear Friends of Architecture, However, regardless of how much progress we have made in terms of technology, the most important In this 21st century, we are experiencing an era of point of reference in architecture is still the individual. global challenges: climate change, a growing world When creating new living space, the prime focus population, demographic aging and massive will always be on human beings and their needs. migration movements. Add to these the accelerating trend of urbanization, changing mobility patterns On the occasion of the eighth Wienerberger Brick and the transformation of the world of work, as well Award, we proudly recognize the high quality of the as progressive digitalization and the resultant blur- brick architecture projects submitted from all over ring of geographic borders. All these developments the world. Our thanks are due to the jury of experts have a direct bearing on people’s lifestyle choices and their valuable contribution to the selection and, thus, also on the kind of buildings they want to process, as well as to all the architects involved: inhabit—today and in the future. In urban areas, With your future-oriented concepts, you are creating particularly, this calls for innovative approaches that innovative living spaces. You are meeting the address and reflect these developments by creating architectural challenges of the 21st century with new attractive residential and work environments. ideas and the courage to explore new avenues. I hope that all friends of architecture will enjoy reading In this context, architecture assumes a mediating the BRICK Book 2018 and derive inspiration from role by configuring the connections between people the discovery of these extraordinary architecture. and the built environment. It addresses the chal- lenges of today and tomorrow by working with new Heimo Scheuch shapes, materials and concepts of use. Apart from aesthetic aspirations, there are stringent technical regulations and increasingly demanding quality requirements to be met. Sustainability issues, such as energy-efficient building and recyclability, are as imperative as they are self-evident these days. At the same time, the affordability of housing is an essential aspect to be borne in mind. Today, building projects are no longer the sum total of individual materials or the product of isolated trades, but the result of holistic concepts.