DAYLIGHT & ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE BY VELUX GROUP SUMMER 2014 ISSUE 21 10 EURO THE FUTURE IS LIGHT SUMMER 2014 ISSUE 21 THE FUTURE IS LIGHT DAYLIGHT & ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE BY VELUX GROUP FURTHER INFORMATION ON PP. 13–15 ON PP. INFORMATION FURTHER VELUX THE FUTURE EDITORIAL IS LIGHT “Eternal though daylight may be in physical the future of daylight in architecture and how respects, it is ripe for redefinition as regards architectural education should develop to its cultural significance. The light of tomor- support its use. We have spoken to all previ- row will be shed upon a new architecture.” ous winners of the award, as well as repre- wrote Ole Bouman ten years ago as one of sentatives from the schools of architecture the first jurors of the International VELUX where the winners studied, and asked them Award for Students of Architecture. From about the changes and challenges that archi- modest beginnings in 2004, the award has tectural education is facing. They all agreed grown into one of the most important awards on one point: although architects today face of its kind worldwide, with the participation the need to acquire all sorts of specialist so far of almost 4,000 student teams from knowledge and technical skills, there seem to more than 60 countries. be a number of enduring virtues that make a From the start, the theme of the Interna- good architect. These include the ability to tional VELUX Award has been ‘Light of think holistically, the capacity for creative Tomorrow’. We are convinced that tomor- problem-solving and for teamwork, as well row’s light will be of natural origin, for noth- as the willingness to take on responsibility for ing can match daylight in its variability, our society and the environment. Further- dynamics and beneficial effect on human more, as the future – including the future of health and well-being. Over the years, the par- architectural education − is intrinsically ticipants in the award have developed thou- uncertain, students should be given freedom sands of ideas of how this natural gift can be of thought and freedom for experiments, and used in buildings and dense urban spaces, as be taught to ask the right questions before well as in the remotest rural areas. trying to find answers. Who – if not future generations of archi- In the months and years to come, we tects – could create the new architecture that would like to expand the discussion on archi- Ole Bouman calls for? And where, if not in the tectural education with all schools and teach- architecture schools of the world, should ers, with the international organisations aspiring architects learn the skills to redefine involved in architectural education, and with the state-of-the-art in architecture, to create all of our readers. healthier, more people-friendly and more sus- The dialogue on daylight and its signifi- tainable buildings? cance in architecture will also continue this This issue of Daylight/Architecture cele- year with the sixth edition of the International brates daylight – and the thousands of bright VELUX Award. In June, an international jury reflections and ideas from students from all will select the winners and honourable men- over the world – and embarks on a conversa- tions of the 2014 award; their names will be tion about the future of architectural educa- announced and award presentations made in tion. We start this dialogue by looking back October. Look out for the results on iva.velux. at the ten years of the International VELUX com – and be inspired to participate in a Award, recapitulating some of the discus- future edition of the award if you are yourself sions among jurors and the issues that have a student or a teacher of architecture. been raised by the students in their submis- sions. This is accompanied by images from Enjoy the read! some of the award-winning and honourably The VELUX Group mentioned projects from the last ten years. The second part of the magazine discusses 1 SUMMER 2014 4 7 23 32 35 72 ISSUE 21 JURORS AND 4000 BRIGHT IDEAS TEN YEARS OF LEARNING FOR THE A WORLD OF THE DEBATE CONTENTS PARTICIPANTS DAYLIGHT UNKNOWN OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUES The growth of the International VELUX With almost 4,000 submissions so far, What does the history of the Interna- At the end of this issue of Daylight/ Award in figures and graphics: from the International VELUX Award rep- How to prepare a new generation of Architectural education has to do tional VELUX Award tell us about the Architecture, we call for profession- 2004 to 2014, these pages present resents an almost inexhaustible col- architects for a future that is uncer- more than prepare young profession- significance of daylight in architec- als world-wide to continue the debate a list of all participants and jurors in lection of ideas on daylight and its use tain? This article discusses some of als for the labour market. But what tural education? And what trends in on daylight and architectural educa- the ten-year history of the Interna- in architecture. This article presents the premises: give students freedom precisely are the requirements that architectural education are reflected tion on the Internet and on Twitter. To tional VELUX Award. a collage of some of the most inter- of thought and experiment, teach architecture schools must live up to? in the submissions? At its tenth an- carry the issue beyond the pages of esting projects and recurring themes them to take on responsibility for so- The former winners of the Interna- niversary, it is time to trace the de- this magazine, we are addressing all that the students have dealt with. ciety in general, and provide archi- tional VELUX Award, as well as their velopment of the Award so far, and tectural education with a value base. professors and the heads of school of our readers with a letter. recapitulate the most interesting dis- where they studied, discuss this ques- cussions among the jurors. tion in their statements. VELUX Editorial 1 Contents 2 Jurors and participants 4 4000 bright ideas 7 Ten years of daylight 23 Learning for the unknown 32 A world of opportunities 35 The debate continues 72 DAYLIGHT & ARCHITECTURE ISSUE 21 FREE IPAD VERSION A4 F5 G2 A1 C3 FURTHER INFORMATION ON P. 13–15 ON P. INFORMATION FURTHER THE INTERNATIONAL VELUX AWARD 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 JURORS Glenn Murcutt Kengo Kuma Hani Rashid Nathalie de Vries Álvaro Siza Vieira Craig Dykers Architect (Australia) Architect (Japan) Architect, Asymptote Architecture (USA) Architect, MVRDV (The Netherlands) Architect (Portugal) Architect, Snøhetta (USA) Craig Dykers Róisín Heneghan Enrique Browne Momoyo Kaijima Brigitte Shim Róisín Heneghan Architect, Snøhetta (Norway) Architect, heneghan peng architects (Ireland) Architect, Enrique Browne & Associates (Chile) Architect, Atelier Bow-Wow (Japan) Architect, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (Canada) Architect, heneghan peng architects (Ireland) John Pawson Omar Rabie Eva Jiricna Will Bruder Peter Stutchbury Magda Mostafa Architect (United Kingdom) at the time MIT student (Egypt) Architect, Eva Jiricna Architects (United Kingdom) Architect, Peter Stutchbury Architecture Architect, American University in Cairo (Egypt) Architect, Will Bruder + Partners (USA) (Australia) Ole Bouman Douglas Steidl Huat Lim Catherine Slessor Magda Mostafa Architect, at the time editor-in-chief Architect, at the time AIA President, Architect, ZlgDesign (Malaysia) Juan Miró Editor, Architectural Review (United Kingdom) Architect, American University in Cairo, of Archis (The Netherlands) appointed by UIA (USA) Architect, Miró Rivera Architects (USA) Francis Nordemann appointed by UIA (Egypt) Per Arnold Andersen James Horan Per Olaf Fjeld Architect, at the time president of EAAE (France) Architect, VELUX Group (Denmark) Stefano Musso Per Arnold Andersen Architect, at the time president of EAAE (Ireland) Architect, at the time president Michel Langrand Architect, at the time president of EAAE (Italy) Architect, VELUX Group (Denmark) of EAAE (Norway) Ahmet Gülgönen General Manager, VELUX France (France) Jesper Salskov Jensen Architect, appointed by UIA (France) Massimo Buccilli General Manager, VELUX Denmark (Denmark) General Manager, VELUX Italia (Italy) Michael Pack At this time General Manager, VELUX Germany (Germany) PARTICIPANTS 983 SUBMISSIONS 59 COUNTRIES Gloria Kilanda Martin Javier Chirnicinero Florencia Valentini Salomón Escobar Matías Casci- Otta Maria Clara Alessi Sergio Luis Juan Angeles Arena Mariana Pagli- Arulo Ariel Gualtruzzi Delfina Prause Mauro Aparo Enrico Zanuso An- Tonela Lucía Mostacero Andreasdraxl Maja Brtan Alexandru Dan Rafael Hintersteiner Kristopher Hammerberg Elena Batueva Dawid Wolosiuk Milena Vucko- Vic Ben- jamin Dietmann Christian Szalay Paul Pritz Moritz Liska Tatsiana Mantsevich Julia Sitkevich Svetlana Artamonova Liliya Shutova Natallia Raksha Tatsiana Mantsevich Thomas Stroo- Bants Ruben Castro Brandon Stern Veronica Lalli Theodore Oyama Jean-Denis Thiry Thomas Maisin Xavier Durvaux Boris Lebrun Clément Kastelik Louise Claerbout Adam Kaptur Mathilde Marique Charlotte Cartier Maxime Verbist Aleksandra Beneva Justine Bonhomme Mélanie Hoogewijs Kenan Guzel Maxime Waroquier Ilenia Dimos Gallot Magali Karrel Koke-Miezi Luigi Marci Maxime Smet Antoine Dutat Lu- dovic Masullo Simon Wuilmart Margarita Lemoni Lefki-Laoura Dimitriou François-Xavier Van Damme Thibaud Leuow Michael Lequeu Martin Vandevoorde Florent Schoennagel Gunhi Boar Silva Bat- icam Jonathan Böttcher Vincent De Trazegnies D’ittres Boris Alzas Oana Grecea Alma- Dia Preda Oana Rupacici Olivia-Maria Joikits