Projects in Mexico, Niger, and the USA win the 5th Global LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. As diverse as the three top projects are in terms of geography, program and scale ? they are all led by women. Alejandro Aravena (Chile) headed the independent jury of renowned experts. They evaluated the 15 finalist projects from all continents that had qualified for the global phase of the Awards. The USD 2 million competition is an initiative of the LafargeHolcim Foundation, which announces the first change in Chairman since its inception in 2003.
Hydropuncture ? LafargeHolcim Awards 2018 Global Gold Winner.
Global LafargeHolcim Awards Gold 2018 goes to ?Hydropuncture,? a publicly accessible water retention and treatment complex in Mexico. The project team is led by design director Loreta Castro Reguera at Taller Capital, and researcher Manuel PerlĂł Cohen from the Universidad Nacional AutĂłnoma de MĂ©xico. The infrastructure project in an underprivileged area of Mexico City intermingles flood basins and public amenities with spaces that follow the gravitational logic of flowing water. The jury stated that the sophisticated design addresses an urgent issue at a scale with real impact. Hydropuncture ? LafargeHolcim Awards 2018 Global Gold Winner.
?Legacy Restored,? the Awards Silver winner, is a religious and secular complex in Niger that reinterprets traditional local construction for a new mosque and a community centre. The project was designed by architects Mari...