The Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA arises from the belief that heritage is a means for social integration and an economic vitalizing resource for the community, which deserves to be appreciated and encouraged. In the current context, in which architectural heritage is considered not only a fundamental instrument of knowledge but also a first rate socioeconomic resource for the sustainable development of the territory, the disclosure, distinction and recognition of works and quality projects contributing to the preservation of the collective memory is imperative. In this second call, the deadline for registration is fixed on April 15, 2015 at 24:00, the awards aim to act as a catalyst and observatory of new challenges, added to the conservation and intervention in built heritage by the globalization of contemporary architecture. All experts involved in the interdisciplinary heritage value chain such as architects, historians, archaeologists, etc are encouraged to participate.
The awards ceremony will take place in June 2015 in Barcelona during the International Biennial of Architectural Heritage organized with the support of COAC, AADIPA and the Government of Catalonia.
The call is divided into four categories:
- Category A: Intervention in built heritage All architectural, permanent or ephemeral interventions in architectural properties of heritage interest.
- Category B: Exterior spaces All interventions in the historic public space, in monumental and cultural landscape environments.
- Category C: Urban planning All planning work aimed at the protection, conservation and enhancement of architectural heritage.
- Category D: Disclosure Those initiatives, activities and actions that are aimed at disseminating the values of architectural heritage.
As a requirement, all submissions must have been done or published in the period between January 1st, 2008 and December 31th, 2014. The international jury in this second edition will feature renowed architects Antón Capitel, Toni Gironés, Malgorzata Rozbicka, Joaquín Pérez, Jose Luís Infanzón, Giuseppe Lonetti, Antoni Vilanova, Sonia Puente Landázuri, Cristopher Graz, Raquel Lacuesta and Miguel Angel Troit iño. Winners will be awarded a framed reproduction of an original photograph by Francesc Català Roca and finalists a diploma of merit. The winning entries, finalists and submitted works will be part of a catalogue that will be published for each issue in order to document the event.
In the first edition of the European Award for Architectural Intervention Heritage AADIPA, led by Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano, and Jordi Portal, architects members of AADIPA, 200 projects by teams from 8 different countries were submitted. The international jury was formed by leading experts from each of the different fields of Architectural Heritage. The winners in the first edition were for category A, The New Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam by Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos; Category B, the project of Tres Places a Oliana by Joaquín Pérez Sánchez and Eva Girona Cabre; category C, the Special Urban Plan for the Historic Site of Cadaqués (PEUCHC) by Antoni Vilanova and Susanna Moya and in category D, the Homo Faber project, Preindustrial Architecture in Rincón de Ademuz by Fernando Vegas Lopez Manzanares and Camilla Mileto.
You can read the complete rules here.