Award Entries
Forrest Road
South Africa
Due to the close proximity of the neighboring stands, the aim was to take a totally unique approach to privacy. This was done by re-interpreting the use of I-beams with tubular steel cladding to create a floating screen around the house, turning the steel façade into a gravity-defying, sculptural adornment.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
10
Ethiopian Vernacular
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Vernacular Architecture is a proposal for the first Ethiopian pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, to take place in 2018. We intend to show Ethiopia’s heritage of indigenous architecture under a new lens and explore how it can be used and reinterpreted to combat climate change today.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
2362
AVENIR PALETTE
Cote d'ivoire
80 % de ces déchets peuvent être recyclés et réutilisés. Le concept ‘’Avenir Palette’’ repose sur la récolte de toutes les catégories de bois qu’on trouve sur les chantiers de construction pour les traiter et recycler afin de pouvoir les réutiliser dans le domaine la construction.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
4
TELEFÉRICO PANORÂMICO DO FOGO
Cape Verde
O corpo das unidades será feito em estrutura de betão armado e a arquitectura em moldes de estruturas de madeira laminado e aos em vidros duplos (termo acústicos),por motivo de altitude com alta pressão atmosférica e grande amplitude térmica.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1238
Edifício Misto Clínica Health Flat Hotel
Cape Verde
Inspirado em elementos Oceânicos Marítimos tendo em conta a nossa insularidade...baleia, tubarão e orcas são a fonte de inspiração.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1011
Centre artisanal à Baguida, Lomé , TOGO
TOGO
Notre projet veut promouvoir la diversité artistique que regorge le Togo. Il contribue au développement touristique, à la promotion et à la commercialisation des créations des artisans togolais. Il est conçu grâce aux connaissances de constructions et ressources locales disponibles (matériaux, environnement et ressources humaines).
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1
WAKANDA Theater and Conference Center
Zambia
"We are who we are," as it`s our IDENTITY. Everything is associated with a place and time. This project reflects Africa`s richness in regards to cultural and traditional values interpreted in the building`s fabric which depicts the rich, colorful free draping traditional African fabric simply stating "I am African."
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People's Choice Total Votes:
7
HADUWA APATA
Ghana
THE HADUWA APATA is a stage, communal space and attractor for the Haduwa Arts and Culture Institute, located at Ghana´s coast, 80km West of Accra. It is a giant bamboo dome with three open arches facing in different directions—a grid-shell consisting solely of bamboo, designed and built by [applied]ForeignAffairs.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
3075
Tartaruga Village / Leisure Center
CABO VERDE
O Pavilhão Multi Uso denominado Arena,inspirado em uma espécie em extinção _Tartaruga, está perspectivado, em topogenia, através da estilização da Tartaruga Coretta, uma das cinco espécies que se encontram na ecologia cabo-verdiana e que torna Cabo Verde um dos maiores habitats mundiais desse batráquio em risco de extinção.
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People's Choice Total Votes:
1007