Australian projects feted in 2021 Inside awards

Australian projects feted in 2021 Inside awards

Ten Australian projects are among the finalists of the 2020/21 Inside World Festival Interiors Awards. More than 100 finalists across 11 categories have made the cut, including bars, restaurants, hotels, workplaces and homes.
The shortlisted practices will present their projects to juries during the Inside festival, co-located with the World Architecture Festival, which will be held in Lisbon from 1 to 3 December.

Australian projects fared well in the Workplace (large) category, making up close to one-third of the shortlist.

“This year’s entries are the strongest we have ever had, and we look forward to seeing the finalists in Lisbon,” said Paul Finch, director of the World Architecture Festival program.

Category winners will then compete with each other for the title of World Interior of the Year.

The Australian finalists

Education
UTS Central – FJMT
Health and Fitness
The Gandel Wing – Bates Smart
Public Buildings
Sydney Coliseum Theatre – Cox Architecture
Retail
David Jones Elizabeth Street – Benoy
Sarah and Sebastian – Russell and George

Workplace (large)
Arup Sydney – Hassell
CBA Axle South Eveleigh – Woods Bagot
Flinders Gate NextHome – Decibel Architecture
Transurban Melbourne – Hassell

Workplace (small)
Smart Design Studio – Smart Design Studio

written by : ArchitectureAU Editorial
27 Jul 2021
published in : architectureau.com

Gallery of Australian projects in 2021 Inside World Festival Interiors Awards

Henning Larsen Wins Competition for a Mixed-Use Development in South Korea

Henning Larsen’s proposal for Seoul Valley was selected as the winner of the Central Seoul Development Competition. Seeking to become a new home for the public in the center of the city, the mixed-use development “merges Seoul’s global commercial profile with an ecological return to downtown pedestrian life”. Other entries included schemes by MVRDV and SOM.

Located on the northern border of Yongsan-Gu, one of Seoul’s central districts, the winning proposal of the 360,644 m² mixed-use urban development, is designed by Henning Larsen in collaboration with local architect Siaplan and retail consultant Benoy. Mixing office, retail, hotel, and residential program within a public podium, the project will enter the Schematic Design phase in the spring of 2021. Aiming to meet the goals of Seoul’s 2030 plan, Seoul Valley creates a comfortable and vibrant space for locals and visitors.

Seoul Valley is such an exciting project for central Seoul. For well over a decade the city has been actively working to revitalize its urban fabric, focusing on the spaces between buildings and the pedestrian links. Seoul Valley fits into that vision, promising to bring public life back to the center not just through shops and amenities but through a design that focuses on public comfort, greenery, and local tradition. —

Jacob Kurek, Henning Larsen partner in charge.

Seoul Valley merges both human and city scale. Fragmenting its elements into numerous smaller masses as they meet the elevated ground floor where they generate gardens, terraces, and courtyards in between the structures, Seoul Valley invites pedestrian flow to access the project from a sprawling tribune stair on the north side and along the Seoul Skygarden Park to the south.

Office and hotel towers cluster around a leafy core: a Biospheric Layer mitigates pollution, a Percolation Layer blocks noise and forms a lush green interior, and a Conscious Layer stimulates the senses. The massing is the result of extensive wind and climate studies, aimed at reducing heat buildup and prolonging the outdoor season. Retail modules are dispersed throughout the site, creating a free-flowing, ever-changing space that encourages lingering and exploration.

As an industry, we’ve known for a long time the benefits of daylight, exterior views, greenery…but such benefits are often pushed to the side in favor of maximizing frontage in commercial design. Shopping in the future won’t necessarily be about coming out of the shop with a bag, so our goal with Seoul Valley was to have both. In the end, we believe the whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Jacob Kurek, Henning Larsen partner in charge.

written by : Christele Harrouk
30 November 2020
published in : archdaily.com

Henning Larsen Wins Competition for a Mixed-Use Development in South Korea

Henning Larsen’s proposal for Seoul Valley was selected as the winner of the Central Seoul Development Competition. Seeking to become a new home for the public in the center of the city, the mixed-use development “merges Seoul’s global commercial profile with an ecological return to downtown pedestrian life”. Other entries included schemes by MVRDV and SOM.

In Absence-Winner at the NGV

In Absence - This Year’s Architecture Commission Winner at the NGV

Occurring annually, the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) Architecture Commission is a nation-wide competition that invites architects and artists to design and create a site-specific work that is ephemeral in nature. Selected from five shortlisted design schemes, the winner in 2019, In Absence, speaks to the history of Indigenous Australians prior to European arrival. The project is a collaboration between contemporary Kokatha and Nukunu artist, Yhonnie Scarce, and Melbourne architects Edition Office.

Ephemeral architecture has the ability to crystallise an emotional and psychological response through only a fleeting experience. In this way, the winning work for the NGV’s 2019 Architecture Commission by Yhonnie Scarce and Edition Office, In Absence, will take people’s breath away as it opens to the public in the Grollo Equiset Garden.

The NGV’s Architecture Commission is one that the entire country looks forward to, and this is validated by Yhonnie who says, “this commission is an amazing opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the [Aboriginal] builders of such infrastructure and their enduring legacies.”

The NGV Architecture Commission is supported by RMIT University, Macquarie, and The Hugh D.T. Williamson Foundation, and the competition process is managed by Citylab.

Designed as two black timber towers with expansive voids, the dramatic interiors are adorned with thousands of black glass yams by Yhonnie. “This pavilion does not recognise the term – ‘Terra Nulius’ ¬– instead it celebrates the structures that were built long before the colonisation of Australia,” Yhonnie explains

With a strong focus on collaboration and the community, in both a physical and conceptual sense, the pavilion is a successful example of ephemeral architecture. In Absence is underscored with a strong narrative-driven purpose and, therefore, highlights the histories of Indigenous construction, design, industry and agriculture before European colonisation.

written by : Eric Baldwin
29 April 2019
published in : archdaily.com

In Absence - This Year’s Architecture Commission Winner at the NGV

The NGV’s Architecture Commission is one that the entire country looks forward to, and this is validated by Yhonnie who says, “this commission is an amazing opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the [Aboriginal] builders of such infrastructure and their enduring legacies.”

ALIA AWARDS

AILA reveals winners of Landscape Arch Awards 2020

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has revealed the winners of the 2020 National Landscape Architecture Awards in its first ever virtual awards program.
AILA recognised 46 winners across 15 categories for exceptional practice, validating talent, commitment, and design excellence.
Among the total winners, 13 Awards of Excellence were delivered, acknowledging the most significant of work for advancement in landscape architecture.
AILA CEO Ben Stockwin says AILA was pushed to explore a new and creative way to deliver the Awards announcements virtually following COVID-19 event implications.“The pandemic brings many challenges but also presents an abundance of opportunities for landscape architects, so it was important that we were able to hold the Awards this year, to encourage innovation and excellence in built and natural environments, as we do each year,” Stockwin says.

The fostering of awareness and recognition was crucial to the Landscape Architect industry this year.

as the continuation of organisational rituals and traditions are more important than ever to maintain peer support through this time of emotional need.

“We were thrilled with the submissions that we’re received this year, and despite the global pandemic, the State and National Awards saw record-number submissions, which just highlights the importance of our public spaces in a time such as now.”
Stockwin says the Jury was pleased to see diversity and equity were consistent themes throughout the Awards this year.
“We were particularly delighted in the strong presence of work that involved true indigenous involvement and outcomes, work that catered for the disadvantaged or less able in society, and the strong representation of small space and gardens. The Jury has recognised a handful of true standout projects in this space.”
A hero in its category which recognises significant and in-depth inclusion of cultural values and knowledge, North Gardens Sculpture Park Landscape Master Plan received the Cultural HeritageAward of Excellence.
The collaborative force of Mandy Nicholson of Tharangalk Art, Glenn Romanis and Isobel Paton of BASALT Art Landscape Sculpture David S. Jones of Deakin University produced a strong consultation process with traditional custodians with Wadawurrung concepts of nurturing, healing, learning, sharing and cultural relationship building.

A Landscape Architecture Award in the Cultural Heritage category was also received by UDLA for its work in producing the University of Western Australia Cultural Heritage Mapping.

Assessing amazingly diverse work from different sectors and scales of practice, Sue Barnsley Designs took out the Award of Excellence in Small Projects for its Mahon Pool Amenities project which the jury described as a simple yet memorable project which speaks of profound respect for its sublime coastal surrounds.
Three Landscape Architecture Awards in the Small Projects category were awarded to Openwork PtyLtd for the RMIT Building 100 Pedestrian Improvements, the city of Marion for First Avenue Reserve and to SBLA Studio for System Garden Rainforest Boardwalk.
Five projects received awards under the Gardens category, representing the most awards presented under a single category.

Taking out the Award of Excellence for Gardens, the Arkadia Apartments project by OCULUS
illustrated the role a garden plays in connecting residents.
The project proved great thought leadership in the design and realization of a productive, human-centric, high performing garden in high-density urban living.
Landscape Architecture Award-winning projects in the Gardens category include Clifftop Garden by Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture, Nightingale 2.0 by SBLA Studio, Domic by James Birrell Design Lab and 320 George Street by Fiona Harrisson and Simon Ellis Landscape Architects.

“Collectively, this year’s recipients continued to demonstrate and advocate the demand for
excellence in landscape architecture, in both built and natural environments, that is essential to
Australia and its people,” says Stockwin.

published in : aila.org.au

gallaro of AILA AWARDS

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has revealed the winners of the 2020 National Landscape Architecture Awards in its first ever virtual awards program.
AILA recognised 46 winners across 15 categories for exceptional practice, validating talent, commitment, and design excellence.