Twelve finalist projects, one honorable mention, and five winning works were announced yesterday in Barcelona, marking the results of the 4th edition of the AADIPA European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention.
Given the wide range of submitted projects, "the award's international jury wanted to highlight not only their architectural quality and rigor, but also their ability to demonstrate that a contemporary intervention can keep the original spirit alive, as well as their ambition to disseminate and enhance architectural heritage," the organization explained in a press release.
Category A: Intervention in Built Heritage
Winner: Lleialtat Santsenca Civic Center / HArquitectes
Porto, Portugal
Jury Statement: This decision is the result of particularly valuing how the project maintains the original spirit of the building—a social venue with a memory—revealed through the relationship between spaces that house new uses framed by the history of the existing walls. It is a sensitive architecture, built with low-budget solutions and committed to sustainability through powerful passive systems that structure the design.
Honorable Mention: Ilha da Bela Vista / Cerejeira Fontes Architects + LAHB
Porto, Portugal
Canton of Vaud Parliament / Bonell i Gil Arquitectes, Atelier Cube
Lausanne, Switzerland
Access to the Historic Center of Gironella / Carles Enrich Studio
Barcelona, Spain
Category B: Outdoor Spaces
Winner: Skanderbeg Square / 51n4e
Tirana, Albania
Jury Statement: The jury particularly appreciated the design freedom of the authors when facing the challenge of working in an extremely complex and symbolic site due to its decisive historical and political context. It also highlights the humility shown through a subtle topography that elevates the surrounding historic architectural ensemble to the same level and creates a porous relationship with the environment, breaking away from the established urban axis and generating a new model of urban space.
Visitor Center at the Abbey Site / Binario Architectes, Pigeon Ochej Paysage, L’Escaut Architecture
Villers-la-Ville, Belgium
Access to Jorba Castle / Carles Enrich Studio
Barcelona, Spain
Zollverein Park / Planergruppe GmbH Oberhausen
Essen, Germany
Category C: Planning
Winner: Historic Center of Liérganes and its Surroundings / Carlos de Riaño Lozano, Carlos Ferrán Alfaro, Fernando Navazo Rivero, Carlos Ferrán Aranaz, and Luis Herrero Fernández
Cantabria, Spain
Jury Statement: This intervention is highly valuable for restoring daily life, countering the progressive abandonment of historic centers. Additionally, the jury highlighted that the plan is already being implemented, reaching a level of detail that demonstrates the authors' deep understanding of the local vernacular construction and landscape values.
Redevelopment of the Badaevskiy Brewery / Herzog & de Meuron
Moscow, Russia
Rec Comtal Master Plan / Carles Enrich Studio
Barcelona, Spain
In Natura Veritas / AGi Architects
Pontevedra, Spain
Category D: Dissemination
Patrimonio Guinea 2020 / Montserrat Villaverde and Laida Memba Ikuga
Barcelona, Spain
Jury Statement: This project successfully integrates and coordinates research, knowledge, and dissemination strategies, framing built heritage as cultural capital for both the local Equatoguinean population and tourism. The jury emphasized that while the initiative began as academic research, it has shown a capacity to grow, engaging not only national and international experts, but also social, artistic, educational, and governmental stakeholders.
National Network of Masters of Traditional Construction / Alejandro García Hermida
Madrid, Spain
The Conservation of the House as Heritage: Single-Family Homes by Alejandro de la Sota / Teresa Carrau Carbonell
Valencia, Spain
Historic Center of Valencia: Eight Centuries of Residential Architecture / Camilla Mileto, Fernando Vegas, and co-authors
Valencia, Spain
Special Restoration Award for Intervention
Maison Saint Cyr / Ma2 Project
Brussels, Belgium
Jury Statement: An excellent project that showcases all the unique features of one of the city's iconic buildings, highlighting not only the values of Art Nouveau architecture, but also the rich variety of spaces resulting from the craftsmanship and restoration work that define its eclectic and historicist interiors.
Via European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA
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