FAD Architecture Award 2013

School in Sever do Vouga by Pedro Domingos - Foto © Fernando Guerra 

The ceremony of the FAD Architecture Award 2013 occurred on 11 July in Barcelona, ending the FAD Fest, Festival of Design and Architecture, held in the Catalan capital over 15 days.

From a total of 401 candidates for this award, considered one of the most important architectural awards in the Iberian Peninsula, 27 finalists were selected, 6 of which Portuguese, under the categories Architecture, Interiors, City and Landscape, Ephemeral Interventions, and Thinking and Critic.

The FAD Architecture Award was delivered ex aequo to the architects Pedro Domingos, for his project of a school in Sever do Vouga, and Toni Gironès by his project of Dolmen Megalithic Space in Seró.

The project of a school in Sever do Vouga, by the Portuguese architect Pedro Domingos, was considered by the jury as "a project that makes the experience of inhabiting memorable, from the perspective of a child, through routes and open spaces of great richness. While it is an intervention on a large scale, it can properly integrate existing and new architectural pieces with a studied adaptation to the topography. "

The jury also described the Dolmen Megalithic Space in Seró, by architect Toni Gironès as "An image apparently unfinished and some simple materials that conceal a rich reflection on the environment, the values ​​of the rural heritage and the relationship between an evident past and a present of agriculture. A skillful use of resources avoiding the unnecessary creates elaborate spaces - some strongly emotive and gives rise to an equipment adapted to the context. "

Dolmen Megalithic Space by Toni Gironès - Foto © Aitor Estévez

In the Interiors category the awarded project was Giardinetto in Barcelona, by architects Max and Ivan Llamazares Pomes.

Giardinetto by Max Llamazares, Ivan Pomés - Foto © Leopoldo Pomés Leiz, Montse Garriga 

Under the category of City and Landscape the awarded project was the La Lira Theater Public Space in Ripoll, Girona, by architects Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem and Ramon Vilalta.

La Lira Theater Public Space by Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta - Foto © Eugeni Pons, Hisao Suzuki 

Under the category of Ephemeral Interventions the awarded project was the Reyes Magos Factory and Warehouse in Barcelona, designed by architect Xevi Bayona.

Reyes Magos Factory and Warehouse by Xevi Bayona - Foto © Xevi Bayona 

The recently created category Thinking and Critic awarded the works "Estrategias operativas en arquitectura. Técnicas de proyecto de Price a Koolhaas“ by Jacobo Garcia-Germán Vázquez, "El jardín en movimiento " by Gilles Clément, and " Plan Poché " by Raúl Castellanos Gómez.

FAD - Fomento de las Artes y del Diseño is a private non-profit organization established in Barcelona that aims to promote design and architecture in the cultural and economic life, in articulation with various professional associations related to these disciplines.

The 2013 FAD Awards jury, presided by the Catalan architect Dani Freixes, relied with the participation of architects Eulalia Aran, Jordi Farrando, Eva Prats, Nuno Sampaio and Maier Vélez.