TERRA Award !

Source : Terra award

 

In addition to nominating the 40 finalists, the nine jury members have decided to award 20 extra distinctions as well as to pay tribute to five pioneers of contemporary earthen architecture:

Félicitations !

Distinctions

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Omicron living rooms

Klaus, Austria, Europe

• Client:  Omicron electronics GmbH
• Design:  Anna Heringer and Martin Rauch
• Earthen company:  Lehm Ton Erde Baukunst GmbH, Martin Rauch
• Technique: Zabour (Cob)

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Pavilion in Loubatas

Peyrolles-en-Provence, France, Europe

• Client: Association Touraterre
• Design: Les ateliers Touraterre
• Earthen construction: Village residents, APTE
• Technique: Lightened earth

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Cenciers’s participative housing

Château-Thierry, France, Europe

• Client: Private
• Architect: Thierry Bonne
• Earthen company: Wilfredo Carazas Aedo (earth consultant, A+Terre
• Technique: Rammed Earth

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School Tipu Sultan Merkez

Jar Maulwi, Punjab, Pakistan, Asia

• Client: Tipu Sultan Merkez (contractor, project sponsor)
• Funding: Verein für Entwicklung, Bildung und Selbsthilfe e. V. ; « Micro-Project-Scheme » of the German Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan
• Architects: Roswag Architekten (design), Ghayyoor Obaid Syed (local architect)
• Earthen construction: 30 local craftsmen and helpers with the support of Tipu Sultan Merkez and the architects
• Techniques: Cob, wattle and daub

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An entry to the desert

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, North America

• Client: Keith Zawistowski Sr
• Architects: On Site, Marie and Keith Zawistowski
• Earthen company: On site
• Technique: Rammed earth

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Mud House « Kanda SU »

Tokyo, Japan, Asia

• Client: Tono Mirai
• Architects: Tono Mirai Architects
• Earthen construction: Matsumoto Sakan, Motoi Matsumoto
• Technique: Wattle and daub

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El Haj Yusuf model school

Khartoum, Sudan, Africa

• Client: El Haj Yusuf Model School
• Architect: Adam-Musaab Adam
• Earthen company: El Fadil Alternative Architecture
• Technique: Compressed earth blocks (CEB)

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Keur Leah House

N’Gaparou, Senegal, Africa

• Client:  Rowland family
• Architects:  Atelier KOE
• Earthen company:  Atelier KOE
• Techniques: Compressed earth blocks (CEB), rammed earth

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Estudio Sabinos House

Querétaro, Mexico, South America

• Client: Private
• Architects: Juan Carlos Loyo, Juan Carlos Loyo Arquitectura
• Earthen construction : Juan Carlos Loyo Arquitectura
• Technique: Rammed earth

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Lobby of the Capitagreen Tower

Singapore, Asia

• Clients: SPC, Capitaland and Mitsubishi Estate
• Architects: Toyo ITO & Associates
• Earthen company: Kusumi Sakan Co. Ltd, Naomi Kusumi (Japan)
• Technique: Earthen plaster

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Agricola Huarmey School

Ancash, Peru, South America

• Client: Agricola Huarmey
• Architects: Tatiana Gonzalez Algaba and Ricardo Florez Rivas
• Earthen company: Très Huacas Sac
• Technique: Adobe

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Huay Pang Meng Temple

Chiangmai, Thailand, Asia

• Client: The Supreme Patriarch Secretariat
• Architects: Dimension Design
• Earthen company: La terre S.A
• Technique: Rammed earth

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Auroville Library

Tamil Nadu, Inde, Asie

• Client: Sri Aurobindo International Institute, Educational Research, Auroville Foundation
• Architects: Auroville Design Consultants
• Earthen company: Mahasaraswathi Constructions
• Technique: Rammed earth

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Soso House

Leh, India, Asia

• Client: Sonam Dorje (Soso)
• Architects: Sonam Wangchuk et Nilakshi Joshi
• Earthen company: 3rd Pole Constructions
• Technique: Rammed earth

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Aknaibich’s Kindergarden

Drarga, Morocco, Africa

• Clients:  Aknaibich community and Foundation Goodplanet
• Architects:  M.A.M.O.T.H and BC Architects
• Earthen construction:  masons of the Aknaibich community and 4 mahlems of Skoura
• Technique: Adobe

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Jenny Pinto’s Paper Workshop

Bangalore, India, Asia

• Client: Jenny Pinto
• Architects: Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt.ltd, Chitra Vishwanath
• Earthen company: Muralidhar Reddy
• Technique: Compressed earth blocks (CEB)

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Research center Mouvement-Sport-Health, École normale supérieure of Rennes

Bruz, France, Europe

• Client: Regional Education Authority in Rennes
• Architects: Atelier d’architecture Yves-Marie Maurer (group’s representative), agence Catherine Proux architectes (associated architects
• Earthen company: Maison en terre
• Technique : Rammed earth

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Interpretation Centre

Lima, Peru, South America

• Clients: Tarii Wasi arquitectos and Tarii Wasi SAC
• Architects: Tatiana Gonzalez Algaba and Ricardo Florez Rivas
• Earthen company: Tarii Wasi SAC
• Technique: Wattle and daub

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3 houses on Kangaroo Island

Willaroo Farmhouse, Ki, Australia, Oceania

• Clients: Bruce and Jenny Cleland
• Architects: Troppo Architects
• Earthen company: Adelaide Rammed Earth
• Technique: Rammed earth

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Counrty house Lopez Cordero

Canar, Ecuador, South America

• Clients: Margarita Cordero Cueva and Patricio López
• Architects: Juan Pablo Astudillo Cordero et Diego Proaño
• Earthen construction: Juan Pablo Astudillo Cordero
• Technique: Wattle and daub

Tributes

Le jury a choisi de rendre hommage à cinq grands pionniers de l’architecture contemporaine en terre crue :

• Shin Geun Shik, architecte, Corée, Asie
• Marcelo Cortes, architecte, Chili, Amérique latine
• Diebédo Francis Kéré, architecte, Burkana-Faso, Afrique de l’ouest
• Elie Mouyal, architecte-urbaniste, Maroc, Afrique du nord
• Rick Joy, architecte, états-Unis, Amérique du nord