Archmarathon Selections

ART & CULTURE

The Bonjour India Experience – Spacematters

Motivation: the pavillion shows a strong capacity of being nomadic, handcrafted designed and pop, defining a contemporary and alive way to communicate culture.

BARS & RESTAURANTS

John Antony – Linehouse

Motivation: when East meet West its always a great challenge. In this very sophisticated restaurant the design of the living space, the inner sections of the dining rooms and the decorations generate a unique and exciting environment able to enrich all the senses.

PRIVATE HOUSING

Casa IV – Mesura

 

Motivation: the addiction of this private house shows a clear vision of the domestic space and the capacity to manage the functional program through simple signs and a clever ecological strategy.

COMMERCIAL RETAIL

Lampi surrealisti nel centro di Napoli – BT Architetti

Motivation: the project shows a sensitive attitude, mixing carefully the existing space and, at the same time, a pop and visionary approach to contemporary life.

SPORT Ex-aequo

Comprensorio sciistico Arabba - Aspro Studio

Selected for for Archmarathon Worlwide 2020

Motivation: the ski complex represents the necessity of thinking to overall strategy mixing contemporary landscape, social awareness and design sensitivity to produce new spaces for changing mix of the mountain community.

HOTEL & LEISURE

Termalija Family Wellness – Enota

Motivation: the complex functional program in this case has been cleverly managed through a clear design process, which generated a new fragment of contemporay landscape, able to dialogue with the existing surroundings.

RETROFITTING

Functional reuse of an ex factory in Lumezzane - aa-ls Luigi Serboli - Pierangelo Scaroni
 

Motivation: the redefinition of the industrial heritage is one of the most difficult problem to be faced in our contemporary landscapes and this project shows a clear sensitivity in generating a good example in what should be done in such delicate areas.

CARE & HOSPITALS

Outdoor Care Retreat – Snohetta

Motivation: this contemporary “tree house” is the result of a process which want to bring humanity and a warm diffused quality in a space dedicated to the care of the patients. A good example of what every hospital should consider to have in its outdoor environment.

Luca Molinari

The jury President of Archmarathon

Architect, critic and associate professor of Contemporary History and Theory of Architecture at SUN (Seconda Università degli Studi, Naples) and at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning in Rome. Between 2005 and 2006 he’s been director of NABA School of Design (Milan) and director of NABA Interior Design master (2010-2011).
Between 2001 and 2004 he has been scientific director of Triennale di Milano architecture and town planning sections.

Benedetta Tagliabue

Benedetta Tagliabue studied architecture at the Istituto di Architettura di Venezia (IUAV) and currently acts as director of the international architecture firm Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, founded in Barcelona in collaboration with Enric Miralles in 1994 and opened its office in Shanghai since 2010. She is also the director of the Enric Miralles Foundation, founded in 2011, whose goal is to promote experimental architecture in the spirit of her late husband and partner Enric Miralles.