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PRESS
RELEASE
JUNE
2006
SECOND
EDITION
OF
THE
TROPHEE
ARCHIZINC:
LEADING PROJECTS HIGHLIGHT THE
ARCHITECTURAL QUALITIES OF ZINC
ZINC
®
,
the international brand of rolled zinc manufactured and sold
by the Building Products Unit of the Umicore Group, launched the
second edition of its ARCHIZINC Trophy last November at the Batimat trade fair.
The ARCHIZINC Trophy competition is for international architects and consists of
four building categories: Individual Housing, Collective Housing, Public Buildings
and Commercial Buildings. Three special prizes for Innovation, Tradition and, for
the first time, Environment will also be awarded.
The purpose of this competition is to reward the most attractive creations for the
quality of their architecture and their integration into the environment as much
as for highlighting zinc through appropriate new applications.
The distribution of a large number of registration files, translated into four
languages, resulted in 146 entries in the competition from throughout the world.
ARCHIZINC
TROPHY:
A TRULY INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Eighteen countries entered this 2
nd
edition of the ARCHIZINC Trophy. From
Belgium to France, from the United States to Lebanon, from Australia to Canada,
all the candidates creations demonstrated the architects attachment to zinc and
their outstanding talent through the quality and originality of their projects.
The jury, made up of renowned international architects*, met in March to select
the winners. Fifteen creations were chosen with one winner per category, one to
three runners up for different categories and a Jurys Prize. Three special prizes
for Innovation, Tradition and Environment were also awarded to 3 projects
selected from among all the categories. A variety of creations, from a private
college in Canada to an archaeological site in Spain, from a wine and spirit
warehouse in Italy to a Museum of American Art in the United States, testifies to
the diversity and richness of the works presented.
The awards ceremony took place on Friday June 2
nd
at the Pavillon Gabriel in
Paris. It was attended by all the members of the jury, the Winners, the Runners
up and the Special and Jurys Prize winners and representatives of the Umicore
Group.
*List of members of the jury on page 2
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The winners received an objet dart in zinc and will later receive two hundred
copies of the FOCUS ON ZINC magazine produced for this occasion by VM ZINC
®
.
80,000 copies of this Special Issue will be published in October 2006 and
distributed in over ten countries.
Through its pages the vision, architecture and material of the fifteen winning
projects will be freely expressed. Thus, each architect will be able to present
his/her work and philosophy to the whole world.
With this 2
nd
edition of the ARCHIZINC Trophy, VM ZINC
®
demonstrates the
strong ties between architects and the brand, between the players in the building
industry and zinc.
2006
A
RCHIZINC
T
ROPHY
:
T
HE
J
URY
Twelve well-known members of the Architecture and building industry
community made up this very international jury.
F
RANCE
Dominique Boudet Chairman of the Jury, journalist,
past editor of the AMC journal
Jacques Fazilleau Managing Director, Y Ingénierie
Gilles de Mont-Marin Architect, DPLG, Deputy Director
SEMAPA (SEM Aménagement Paris).
Lionel Dunet
Architect DESA, St Brieuc
Frédéric
Borel Architect
B
ELGIUM
Jean-Pol Borremans
Architect, ex-chairman of the
Belgian Conseil National de lOrdre
des Architectes
SPAIN
Lluis Dilme
City planning Architect (Estudi
Dilmé & Fabré)
N
ETHERLANDS
Dirk Jan Postel
Architect (Manager Urbis)
Kraaijvanger
L
EBANON
Simone Kosremelli City planning architect in Beirut
G
REECE
Nicos Kalogeras
Architect in Athens
C
ANADA
Anick Shooner
Architect in Montreal (MSDL)
Member of the Quebec Order of
Architects
P
OLAND
Tomasz
Markowski
Architect
Press agency for France : CABINET VERLEY
Contacts: Djaméla Bouabdallah, Isabelle Bossuette
3 bis, rue de lAigle BP 89 - 92254 LA GARENNE COLOMBES Cedex
Tel: 01.47.60.22.62. Fax: 01.47.81.38.68.
E-mail:
d.bouabdallah.cabinetverley@wanadoo.fr
/
isabelle.cabinetverley@wanadoo.fr
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2006 ARCHIZINC TROPHY: THE WINNERS
P
UBLIC
B
UILDINGS
C
ATEGORY
W
INNER
Private college in Waterloo (Canada)
Architect: Trevor Davies
CDROM ref: EQ PUBL LAU CAN
1
ST
RUNNER-UP
Railway station in Athens (Greece)
Architect: Nikolaos Gkortsios
CDROM ref: EQ PUBL ME GR
2
ND
RUNNER-UP
Archaeological site Burgos (Spain)
Architect: Maryan Alvarez/Builla & Joaquin Ibanez
CDROM ref: EQ PUBL ME ESP
3
rd
RUNNER-UP
Community Hall, Marcy lEtoile (France 69)
Architect: Nicolas Guillot
CDROM ref: EQ PUBL ME FR
C
OMMERCIAL BUILDINGS CATEGORY
PRIZE FOR INNOVATION
W
INNER
Logistics Centre, Vicenza (Italy)
Architect: Silvia Dainese
CDROM ref: LI ENTR - LAU IT
1
ST
RUNNER-UP
Wine Storehouse, Barolo (Italy)
Architect: Paolo Della-Piana
CDROM ref: LI ENTR ME IT
2
ND
RUNNER-UP
Offices and showroom, Herford (Germany)
Architect: Dirk Stanczus
CDROM ref: LI ENTR ME IT
W
INNER
Museum of American Art,
Chatanooga (USA)
Architect: Randall Stout Architects
CDROM ref: PX SPEC PX AUDACE
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2006 ARCHIZINC TROPHY: THE WINNERS
C
OLLECTIVE HOUSING CATEGORY
PRIZE FOR TRADITION
W
INNER
Condominium building, New York (USA)
Architect: Jonathan Mallie
CDROM ref: HAB COL LAU USA
1
ST
RUNNER-UP
Apartments, Merksplas (Belgium)
Architect: Edith Wouters
CDROM ref: HAB COL ME BE
2
ND
RUNNER-UP
Apartments in Glebe Harbour (Australia)
Contractor : Robert Pradolin
CDROM ref: HAB COL ME AUS
W
INNER
Renovation of a warehouse in a
Shopping Centre, Ghent (Belgium)
Architect: Romain Berteloot
CDROM ref: PX SPEC PX TRAD
INDIVIDUAL HOUSING CATEGORY
JURY
S PRIZE
ENVIRONMENT PRIZE
W
INNER
House in Santander (Spain)
Architect: Pablo Oriol Salgado
CDROM ref: HAB IND LAU ES
RUNNER-UP
House in Foxgraound (Australia)
Architect: Rita Qasabian
CDROM ref: HAB IND ME AUS
W
INNER
Offices in Ghent (Belgium)
Architects: Arlauskas Arunas & Eckels Armand
CDROM ref: PX SPEC PX JURY
W
INNER
House in Santander (Spain)
Architect: Pablo Oriol Salgado
CDROM ref: PX SPEC PX ENVIR
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DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS
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JURYS PRIZE
COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND INDIVIDUAL HOUSING
Offices in Ghent (Belgium)
Architects:
Arlauskas Arunas & Eeckels Armand
Website:
www.nu-web.be
VM ZINC products used:
ANTHRA-ZINC
®
- Standing seam
All in one
This building, in the heart of a residential neighbourhood, is not just a house. Its mono-pitch
roofs with glass panels give the impression of an artists loft, but the big window in the facade
and the very eye-catching envelope are more in the style of a boutique or office. This old
chalet, now entirely dressed in ANTHRA-ZINC
®
, was designed according to the owners wishes
to fulfil the multiple functions of workplace and home. With all the accoutrements of a modern
house, this building is designed to be flexible with moveable partitions, mounted on rails, which
provide freedom to create new spaces at will. Special attention has been paid in this house /
office, the home of a communication consultant, to natural light. The light entering through the
glass roof panels and the façade openings is modulated to suit colours and reduce shadows on
the work surfaces. The building is in zinc because this natural material provides the building
with unity and attracts attention while respecting environmental standards.
The jury appreciated the very successful architectural achievement of treating the
envelope as a whole while paying great attention to detail in the design and realisation
of the building. Inside, daylight is controlled to advantage. Outside, the orientation of
the facades helps the building blend into the residential neighbourhood. This project
was judged the most attractive and the one that conformed best to the Archinzinc
Trophy.
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