Tamayouz International Award is open to architecture, urban design and planning and landscape design students around the world to submit their graduation projects. Tamayouz International aims to recognise and reward excellence in architectural design and education and celebrating the achievements of young architects at an early stage and giving them the opportunity to collaborate and support each other, empowering a generation of young architects to pursue their careers knowing that they can contribute towards the advancement of architecture in their communities.
The Second Prize winners of the 2017 cycle are Tomas Pont, Stefano Romagnoli and Juan Cruz Serafini from the National University of Cordoba in Argentina, for their work on “Global Energy Landscapes”, this graduation project was supervised by Javier Giorgis.
The Second Prize winners of the 2017 cycle are Tomas Pont, Stefano Romagnoli and Juan Cruz Serafini from the National University of Cordoba in Argentina, for their work on “Global Energy Landscapes”, this graduation project was supervised by Javier Giorgis.
GLOBAL ENERGY LANDSCAPE :Evolutionary process of infrastructures in new territories. The Patagonia Case
Infrastructures are an intrinsically human and cultural phenomenon, which has occurred for millennia, to sustain civilizations of many scales and levels of technology. Global Energy Landscapes is an essay on the new capabilities and responsibilities of man-made logistics to intervene the planet's resources in the new century. It is an interdisciplinary study of the Environmental, Territorial, Economic and Social impact of the new infrastructures that pretend to enhance the resources of the planet; exploring the levels of appropriation of the world's great natural reserves or "global gardens", antagonistic to the growth and urban concentrations in globalized hyper dense cities. Today, about 97% of the energy generated is from non-renewable sources, and although by the end of the century the population is expected to grow considerably, technological advances of recent times show a clear intention to harness world resources in a clean and efficient way. The sea represents 71% of the Planet surface and one of the greatest potential of energy generation, despite being one of the less studied fields. This is why "Global Energy Landscapes" takes as a model the development of tidal energy, in one of the highest tidal range coasts in the world, Rio Gallegos estuary, located in one of the greatest natural reserves, the Patagonia.
The winning team discuss their project design and details as follows:
''Our project proposes to understand the landscape as an operative platform of systems and networks that allow human existence, in the same way that happens with the infrastructures that give life to our cities. In the era of megalopolis, of the continuous consumption and industrial state, the infrastructures acquire a new degree of visibility and complexity; being responsible for connecting human and environmental spheres. It is through this understanding that we intend to transcend the appropriation of the current infrastructural typologies to develop a proposal that uses the LANDSCAPE AS OPERATIVE LAND. Consequently, the new water infrastructure is the result of multiple studies about natural logic of the estuary, including its natural reserves, ecology and vitality.
Based on a local, regional and international study of Patagonia, we recognized ecological, topographic, migratory and natural orders. Hence, an isolated tidal lagoon is designed based on 4 categories: Environment, Water production, Energy and Tourism.
From them, the user appropriates this water infrastructure, generating multiple tensions in permanent relationship with the landscape. The proposal responds to the need of a person, the development of a country and the health of the planet.
As architects, our strongest strategy was to introduce MINIMAL components in a TERRITORIAL scale project, forming networks in order to achieve the domestication of these new infrastructures.
Based on our research, we defined a specific method to tackle projects that focuses on 21st century issues:
1 - Incorporating multiplicity of scales.
2 - Understanding natural biophysical processes.
3 - Relegating the place of man in himself, and position it within the ecosystem.
4 - Change the concept of occupation, by the one of symbiosis.
5 - Find in nature and its components, the order of architecture.
6 - Redefining standardization: the uniqueness of the infrastructure as a closed system, designed exclusively in efficiency and economy.''
''Our project proposes to understand the landscape as an operative platform of systems and networks that allow human existence, in the same way that happens with the infrastructures that give life to our cities. In the era of megalopolis, of the continuous consumption and industrial state, the infrastructures acquire a new degree of visibility and complexity; being responsible for connecting human and environmental spheres. It is through this understanding that we intend to transcend the appropriation of the current infrastructural typologies to develop a proposal that uses the LANDSCAPE AS OPERATIVE LAND. Consequently, the new water infrastructure is the result of multiple studies about natural logic of the estuary, including its natural reserves, ecology and vitality.
Based on a local, regional and international study of Patagonia, we recognized ecological, topographic, migratory and natural orders. Hence, an isolated tidal lagoon is designed based on 4 categories: Environment, Water production, Energy and Tourism.
From them, the user appropriates this water infrastructure, generating multiple tensions in permanent relationship with the landscape. The proposal responds to the need of a person, the development of a country and the health of the planet.
As architects, our strongest strategy was to introduce MINIMAL components in a TERRITORIAL scale project, forming networks in order to achieve the domestication of these new infrastructures.
Based on our research, we defined a specific method to tackle projects that focuses on 21st century issues:
1 - Incorporating multiplicity of scales.
2 - Understanding natural biophysical processes.
3 - Relegating the place of man in himself, and position it within the ecosystem.
4 - Change the concept of occupation, by the one of symbiosis.
5 - Find in nature and its components, the order of architecture.
6 - Redefining standardization: the uniqueness of the infrastructure as a closed system, designed exclusively in efficiency and economy.''
Judging Panel's comment:
Tackling global challenges with contextualised solutions and local impact is very much a winning combination and the Tamayouz jury was impressed by the elegant manner in which the project author(s) seamlessly and convincingly merged both scales of thought and representation.
We are presented with a very thoughtful project which combines infrastructure, conservation and landscape in a combined effort to reshape the territory with a minimal but habitable intervention. Convincingly tackling issues of biodiversity and impacts on natural habitat will help in the realisation of a world-class project.
Tackling global challenges with contextualised solutions and local impact is very much a winning combination and the Tamayouz jury was impressed by the elegant manner in which the project author(s) seamlessly and convincingly merged both scales of thought and representation.
We are presented with a very thoughtful project which combines infrastructure, conservation and landscape in a combined effort to reshape the territory with a minimal but habitable intervention. Convincingly tackling issues of biodiversity and impacts on natural habitat will help in the realisation of a world-class project.
Tamayouz International Award for Excellence in Graduation Projects Worldwide 2018
Tamayouz is delighted to invite students of Architecture, Urban Design, Urban Planning, Architecture Technology and Landscape Design worldwide to register and submit their Graduation Projects. An independent international jury will review all entries and will select the winners of Tamayouz International Award. Closing Date for Submissions: 15 / August / 2018.
Full information can be found on the official awards website here: https://www.tamayouz-award.com/tamayouz-international.html
Full information can be found on the official awards website here: https://www.tamayouz-award.com/tamayouz-international.html
Scholarship, Awards and Prizes
1st Prize: An MSc Scholarship for 2 Years at the University Polytechnic of Milan + Tamayouz Medal + Certificate.
2nd & 3rd Prizes: A Travel Scholarship for 7 days, accompanying the Architecture Students of Coventry University in their architectural field trip in 2019.
The Travelling Scholarship Covers Accommodation and Flights for the winner. **
7 X Honourable Mentions: Tamayouz Medallion + Certificate.
Shortlisted and Long-listed Entries: will be Featured in online publications and social media pages.
Tamayouz Supervisor of the Year: Given to the supervisor of the winning project or the supervisor with most entries supervised in the Top 10 Tamayouz Medal + Certificate
Tamayouz University of the Year: Given to the university of the winning project or the university with the most entries in the Top 10 Tamayouz Medallion
The Ceremony: An invitation to attend the Tamayouz Award Annual Ceremony for the winners mentioned above (Flight and Accommodation costs covered by the organisers for the TOP 3 winners of Tamayouz International), Every year Tamayouz International Award chooses a different city to host the ceremony, in 2016 it was held in Amman - Jordan. This year’s City will be announced later in the year.
*Prizes are per entry, for team entries, prizes will be split between the team members evenly.
**The Travel Scholarship has a limit of $1500 per winning entry.
2nd & 3rd Prizes: A Travel Scholarship for 7 days, accompanying the Architecture Students of Coventry University in their architectural field trip in 2019.
The Travelling Scholarship Covers Accommodation and Flights for the winner. **
7 X Honourable Mentions: Tamayouz Medallion + Certificate.
Shortlisted and Long-listed Entries: will be Featured in online publications and social media pages.
Tamayouz Supervisor of the Year: Given to the supervisor of the winning project or the supervisor with most entries supervised in the Top 10 Tamayouz Medal + Certificate
Tamayouz University of the Year: Given to the university of the winning project or the university with the most entries in the Top 10 Tamayouz Medallion
The Ceremony: An invitation to attend the Tamayouz Award Annual Ceremony for the winners mentioned above (Flight and Accommodation costs covered by the organisers for the TOP 3 winners of Tamayouz International), Every year Tamayouz International Award chooses a different city to host the ceremony, in 2016 it was held in Amman - Jordan. This year’s City will be announced later in the year.
*Prizes are per entry, for team entries, prizes will be split between the team members evenly.
**The Travel Scholarship has a limit of $1500 per winning entry.
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