Perspective Awards 2011 - ARCHITECTURE (PROFESSIONAL)
Commercial, Retail or Office
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Eightsixthree
Project Hong Kong Plaza
Location Shanghai, China
Project leader Tracey Stoute
Project designers Ed Yuen, Ruby Tong, Cathy Lau, Nave Fung, Eric Siu, Miranda Suen Situated on Huai Hai Zhong Lu, random geometric forms and elements
used throughout the building design create very different architectural
languages between the podium and the tower.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Emmanuelle Moureaux Architecture + Design
Project Sugamo Shinkin Bank / Shimura branch
Location Tokyo, Japan
Project leader Emmanuelle Moureaux
Project designers Emmanuelle Moureaux A rainbow-like stack of 12 coloured layers are visible in the façade and are
illuminated at night. Inside, three elliptical skylights bathe the interior with
light, while three glass airwells thread through the first and second levels of
the building, flooding the interior with natural light and air.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Integrated Design Associates
Project Parkview Green Beijing
Location Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
Project leader Winston Shu
Project designers Design stage, 2000-2006: Ulrich Blum, Kin Choy,
Howard Chung, Pusey Chan, Colin Foster, Simon Griffiths, Connie Ho, Nicole
Ip, Stephane Lacroix, Peter Liu, Christa Lange, Rosita Nicknafs, Ed Peter,
Alicia Tan, Moses Tan, William Tam, Jochen Tombers, Louisa Williams,
Patrick Yue. Construction stage, 2006-2011: Pusey Chan, Fan Hong Ming,
He Ke Sheng, Ed Peter, CS Thong, Li Shao, Li Liu Hong, Mei Wang Wei,
David Wong The design concept aims to provide users of the development with an
internal environment that is tempered by nature to create microclimates
that would provide comfort even in the extreme climates of Beijing, and at
the same time reduce the overall energy consumption of the building.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company KLID (Kris Lin Interior Design)
Project Origami
Location Xiamen, China
Project leader Kris Lin
Project designers Anda Yang The project involved repurposing an old building, retaining the original
floor slab and structural columns, while removing the external walls and
windows in order to 're-pack' the project. The 'origami' or paper folding
art design concept then transformed the building's appearance with
irregular surfaces.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company KLID (Kris Lin Interior Design)
Project The Float
Location Xiamen, China
Project leader Kris Lin
Project designers Anda Yang The property's name, Sky Villa, provided the design inspiration, in which
landscaping and a stacked-level pool were created to make the sales centre
appear as if it is floating on water. The construction is a steel structure, while
the building and interior design sought integration and unity in technique.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company The Lotus Praxis Initiative
Project Raas Jodhpur
Location Jodhpur, India
Project leader Ambrish Arora, Rajiv Majumdar
Project designers Arun Kullu, Radha Muralidhara, Anuja Gupta Raas is a 1.5-acre property at the base of the Mehrangarh Fort, converting
three decrepit period structures (17th-18th century) set in a large
courtyard. New buildings served as framing elements, while old buildings
were restored with traditional craftsmen in the original materials such as
lime mortar and Jodhpur sandstone.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Sanjay Puri Architects
Project Triose
Location Lonavala, India
Project leader Sanjay Puri
Project designers Mamata Shelar Angled spaces projected towards different directions are encapsulated in
an organically folded concrete skin to create a two-level building housing
shops, a food court, two restaurants, a large bar and an entertainment
gaming area. The concrete folded skin creates large open frames toward
the external views.
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Green or Sustainable Build
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company PT Bamboo Pure
Project Green Village
Location Bali, Indonesia
Project leader Elora Hardy
Project designers Defit Wijaya, Nyoman Kerta, I Gusti Ngurah Putra, Ali
N Faqih, I Gede Eka Wiradana, Widhi Nugroho, Patricia Tirtoprodjo, Ngurah
Gunada, Yusron Saputra, Komang Trianingsih, Ketut Wardani The concept was to create unique living spaces where people can connect
with nature, constructed primarily of bamboo and adapting the new
structural techniques created for sister development Green School. The
vocabulary of each home has a different floor plan, structural form and
interior finishes.
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Heritage
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company The University of Hong Kong
Project Taiping Bridge Renovation
Location Guizhou Province, China
Project leader John Lin, assistant professor, Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong; Dr Xing Shijian, professor, Chongqing University, engineering supervisor
Project designers Jiaxin Chum, Li Bin, Charles Lai, Zhang Xudong, Abdul Yeung, Gu Lik Hang, Cheng Hiu Tung, Lau Hiu Yeung, Chu Ling Tang, Cheng Wai Nga Though the primary task was to repair a collapsed arch, the larger problem
was how to revitalise this once important and historic location. Ultimately,
the bridge was re-programmed as a viable public space for multifunctional
use, with concrete blocks custom designed to function as the arch
structure, surface paving, planting and seating.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Logon Urban.Architecture.Design
Project Shanghai Museum of Glass
Location Shanghai, China
Project leader Frank Krueger
Project designers Mario Barkley, Jiang Yongcai, Pascal Hartmann,
Heather Powers, Jin Youyan, Chen Yiping, Tang Jinyan, Wang Jing, Guo Jing Set on a glass manufacturing and processing site, owner Shanghai Glass
selected two of the 30 buildings to become the Shanghai Museum of Glass,
the first of its kind in China. The museum covers an area of 5,500 sq-m,
housing exhibition space, a glass art gallery, workshops, a café, offices,
storage and support facilities.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company The Lotus Praxis Initiative
Project Raas Jodhpur
Location Jodhpur, India
Project leader Ambrish Arora, Rajiv Majumdar
Project designers Arun Kullu, Radha Muralidhara, Anuja Gupta,
Ruchi Mehta Raas is a 1.5-acre property at the base of the Mehrangarh Fort, converting
three decrepit period structures (17th-18th century) set in a large
courtyard. New buildings served as framing elements, while old buildings
were restored with traditional craftsmen in the original materials such as
lime mortar and Jodhpur sandstone.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Ong & Ong
Project 31 Blair Road
Location Singapore
Project leader Diego Molina, Maria Arango
Project designers Ryan Manuel, Linda Qing Many historic elements were left untouched, providing a contrast to the
modern interior. An unorthodox first floor layout places the kitchen and
dining space at the entrance. This is an innovative response to the
constraints of conservation building, and promotes attention to the historic
façade in a subtle, sensitive manner
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Institutional
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Molo
Project Nebuta House
Location Aomori, Japan
Project leader Molo (Todd MacAllen, Stephanie Forsythe)
Project designers Construction documents and site supervision -
D&dt Architects, Frank la Rivière Architects; structural engineering -
Kanebako Structural Engineers MEP - PT Morimura & Associates; client -
Aomori City, Japan Nebuta House evolved from housing and community facilities into a
museum and centre for creative culture inspired by Aomori's Nebuta
Festival. The building is a house for mythical creatures, functionally meant
to share the tradition, archive the history and nurture the future of
Nebuta's unique cultural art form.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company RAD
Project Star Centre
Location Jeongju, South Korea
Project leader Aaron Tan
Project designers Aaron Tan, Ulrich Kirchhoff, Jeffrey Gagnon,
Claudia Heger, Jeroen van Ameijde, Brian Fok, Darius Karscony, Wojteck
Gawinowski, Susan Frank, David Emmer, Ewelina Tereszczenko, Ricky Chan,
Reynaldo Delgado, Allan Yu, Crystal Tang, Wing Cheung, Moritz Schoendorf,
Shamin H Jayewickceme The new central library of Jeongju University provides a range of other
functions to create a more active centre for the campus. A 24-hour facility, the
main entrance of the library was conceived as an interior street, which
connects the inner plaza with the western entrance as well as the roof garden.
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Landscaping
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Project Suzhou Cemetery
Location Suzhou, China
Project leader Lyndon Neri, Rossana Hu
Project designers Debby Haepers, Chu Yao Symbolising the journey of life, the project manifests as a stone paved path
where each step taken celebrates each year in the lifespan of the deceased.
The predominant material of dark grey granite harmonises with the green
surroundings, and is used in three different finishes.
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Skyscraper over 150m high
Sponsored by Cheng Chung Design (HK) Ltd
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Project International Commerce Centre
Location Kowloon, Hong Kong
Project leader William Pedersen, FAIA
Project designers Paul Katz,
Shawn Duffy, Richard Nugent, Kar-Hwa
Ho, Eric Howeler, David Mallott, Trent
Tesch, Glen DaCosta, Michael Arad,
Bruno Caballe-Munill, Yook Chan,
Yaminay Chaudhri, Peter Epstein,
Clarisa Garcia-Fresco, Ignacio Iratchet,
John Lucas, Eric Mark, Gene Miao, Yin
Wai Teh, Ernesto Trindade, Jedidiah
Weeks, Marisa Yiu, Sergy Yushchenko,
Tadyuki Zetsu
The 118-storey tower sets new
standards for both scale and
sustainability in building design,
accommodating offices, residences, a
360-degree observation deck, and the
world's tallest hotel.
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Residential
Sponsored by SILESTONE
CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Id-ea
Project Alam Family Residence
Location Jakarta, Indonesia
Project leader Id-ea
Project designers Elsye Alam The house 'shares' its front yard via a nearly-transparent fence, pushing
the privacy screen inward onto the façade. The highly articulated concrete
west-facing wall with rational modular perforations acts as a graphical
breathing brise-soleil, preventing overheating and filtering abstract light
qualities to transform the space between day and night.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Ong & Ong
Project 72 Sentosa Cove
Location Singapore
Project leader Diego Molina, Maria Arango
Project designers Ryan Manuel, Linda Qing Designed to endure a tropical climate with minimal environmental impact,
four levels make up the building, with internal spaces facing inward into a
courtyard which acts as circulation pivot, light well and ventilation exhaust,
while also serving as a visual focal point.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Satoshi Okada Architects
Project Villa in Kaikoh
Location Atami, Shizuoka, Japan
Project leader Satoshi Okada
Project designers Daikichi Honma, Lisa Tomiyama, Hirokazu Toki +S3
Associates (structure), Akeno Engineering Consultants: Takahashi Kogyo The villa is designed as a vacation house, located on a steep cliff. In
responding to the terrain with convexly irregular surfaces, one simple rule
was applied - 'folding by shifting'. The manipulation enabled a rich
spatiality of three-dimensional transparencies in the architecture, with a
variety of sections.
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CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE Company Yamamori Architect & Associates
Project Beach House I Sea Viewing Platform
Location Shima-city, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Project leader Takashi Yamamori
Project designers Takashi Yamamori The differences in height between the ground, the building and the interior
spaces are a significant component of this design. The house consists of
four layers and is mostly a single volume with view lines that vary from
each of these different height, generating a dynamic interior space.
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