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International Biennal "Barbara Cappochin"
Architecture Prize
An ecological project designed by the young Japanese architect Igarashi Jun, honoured by the jury
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The international Barbara Cappochin architecture prize was created by the BARBARA CAPPOCHIN Foundation and launched in association with the Order of Architects, Planners, landscape architects and Conservationists of the province of Padua in collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA) and the National Council of Italian Architects, Planners, landscape architects and Conservationists (CNAPPC).
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OBJECTIVES
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The objectives of this prize are:
• to promote quality in contemporary architecture and its relationship with the city as a means of opening the debate and allowing a comparison between world-wide architecture and that of the province of Padua.
• to increase the public's taste and passion for architecture.
• to highlight the growing interest of private and public promoters, planners and builders for quality architectural landscape, so essential in our society
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DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF PROGRAMMES
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This prize was open world-wide to architects and multidisciplinary teams led by architect for a construction completed between 1st January 2003 and 31 December 2004. A special section was reserved for projects realised in the province of Padua.
The Prize was open to buildings in any of the following categories:
• Residential
• Commercial and Office Buildings
• Sports and recreational
• Religious
• Public buildings (educational, civic, cultural, health)
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164 PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE JURY
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The international jury met in Padua on 20 and 21 October 2005. Under the presidency of Raffaele Sirica, architect, President of the C.N.A.P.C., the jury was composed of Mario Botta, architect (Switzerland), Giancarlo Ius, architect (Italy), UIA Vice-President, Balkrishna Doshi, architect (India) representing the UIA and Nikos Fintikakis, architect (Greece).
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DECISION OF THE JURY
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WORLDWIDE
• Grand prize 50.000 €
 Igarashi Jun, Japan
• Mentions
• Religious Buildings Trahan Architects, Viktor F. «Trey» Trahan III, USA
• Residential Buildings Katsufumi Kubota, Japan
• Public Buildings Akira Kuryu and Associates, Japan
• Sports & Leisure Buildings Patricia Sabin, Enrique M. Blanco, Spain
• Commercial Buildings Takashi Yamaguchi and Associates, Japan
The jury awarded a special mention to the Mancommunitat de Municipis de l'Area Metropolitana de Barcelona - MMAMB (Federation of Municipalities of the Barcelona Metropolitan area) for the rehabilitation of deserted urban spaces and furthermore selected the best thirty entries.
PROVINCE OF PADUA
• First Prize 5.000 €
Studio Mar, Giovanna Mar
• Mentions
Paolo Miotto, Mauro Sarti, Associates
Lucio Bonafede, Enzo Siviero, Associates
Studio Negri e Fauro, Associates
The jury also selected the best fifteen entries.
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THE WINNING PROJECTS
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INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIZE
"Kazenowa - The Wind Circle", Tocoro-cho, Hokkaido, 2003
Igarashi Jun, architect, Japan
 Designed by a young architect, aged 35 years, this realisation is exemplary not only from an ecological point of view but also economically speaking and also with regard to its integration into the environment.
FIRST PRIZE, PROVINCE OF PADUA
Studio Mar, Giovanna Mar
 Innovative approach to office design expressing a new spatial experience.
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BARBARA CAPPOCHIN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2007
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The second edition of the Prize will be organized in 2007.
The winner of the worldwide Grand Prize will receive an amount of 75 000 €.
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INFORMATION
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Paris, 14 November 2005
