SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

The 5 laureates of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM 2024 unveiled at the Iuav University of Venice

The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM, created by architect and researcher Jana Revedin, promotes innovative thinking and encourages the adoption of sustainable solutions in architecture. The award is guided by the motto "Dare, transmit, federate."

Since its launch in 2006, the award has annually recognized the work and approach of five international architects. Their common denominator? All are committed to sustainability, seeking a contemporary architecture that is rational and ecologically responsible, in line with today's ethical, environmental, and social concerns. The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM highlights the work of architects engaged in a forward-thinking approach, concerned about the footprint left by humans on their environment.

"18 years ago, when I launched this award, I wanted to honor a stance, a political, social, technical, and artistic commitment, a lifelong learning process, and not just a project. Today, I am proud to see that our laureates are all pioneers in their field", explains Jana Revedin.

The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM, whose symposium is held under the patronage of UNESCO, is supported this year by Saint-Gobain, global leader in light and sustainable construction.

The theme of the 2024 edition: ARCHITECTURE IS EDUCATION

The five laureates of the 2024 edition were distinguished by an international panel of architects and researchers according to the theme "Architecture Is Education". The jury rewarded an innovative educational approach, capable of thinking and practicing architecture differently, while promoting among the new generations an ethical and responsible understanding of the profession.

The laureates selected by the jury in 2024 are as follows:

Iyas Shahin and Wesam Al Asali, founders of the IWLAB laboratory (Syria)

Andrés Jaque from the Office for Political Innovation, Dean of Columbia University School of Architecture (Spain/USA)

Marina Tabassum, architect (Bangladesh)

Ciro Pirondi, co-founder of L'Escola da Cidade (Brazil)

Klaus K. Loenhart, architect and landscape architect and director of the Institute of Architecture and Landscape at TU Graz (Graz/Germany)

They all have a deep commitment to architectural innovation and place great importance on education and pedagogy. Their singular contributions work towards a more sustainable future and are attentive to the needs of society's changing.

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About the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM

The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM was founded in 2006 by architect and researcher Jana Revedin. It promotes the principles of sustainable development and a participatory approach to architecture in both the North and South of the planet. The Global Award Symposium is held under the patronage of UNESCO.

The Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM will have 85 laureates in 2024 from all over the world who share the ethos of sustainable architecture. This community pursues research, experimentation, and transmission in the fields of architecture, urban renewal, and academic social responsibility. As a sign of its pioneering role, five winning architects or teams have since been awarded the prestigious Pritzker Prize: Wang Shu (GA 2007, Pritzker 2012), Alejandro Aravena (GA 2008, Pritzker 2016), Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi (GA 2007, Pritzker 2018), Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal (GA 2018, Pritzker 2021) et Diébédo Francis Kéré (GA 2009, Pritzker 2022).

Global leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain is the official partner of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM.

About Jana Revedin

Born in Constance, Germany, Jana Revedin is an architect and scholar who holds a degree from the Politecnico di Milano and a doctorate in architecture and urban planning from the Iuav University of Venice. Currently, she serves as a full professor at the École spéciale d'architecture de Paris, contributing her expertise as a member of the CNRS "Environnement, ville, société" research laboratory. Jana Revedin is also a UNESCO delegate to the EDUCOM Education and Research Commission of the International Union of Architects (UIA).

Establishing her architectural practice in Venice in 1996, Jana Revedin has a rich academic background, having taught at Iuav University in Venice and the Universities of Umea and Karlskrona in Sweden. In 2006, she founded the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture^TM, fostering a collective platform for worldwide scientific and professional exchange and experimentation. Central to her vision is the theory of "radicant design," advocating for the collective transformation of the contemporary city through an "open work" morphology, employing transdisciplinary participatory processes. Recognizing her contributions, Jana Revedin was appointed a French Chevalier des Arts des Lettres in 2014 and honored with the Médaille de la Prospective from the Académie d'Architecture in 2017. She became a member of the Académie d'architecture in 2023.

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