The Award Granting Ceremony will take place on May 26 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona.
DeFlat Kleiburg in Amsterdam is the 2017 Winner of Prize. The architects NL architects and XVW architectuur have explained their project to the press. DeFlat is an innovative renovation of one of the biggest apartment buildings in The Netherlands called Kleiburg, a bend slab with 500 apartments in Amsterdam’s Bijlmermeer neighbourhood. Consortium DeFlat rescued the building from the wrecking ball by turning it into a "Klusflat", meaning that the inhabitants renovate their apartments by themselves. The client is Kondor WesselsVastgoed. NL architects were awarded the Emerging Architect Prize of the EU Mies Award in 2005 for their work BasketBar in Utrecht.
The 2017 Emerging Architect Prize has been awarded to the Brussels studios MSA/V+ for the work NAVEZ - 5 social units at the northern entrance of Brussels. The architects have presented their housing project that fulfills the double ambition of the local authorities: to represent the urban revalidation scheme with a landmark at the entrance of the city and to provide exemplary apartments for large families. The client is the City of Schaerbeek.
On May 26, the EU Mies Award Day kicks off with a free day of debates and lectures on housing, memory and identity, heritage and architecture called “EU Mies Award Talks”
"EU MIES AWARD DAY"
15:30 - 17:00
EU MIES AWARD TALKS - Palau Victòria Eugènia
Welcome by Anna Ramos, Director of Fundació Mies van der Rohe
Keynote lecture BBGK Architekci, Jerzy Kalina, Maksa
Katyn Museum, Warsaw, Poland. Finalist of EU Mies Award 2017
Keynote lecture Lene Tranberg, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter
Kannikegården, Ribe, Denmark. Finalist of EU Mies Award 2017
Keynote lecture Agnès Sajaloli, Director Memorial du Rivesaltes
Memorial du Rivesaltes, Rivesaltes, France. Finalist of EU Mies Award 2017
Debate “Contemporary Architecture and Heritage”
Panel discussion with architects, jury members, experts, promoters/users:
Erik Frandsen, Lundgaard & Tranberg
Adam Buława, Director of the Polish Army Museum
Tage Rosenstand, Parish Council Chairman
Agnès Sajaloli, Director Memorial du Rivesaltes
BBGK Architects
Gonçalo Byrne, Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos and Jury member
Moderators:
Peter Cachola, Director Deutsches Architekturmuseum and Jury member
David Basulto, Founder and Editor in Chief of ArchDaily
Erik Frandsen, Lundgaard & Tranberg
Adam Buława, Director of the Polish Army Museum
Tage Rosenstand, Parish Council Chairman
Agnès Sajaloli, Director Memorial du Rivesaltes
BBGK Architects
Gonçalo Byrne, Gonçalo Byrne Arquitectos and Jury member
Moderators:
Peter Cachola, Director Deutsches Architekturmuseum and Jury member
David Basulto, Founder and Editor in Chief of ArchDaily
17:00
Break
17:15 – 18:45
Keynote lecture Alison Brooks and Nelson Carvalho, Alison Brooks Architects
Ely Court, London, UK. Finalist of EU Mies Award 2017
Keynote lecture Benoit Moritz, MSA/V+ architects
Navez, Schaerbeek, Belgium. Emerging Architect Winner of EU Mies Award 2017
Keynote lecture NL Architects and Xander Vermeulen, XVW Architectuur
DeFlat Kleiburg, Amsterdam The Netherlands. Prize Winner of EU Mies Award 2017
Debate on “Collective Housing and Urban Regeneration”
Panel discussion with architects, jury members, experts, promoters/users:
Stephen Bates, Sergison Bates Architects and President of the Jury
Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects
Kamiel Klaasse, NL Architects
Martijn Blom, Hollands Licht
Jean-Marc Simon, MSA Architectes
Dominique Jakob, Jakob + MacFarlane and Jury member
Moderators:
Juulia Kauste, Director Museum of Finnish Architecture and Jury member
David Basulto, Founder and Editor in Chief of ArchDaily
Stephen Bates, Sergison Bates Architects and President of the Jury
Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects
Kamiel Klaasse, NL Architects
Martijn Blom, Hollands Licht
Jean-Marc Simon, MSA Architectes
Dominique Jakob, Jakob + MacFarlane and Jury member
Moderators:
Juulia Kauste, Director Museum of Finnish Architecture and Jury member
David Basulto, Founder and Editor in Chief of ArchDaily
Wrap-up and conclusions by David Basulto
19:00
Exhibition EU Mies Award 2017 Catalogue presentation and guided visit
20:30
EU Mies Award Ceremony
from the esplanade in front of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
22:00-23:30
Architecture Week closing event
esplanade in front of the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion
EU Mies Award Day continues in the evening with the delivery of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion and ends with the Architecture Week closing event to which all citizens are invited.
Organised by the COAC the celebration will take place on the esplanade of the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc and the architectural containers of the exhibition ‘Made in Europe’ will serve as ‘props’ for the festivities. These containers will have been set up during the week in the 10 districts of Barcelona.
