The unanimous winner in the Architecture category was: "The Circular Look" by architect Javier López Bautista.
It is a viewing point that functions as a refuge for rest and a space for reflection located in the Castellón town of Puebla de Arenoso, on land that was once a threshing floor with majestic views of the Mijares River reservoir.
The jury values the use of ceramic material in the project, which generates a more direct relationship with the environment, a communion between the human being and the land that sustains it. Through the arrangement of the ceramic material, the idea of a panoramic viewing point is evoked, projecting the gaze onto the surrounding landscape.
The jury awarded, highlighting the sensitivity and simplicity of both projects, two honorable mentions in the Architecture category:
"Dormurs House" by Mesura Arquitectura, and
"Yellow brick road" by La Errería.
The finalist projects selected by the jury in the architecture category were: “House Gesso” by VirutaLab, “National Children’s Museum of Korea” by Office OU, and “Rehabilitated homes with a purpose” by Estudio Correo Viejo/ Ana Beltrán + Eva Sanjuán.
The winning project in the Interior Design category was: “Hill House” by studioNOLET.
This rehabilitation of a single-family home in the Spanish town of Sant Feliu de Guixols gives prominence to a characteristic ceramic floor in reddish tones that accompanies users throughout the experience of the home.
The jury values the expressive geometric and chromatic play that avoids homogenization. The use of ceramics not only resolves surfaces, but also encourages the generation of fixed furniture elements.
The jury awarded two honorable mentions in the Interior Design category to the projects:
“House 9/3” by CAVAA Arquitectes, and
“House in Guardamar del Segura” by Bernardo Cerrato Hernández.
The finalist projects selected by the jury in the interior design category were: "Espai Mimitú" by Mònica Pérez, "Arjona, Jim & June Restaurant & Dinner" by Robin Hapelt, "Palau Fugit Hotel" by El Equipo Creativo, and "RG House" by SUMMUMSTUDIO.
In the category for students, the award went to the project:
“Post-extractivist retreat. Thermoludism centre in the Sierra de la Culebra” by Álvaro Pozo Pérez from the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid.
The jury valued the expressive use of the ceramic piece, used as a scale to solve a very complex geometry, in a project that combines sustainability by reusing agricultural waste as an energy source for a contemporary idea of leisure and health.
A mention in this area was awarded to the project:
“Corner of Sensations” by Tais Gianella Guevara Lima, a student at the CEU San Pablo University in Madrid.
Last week, the ASCER headquarters hosted the meeting of the jury for the XXIII Ceramics Awards for Architecture, Interior Design and TFM. The jury was chaired by the prestigious architect Rafael de La-Hoz, and the members were: the architect José González Gallegos (Aranguren+Gallegos), Jonathan Arnabat and Jordi Ayala-Bril (Arquitectura G), the editor-in-chief of the magazine Arquitectura y Diseño, David Quesada, and the architect and president of the College of Architects of Castellón, Susana Babiloni.
