2017 International Spanish Architecture Prize. Gastropavilion ETH in Zurich by Tuñón & Ruckstuhl Architects GMBH

The Jury of the 2017 International Spanish Architecture Prize, which met at the Headquarters of the CSCAE on October 31, decided, after a long and intense debate, to award the 2017 Award in the architecture category to:

Gastropabellón ETH Hönggerberg en Zurich de Emilio Tuñón Álvarez y Marceline Ruckstuhl - Tuñón & Ruckstuhl Architects GMBH.

According to the Jury, the proposal of the Gastropabellón, by means of a stylistic restraint and a respectful implantation with the environment, presents a precise and close relationship between architectural form and material constitution, with a clear, simple and flexible functional organization, and a comfortable interior ambience and welcoming, uniting the domestic and sensitive to the perception of the panorama.

The Jury also awarded an honorable mention to the New Monongue Paramedic Hospital projects in the Republic of Angola by Patricio Martínez González and Maximià Torruella Castel and the Center for Culture and Congresses - CKK Jordanki in Torun, Poland by Fernando Martín Menis.

In the category of International Contest Project, the Jury has awarded the first prize ex-aequo to the following proposals.-

New wing of the Contemporary Art of Mali of the Art Museum of Lima in Peru by Francisco Burgos Ruiz and Ginés Garrido Colmenero - Burgos & Garrido Associated Architects, LLAMA Urban Design, Mariana Leguía and Angus Laurie.
Learning Center at the Paris Saclay University Campus by José Morales Sánchez, Sara de Giles Dubois, Laurent Beaudouin and Emmanuelle Beaudouin - MGM, Morales de Giles Arquitectos + Beaudouin Architectes.

The Jury has assessed, among other issues, that both proposals were winners of the contests corresponding to those presented, as well as its camouflaged integration that respects the surrounding conditions in the case of the Mali Contemporary Art Wing and the roundness of the image of the building in a conspicuous and committed location in the case of the Learning Center.

In addition, in the category of Urbanism the Jury has awarded the first prize to

Cuenca Red Plan, Historic Center in Ecuador by José Luis Vallejo Mateo and Belinda Tato Serrano - Urban Ecosystem.

Assessing its exhaustive and ingenious previous work of investigation and analysis, the members of the jury have highlighted its pragmatic aspect with small-scale actions feasible in the short term and very detailed considering practical and technical aspects.

Likewise, he has also given an honorable mention to the project of Recovery of the Maritime Front of Rio de Janeiro: Prefeito Luiz Orla de Joan Ignasi Riera - A B Riera Arquitectes Associats, SLP.

The categories of Associate Company Award and Internationalization Support Award have been abandoned.

The Jury of the 2017 Spanish International Architecture Award was chaired by Jordi Ludevid i Anglada, presidente del CSCAE, and composed by Francisco Javier Martín Ramiro, subdirector general del Arquitectura y Edificación, de la Dirección General de Arquitectura, Vivienda y Suelo del Ministerio de Fomento, Marta Vall-llosera Ferrán, Consejera del CSCAE por el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de las Islas Baleares, Carlos Miranda Barroso, Consejero del CSCAE por el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Castilla y León-Este, José Antonio Ortiz Orueta, Consejero del CSCAE por el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Extremadura, Rafael Pardo Prefasi, Consejero del CSCAE por el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Murcia, Matxalen Acasuso Atuxta (por videoconferencia), Consejera del CSCAE por el Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos Vasco-Navarro, todos ellos designados por el Pleno del CSCAE, Celestino García Braña, vicepresidente de la Fundación Docomomo Ibérico, Angela García de Paredes, en representación de la Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad, Carlos Gómez Agustí, en representación de la Fundación Arquía, Manuel Blanco Lage, director de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, y además, Eloy Algorri García, secretario general del CSCAE, who has acted as secretary of the jury.

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Belinda Tato & Jose Luis Vallejo Ecosistema Urbano

Ecosistema urbano is a Madrid based group of architects, urban designers and professionals specialized in urban innovation projects, operating within the principles of design thinking at the intersection between different disciplines: architecture, urban design, engineering, sociology...

ecosistema urbano was co founded in 2000 by architects Belinda Tato and Jose Luis Vallejo who have been the directors since then. Their approach can be defined as urban social design by which they understand the design of environments, spaces, dynamics and tools in order to improve the self-organization of citizens, social interaction within communities and their relationship with the environment. Ecosistema Urbano has used this philosophy to design and implement projects in urban contexts from different countries: Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, France, China, Russia, Paraguay, Bahamas, Ecuador, Bahrein, Honduras, USA, etc...

Ecosistema Urbano is specialized in urban consultancy projects (architecture and urban design), public space quality assessment and leads urban transformation processes (from initial conceptualization to final implementation) working for local, national governments and multilateral agencies. In recent years, their research has focused on the design of public spaces and its climatic conditioning, for contexts and climates as diverse as Bahrain or Norway. They have also designed and developed methodologies that incorporate participatory mechanisms with digital tools to allow collaborative network design.

Emilio Tuñón Álvarez

Emilio Tuñón Álvarez (b. Madrid, January 1, 1959) is an architect from ETSAM since 1981, PhD in Architecture since 2000 and a Professor of Architectural Projects at the School of Architecture of Madrid since 2016. In 2022 he was awarded the National Architecture Prize. In 2014 he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts by the Spanish government, the Mies van der Rohe Prize 2007, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture 2007, the Spanish National Architecture Prize 2003 and the FAD Awards 2001, 2007 and 2011.

In 1992 he founded, with Luis M. Mansilla, Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos, whose most representative works are: the Gastropabellón in Zurich (2017), the Museum of the Royal Collections in Madrid (2016), the Relaix Chateaux Atrio in Cáceres (2012), the MUSAC in León (2007), the Documentary Center «El Águila» in Madrid (2003), the Auditorium of León (2003), the Museum of Castellón (2000) and the Museum of Zamora (1996).

In 1993, Emilio Tuñón founded the CIRCO cooperative of thoughts together with Luis Moreno Mansilla and Luis Rojo, editing a publication of the same name, which was awarded the prize of the III Ibero-American Biennial of Architecture and Engineering, the C.O.A.M prize and the special FAD 2007 critics' prize.

After the death of Luis M. Mansilla (February 22, 2012), Tuñon worked in his studio as Tuñon Arquitectos, going on shortly thereafter (2015) to found the Tuñón y Albornoz Arquitectos studio together with Carlos Martínez Albornoz.

Emilio Tuñón is currently Professor of the Department of Architectural Projects at the School of Architecture of Madrid (E.T.S.A.M) and has been a visiting professor at numerous universities: Jean Labatout Professor at the Princeton University School of Architecture, Eliot Noyes Professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard, visiting professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and the Städelschule in Frankfurt.

Emilio Tuñón's work has been recognized, among other awards, with the following prizes: National Architecture Award 2022, RIBA International Fellowship 2019, Eduardo Torroja Award 2018, Community of Madrid Award 2018, Spanish Architecture Award 2017, International Spanish Architecture Award 2017, FAD Award 2017, COAM Award 2016, Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts 2014, Mies van der Rohe Award 2007. Since 2007 Emilio Tuñón has been a patron of the Arquia Foundation, awarded the CSCAE Gold Medal in 2015.

With Tuñón Arquitectos and Mansilla + Tuñón Arquitectos, he was the winner of various public architecture competitions: First prize in the competition for the Masterplan of Kalaja e Turres Port, Albania (2014). First prize in the Down Town District Residental Tower competition in Dubai (2013). First prize in the competition for the Neubau Gastro-pavillon at the ETH Zurich (2013). First prize in the competition for the Wine Dome in Valbuena de Duero (2012). First prize in the competition for the Museo Territorio de Migraciones in Algeciras (2008). First prize in the competition for the Museum of Visigothic Art in the Vega Baja de Toledo (2010). First prize in the competition for the Energy Dome in the Ciudad del Medio Ambiente in Soria (2008). First prize in the competition for the International Congress Centre of the City of Madrid (2007). First prize in the competition for the Helga de Alvear Foundation in Cáceres (2005). First prize in the competition for the new building for the Lalín Town Hall (2004). First prize in the competition for the remodelling of the Valbuena area in Logroño (2003). First prize in the competition for the Museum of Royal Collections (2002). First prize in the competition for the Museum of Cantabria (2002). First prize in the competition for the Architectural Complex dedicated to the Sanfermines (2001). First prize in the competition for the Centre for Contemporary Art in Brescia (2000). First prize in the competition for the Museum of Fine Arts in Castellón (1997). First prize in the competition for the Auditorium of the city of León (1996). First prize in the competition for the Cultural Centre of the Community of Madrid in the old factory «El Aguila» (1995).

His projects and articles have been published in numerous national and international indexed journals, and his work is collected in numerous monographs, among which should be highlighted those published by AV Proyectos 65 in 2014 and the magazine El Croquis 161 in 2012, Mansilla + Tuñón Architects published by Edil Stampa in 2012, AV Monografías magazine 144 in 2011, Mansilla + Tuñón published by Electa in 2007, el Croquis 115-116 (II) in 2003, 2G magazine 27 in 2003.

Francisco Burgos, Ginés Garrido. BURGOS - GARRIDO

Francisco Burgos and Ginés Garrido founded their architecture office based in 2002, in Madrid. The office has an open structure with frequent collaborations with other architects in Spain and abroad. It is a practice with experience in national and international housing projects, cultural and administrative facilities and urban design.

Francisco Burgos. Graduated with honors in School of Architecture UPM, Madrid, where he got his Ph.D. with distinction cum laude. He is Professor at the Department of Architectural Design, ETS Architecture UPM, Madrid and visiting professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture of the The University of Arizona, in the Graduate School of Architecture, Harvard University, in the Facultad de Arquitectura of Universidad Central Santiago de Chile, in the School of Architecture. University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, USA and in the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Pontificia Católica de Perú [UPCP]. Lima.

Ginés Garrido. Graduated with honors in School of Architecture UPM, Madrid, where he got his Ph.D. with distinction cum laude. He is Professor at the Department of Architectural Design, ETS Architecture UPM, Madrid and visiting professor in the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture. The University of Arizona, in the Escola Técnica Superior d'Arquitectura. UPC. Barcelona, in the Akademie der Bildenden Küste. Wien, in the Ecole d'Architecture Athenaeum, EAAL Lausanne, in the Graduate School of Architecture,Harvard Universit, in the Facultad de Arquitectura. Universidad Central Santiago de Chile, in the School of Architecture. University of Minnesota. Minneapolis, USA and in the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad Pontificia Católica de Perú [UPCP]. Lima.

Published on: November 14, 2017

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