The European Award AHI is a biennial event. The main goal of this event is to distinguish quality interventions in all the aspects of built heritage and contribute to their dissemination. The contest is aimed at consolidating itself as a catalyst and observatory of new challenges added to the conservation and intervention in built heritage by the globalization of contemporary architecture.
The event is organised with the support of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC).
The European Award appoints an international jury in each edition. A committee of experts with an accredited trajectory in the field of intervention in Architectural Heritage.
Built heritage
Stijn Cools, aNNo Architecten. Belgium
Ruth Schagemann, President of the Architects’ Council of Europe. Germany. (Pending Confirmation)
Meritxell Inaranja. Spain
Exterior espaces
Michaela De Poli, MADE associati. Italy
Fernando Menis. Spain
Gentzane Goikuria, behark. Spain
Urban planning
Batu Kepekcioğlu, DATA STUDIO. Turkey
Bart Akkerhuis, Studio Akkerhuis. France
Ioanna Spanou, Barcelona Regional. Spain
Disclosure
Elodie Degavre. Belgium
Stephen Bates, Sergison Bates architects. United Kingdom
Mariona Benedito. Spain
Special Restoration Mention
Anneleen Stevens, B-juxta. Belgium
with the management team of the Award: Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano, Jordi Portal
Special New European Bauhaus Mention
Marcos Ros, representative of the European Parliament
with the management team of the Award: Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano, Jordi Portal
The European Award AHI is aimed at all those professionals, associations and administrations linked to architectural heritage, such as: architects, architectural firms, town planners, historians, archaeologists..., whose works have been conducted in the European geographical Area.
The following groups of people may not enter the contest: Any member of the COAC board, any jury member, or the members of the management team of the Award; as well as employees, collaborators or their associates or those related to them (until second degree of consanguinity and second of affinity).
The call is divided into four categories:
Built heritage
Aimed at all those architectural interventions, ephemeral or permanent, in buildings, at any scale. Interventions are mainly considered in protected buildings and groups of buildings, but may also involve all those interventions of culturally specific interest which have no protection, but are embedded in an urban or naturally protected space and help to define its historic character.
Exterior spaces
Aimed at all those interventions intended to propose solutions to the historic public space, understood as a space facilitating the social and economic
relations that exist in historic centres. Those spaces that are declared monumental groups of buildings are also included, as are those that constitute the origin of villages, towns and cities. Interventions in the area of monuments and cultural landscapes are also accepted.
Urban planning
Aimed at all those Special Plans for heritage protection, catalogues, inventories, or other planning instruments, involving the protection, conservation and
enhancement of architectural heritage. General planning documents, those documents derived from planning, etc., are also included, as well as those at local level that are aimed at the protection of architectural heritage.
Disclosure
Aimed at all those initiatives and actions which are mainly concerned with the dissemination of architectural heritage values, not only among professionals and technicians in the industry, but in society in general. Publications, articles, audiovisual accounts, presentations, events and all kinds of activities related to the promotion and appreciation of this heritage are also accepted.
Awards
The jury will give their verdict at the award ceremony to take place in June 2025 in the city of Barcelona.
The awards for each category will be as follows:
- Built heritage: from of a maximum selection of 15, 1 award and finalists will be established.
- Exterior espaces: from of a maximum selection of 10, 1 award and finalists will be established.
- Urban planning: from of a maximum selection of 6, 1 award and finalists.
- Disclosure: from of a maximum selection of 6, 1 award and finalists.
In addition, from all the work presented, two Special Mention will be concede: a Special Restoration Mention to the intervention which from a technical and methodological point of view stands out for its quality, precision and respect; and a Special New European Bauhaus Mention to the work presented that prioritize ideals such as sustainability, aesthetics, or inclusion.
The organization reserves the right to declare any award category vacant, stating the appropriate reason on record. The winners will be awarded a framed reproduction of an original photograph by Francesc Català Roca from the historical archive of COAC. The finalists and those selected will receive a diploma.
The winning entries, finalists, those selected and submitted works will be part of Archive AHI and the catalogue published for each issue to document the event. Likewise, they will be part of an exhibition and/or participate in a conference to describe their work.
Calendar
December 18th 2024
Publication of the contest rules
Opening of the call
December 18th 2024 - March 14th 2025
Registration period and presentation of projects
March - April 2025
Evaluation period of the projects by the jury
May 2025
Publication of selected projects
June of 2025
Jury decision and Award ceremony