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The Prize of architecture of brick 2011/2013 is endowed with 6.000 euros

Jury's decision of the XII Prize of architecture of brick 2011/2013

Editorial Interempresas13/01/2014

Transmissive space of the Túmulo in Seró (Artesa of Segre, Lleida), winner of the First Prize of architecture of Brick 2011/2013, is work of the architect Toni Gironingingès. The Prize of architecture of Brick, endowed with 6.000 €, is a biennial contest, promoted by the Section of Expensive Bricks Sight of Hispalyt, that organises with the aim to recognise the best architectural works of our country that use like material of construction the expensive brick sight. The act of delivery of Prizes will take place to finals of the month of March of 2014, in the trascurso of the General Assembly of Hispalyt. The act will coincide with the delivery of Prizes of the I Prize of Ceramic architecture, in the Category of Knit, also organised by Hispalyt.

Transmissive space of the Túmulo in Seró (Artesa of Segre, Lleida), of the architect Toni Gironingingès, is the winning work of the XII Prize of architecture of Brick 2011/2013. The Prize of architecture of Brick, summoned by the Spanish Association of Manufacturers of Bricks and Knit of Clay Baked (Hispalyt), instituye with a double will: on the one hand, value the architectural production of our country that uses the expensive brick sight, and by another, procure a greater diffusion and social repercussion of the most significant works during the corresponding period.

Winning XII Prize of architecture of Brick. Architect: Toni Gironingingès.

The Jury of this Prize, endowed with 6.000 €, has valued that the ceramic material use of integral way, in lattices, enclosures, walls and pavings. The route until reaching the space where locate the ruins discovered converts , besides, in a succession of external spaces and interiors properly combined by the textures and construction solutions. It considers, besides, that the group is an example of public work comedida regarding the budget, but with a remarkable result.

The Jury of the Prize, that gathered the past 3 December in the headquarters of Hispalyt to decide the failure, was composed by professionals of recognised prestige:

or Ana María Montiel Jiménez, winning architect of the XI Edition of the Prize of architecture of Brick

or José María García of the Mountain, winning architect of the XI Edition of the Prize of architecture of Brick

or Juan Luis Trillo, architect

or Manuel Portaceli, architect

or Enrique Sanz Neira, architect, director of the magazine conarquitectura

or Elena Santiago, General Secretary of Hispalyt

The act of delivery of Prizes will take place to finals of the month of March of 2014, in the trascurso of the General Assembly of Hispalyt, and will coincide with the delivery of Prizes of the I Prize of Ceramic architecture in the category of Knit. In the act will do delivery of a memorial book that will present the winning works, mentioned and selected in each one of the Prizes, attending to the aims for which the Prizes have been conceived.

Three special quotations to works stood out

In addition to the First Prize, the Jury decided to award three quotations in recognition to other works stood out presented. Two of these quotations obtained the same number of votes of the Jury. The quotations recayeron in the following works:

First Quotation: Rural House in The Receive-Saint Vicente of The Sonsierra, of the architects Alex Borral, Enric Farrerons and Octavio Pérez. The Jury values the global architectural proposal, in which the material of lattice of façade integrates with the cover and existent faã§ades.

First Quotation XII Prize of architecture of Brick. Architects: Alex Borral, Enric Farrerons and Octavio Pérez.

Second Quotation: Playground and Marries study Bernalte León, of the architects Javier Bernalte and José Luis León. In this work of new plant the Jury stands out the resolution of the pavings with a piece of ceramic sight, that contrasts with the elements of closing in wood and with the treatment of the playground, with an elementary and nude construction.

Second Quotation XII Prize of architecture of Brick. Architect: Javier Bernate.

Third Quotation: House unifamiliar isolated in Sant Cugat of the Vallès (Barcelona), of the architects David Lorente, Josep Ricart, Xavier Ros and Roger Tudó. In this house of dimension reduced, but of wide spaces, the Jury considers so important the wall like the precise location of the gaps, so that so much the external spaces like the interiors complement and reinforce. In spite of treating of a very elementary construction, is also precise, by what does not subtract him quality to the architecture.