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Hispalyt presents Awards 2nd contest of the Chair 'Pottery to build'
27/01/2009
January 27, 2009
The last December, the Spanish Association of manufacturers of bricks and tiles from clay cooked, Hispalyt, held in Madrid its second General Assembly of the year. In the subsequent dinner, took place the ceremony of the awards to the competition Chair Hispalyt 'Pottery to build' II.
This course, the Hispalyt Chair in collaboration with the London Metropolitan University and the school di Architettura di Venezia, he summoned a contest for the design of a Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the exhibition of projects and models of buildings of great architectural interest.
The first prize, worth 12,000 euros, was awarded to Pablo Sanchis orchards and Marian towers, a project of which the jury highlighted the configuration of the Pavilion, as well as the decision to define an element in height.
The second prize, worth 9.000 euros, fell in the draft submitted by Manuel Pinilla, Jaime Pérez and Manuel María Granados. In addition to the two awards, the jury also awarded three consolation prizes of $ 1,000 each. Finally, were also delivered three special mentions that the jury awarded to projects of a high quality, and other three prizes awarded by the company Iscar in which the use of Cad tools are valued.
From left to right: José Ignacio Linazasoro, director of the Hispalyt Chair; José Felix Ortiz, Vice President of Hispalyt; Pablo Sanchis and Marian towers, first prize winners.
The Assembly dealt with all issues of concern which affect at the moment the sector, focusing, as it is logical, on the situation of change of cycle that is living at all levels of the economy. The meeting was the participation of 140 businessmen of the sector and the budgets were approved, among other agreements, for next year. During the celebration of the Assembly are reviewed in a comprehensive manner all activities carried out by the Association in 2008, the current situation was analyzed and prospects and lines of action for 2009 were defined.
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