THE JURY SHORTLISTS THE 40 WORKS

OF THE EU MIES AWARD 2019

• The 7 members of the Jury – Dorte Mandrup, George Arbid, Angelika Fitz, Ștefan Ghenciulescu, Kamiel Klaasse, María Langarita and Frank McDonald – have chosen 40 works which highlight the opportunities and the trends of today’s architecture in the European territory: adaptive reuse, housing and culture. • The shortlisted works are spread out in 17 different European countries. 7 of them are in France, 6 in Spain, 4 in Belgium, 3 in Austria and 3 in Denmark. Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, and Romania have 2 shortlisted works and Albania, Estonia, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Serbia and Slovakia 1 work each. It is the first time that Albania, Serbia and Slovakia have a shortlisted work. • For the first time there are shortlisted works in Arezzo, Billund, Bratislava, Freyming-Merlebach, Hammershus, Kilkenny, Laulasmaa, Leeuwarden, Melle, Matarranya region, Montataire, Montbrun-Bocage, Plasencia, Sant Ferran de ses Roques, Ternat, Tirana, Ullastret and Viborg, increasing the number of places that support architecture quality. • In the selection of 40, Culture is the most represented program with 15 works (museums, cultural centres, music theatres and an auditorium/congress centre). There are 6 Education buildings (schools, university buildings and libraries); 5 Collective housing works; 3 Mixed use constructions; 2 Industrial centres and 2 Single houses; and 1 Health, 1 Infrastructure, 1 Office, 1 Social welfare, 1 Sport & Leisure, and 1 Urban Planning works.

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Barcelona, 16th of January 2019 The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe are proud to announce the 40 shortlisted works that will compete in the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. 383 works were nominated for the award and the expert Jury drew up a shortlist of 40. The 40 shortlisted works are: Name Program Work

country Work city Offices Office city

Skanderbeg Square Urban planning

AL Tirana 51N4E, Plant en Houtgoed, Anri Sala, iRI

Brussels, Tirana, Leuven, Tirana

House of Music Innsbruck Mixed use AT Innsbruck Erich Strolz, Dietrich | Untertrifaller Architekten

Innsbruck, Bregenz

Aspern Federal School Education AT Vienna fasch&fuchs.architekten

Vienna

Performative Brise- Soleil Collective housing

AT Vienna StudioVlayStreeruwitz ZT-GMBH

Vienna

Residential care center KAPELLEVELD

Social welfare

BE Ternat architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

Ghent

PC CARITAS Health BE Melle architecten de vylder vinck taillieu

Ghent

Ryhove Urban Factory Industrial BE Ghent Trans Ghent De Krook library Education BE Ghent Coussée & Goris

architecten, RCR Arquitectes

Ghent, Olot

Residential and studio building at the former Berlin flower market

Collective housing

DE Berlin Ifau, HEIDE & VON BECKERATH

Berlin, Berlin

Terracehouse Berlin Mixed use DE Berlin Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, Muck Petzet Architekten

Berlin, Munich

Streetmekka Viborg Sport and leisure

DK Viborg EFFEKT Copenhagen

Hammershus Visitors Centre Culture DK Hammershus

Arkitema Architects, Christoffer Harlang

Aarhus, Hellerup

LEGO House Culture DK Billund BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group

Copenhagen

Arvo Pärt centre Culture EE Laulasmaa Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos

Madrid

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Life Reusing Posidonia/ 14 social dwellings in Sant Ferran, Formentera

Collective housing

ES Sant Ferran de ses Roques

IBAVI Palma

Civic Centre Lleialtat Santsenca

Culture ES Barcelona HARQUITECTES Sabadell

Plasencia Auditorium and Congress Centre

Culture ES Plasencia selgascano Madrid

Desert City Mixed use ES Madrid GARCIAGERMAN ARQUITECTOS

Madrid

House 1413 Single house

ES Ullastret HARQUITECTES Sabadell

Solo House Single house

ES Matarranya OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen

Brussels

Helsinki Central Library Oodi Education FI Helsinki ALA Architects Ltd. Helsinki The Perret Hall - Cultural Centre

Culture FR Montataire Atelier d'architecture Pierre Hebbelinck, HBAAT - HELEEN HART — MATHIEU BERTELOOT

Liege, Lille

Museum of Arts, Nantes Culture FR Nantes Stanton Williams Architects

London

E26 (school refectory) Education FR Montbrun-Bocage

BAST Toulouse

‘Théodore Gouvy’ Theatre in Freyming-Merlebach

Culture FR Freyming-Merlebach

Dominique Coulon et associés

Strasbourg

Transformation of 530 dwellings - Grand Parc Bordeaux

Collective Housing

FR Bordeaux Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Christophe Hutin Architecture

Bordeaux, Paris, Bordeaux

ENSAE PARISTECH, Campus Paris-Saclay

Education FR Paris CAB ARCHITECTES (CALORI AZIMI BOTINEAU)

Nice

Lafayette Anticipations Culture FR Paris O.M.A. Rotterdam St. Mary's Medieval Mile Museum

Culture IE Kilkenny McCullough Mulvin Architects

Dublin

14 Henrietta Street Culture IE Dublin Shaffrey Architects Dublin M9 Museum District Culture IT Venice Sauerbruch Hutton Berlin Prada productive headquarter Industry IT Arezzo Canali associati

s.r.l. Parma

Musis Sacrum Culture NL Arnhem van Dongen – Koschuch Architects and Planners.

Amsterdam

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Visitor center park Vijversburg

Culture NL Leeuwarden STUDIO MAKS with the collaboration of Junya Ishigami & Ass.

Rotterdam

Silesia University's Radio and Television department

Education PL Katowice BAAS arquitectura, Grupa 5 Architekci, Małeccy Biuro Projektowe

Barcelona, Warsaw, Katowice

Lisbon Cruise Terminal Infrastructure

PT Lisbon Carrilho da Graça Lisbon

Restoration, refurbishment of the headquarters of the order of architects of Romania. Bucharest branch

Office RO Bucharest STARH - Birou de arhitectura (Florian & Iulia Stanciu)

Bucharest

Occidentului 40 Collective Housing

RO Bucharest ADN Birou de Arhitectura

Bucharest

Reconstruction of Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade

Culture RS Belgrade nooto, Dejan Todorović architect

Belgrade, Belgrade

Adaptation of the former factory Mlynica

Mixed use SK Bratislava GutGut Bratislava

Find more about the 40 works here.

The shortlisted works are spread out in 17 different European countries. France has 7 shortlisted works (Bordeaux, Freyming-Merlebach, Montataire, Montbrun-Bocage, Nantes and two in Paris); 6 are in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Matarranya, Plasencia, Sant Ferran de ses Roques and Ullastret); 4 in Belgium (Melle, Ternat and 2 in Ghent); 3 in Austria (Innsbruck and 2 in Vienna); 3 in Denmark (Billund, Hammershus and Viborg,); 2 in Germany (both in Berlin), 2 in Ireland (Dublin and Kilkenny); 2 in Italy (Arezzo and Venice); 2 in the Netherlands (Arnhem and Leeuwarden); 2 in Romania (Bucharest). The countries with one shortlisted work are Albania (Tirana), Estonia (Laulasmaa), Finland (Helsinki), Poland (Katowice), Portugal (Lisbon), Serbia (Belgrade) and Slovakia (Bratislava). The jury met over three days in Barcelona to discuss the most relevant challenges that European contemporary society and its architecture are facing. Some of the topics that came up were the high number of works that tackle with existing constructions; the importance that collective housing continues to have throughout Europe; the need to plan and organise the territory; and the importance of culture as a programme but also the importance of architectural culture. Some of the quotes by the jury members that came up during the conversations are:

“The 40 works highlight a new agenda that asks for new ways of thinking. Excellence and skilfulness are inherent in all of them, but this is not enough; it is necessary that they also make an impact and make architects themselves think differently about the profession.” “It is very refreshing to see how the architectural debate moves around Europe, changing its centre of discussion from one place to another over the years. This keeps architecture alive.”

Dorte Mandrup (Chairwoman) Architect, Copenhagen

Founder and Creative Director of Dorte Mandrup

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“More and more people see, feel and experience that architecture is not anymore about self-referentiality, about doing the most chic and shiny. Instead, it is really about improving our lives and the way we live together.”

Angelika Fitz Cultural theorist and curator, Vienna

Director of the Architekturzentrum Wien

The crisis has been like a warning but also an incentive to do more with less: more architecture with less material, less costs, etc. It is an evolution that we can see in the scale of the nominated projects, but we must also be aware of the ecological crisis and change the way we are living on the planet. This is not just about technology, materials, or insulating. It is really about how you plan and organise the territory.

Ștefan Ghenciulescu Architect, publicist and researcher, Bucharest

Editor-in-chief of “Zeppelin” and co-founder of “Zeppelin Association” The five finalists will be announced on February 13 and the Award Ceremony will take place on 7 May 2019 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona. Save the date for the lectures, debates, exhibition opening and celebration that will take place with the Jury members, Winners, Finalists, Clients and other guests and representatives. The 5 Finalist buildings and the Emerging Architect Winner work will be open to the public so that everybody can learn more about them in presence of their authors and critics, who will highlight their qualities. More information: https://mies.link/PressKit_Shortlisted Contacts: Fundació Mies van der Rohe – Press Office Miriam Giordano / Labóh e-mail: press@miesbcn.com Tel.: +34 933 192 664 / +34 606 602 230 To find out more: www.eumiesaward.com www.miesbcn.com https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/about_en Social Media: Social media channels: @EUMiesAward (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) @FundacioMies (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn) @CreativeEuropeEU (Facebook) @europe_creative (Twitter) #EUMiesAward2019 #EUMiesAward #40Shortlisted EUMiesAward App All the works can be found in the app: Available on Android and iOS. #EUMiesAwardApp