The Young Architect Award 2016 prizes awarded

The eighth edition of the competition for students and architects under 33 years old has its winners. The best works were awarded on September 20, 2016, traditionally during the international construction fair FOR ARCH. Out of a total of 76 submitted studies on the topic of Architecture Beyond Time, the jury selected 18 works for the finals. Subsequently, they awarded seven of them. The public will be able to familiarize itself with the nominated projects during a traveling exhibition, which started with a vernissage at the FOR ARCH fair and will end in April 2017.



The Young Architect Award competition gives students and emerging architects under 33 years old the opportunity to showcase their talent. The aim is to engage authors in the creation of quality public spaces, bring architecture closer to the general public, and last but not least, promote public discussion about architecture. The expert jury evaluated the works based on the quality of architectural/urban solutions, site selection, coherence and contextuality of solutions, contribution to the quality of the environment, sustainability and ingenuity of the design, innovation, and originality of the work.
“Students and young architects did not hesitate to spend much time presenting their own vision of the announced topic. This year’s edition was announced with a conceptual theme, which in the jury's view is particularly relevant in today's search for the identity of Czech architecture. The awareness of this issue took place against the background of young architects’ experiences with the international context. The jury was surprised by the small number of surprising solutions; however, those that the jury evaluated among the best were worth it. It was confirmed that true talent is not common, and those who manifest it should receive additional opportunities.,” said jury chairman Zdeněk Fránek.



The jury decided to award the following works:

Title Young Architect Award 2016
CEGRA Award
Haydarpaşa: Performance space
Author: Bc. Michaela Benešová
School: Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio, USI

Josef Hlávka Architect Award
Public Award (public voting on the competition portal www.yaa.cz)
Work with fragments
Author: MgA. Ing. arch. Dita Mrázková
School: AVU in Prague
 
Rectors' Prize of CTU for school work
Code in architecture
Author: Jakub Trčka
School: FUA TU in Liberec
 
Rectors' Prize of TUL for school work
Programmable matter
Author: Monika Rafajová
School: FA CTU in Prague
 
Prize of Moderní obec magazine
for contribution to strengthening the community of residents of the given locality
Chapel of the Resurrection
Author: Samuel Netočný

Prize of ARCHITECT+ magazine
for innovative and sensitive approach to the solution
Absolute Absence
Author: Norbert Obršál
School: FA VUT in Brno

Prize of ERA21 magazine
for quality presentation of the chosen architectural idea, not in an impressive graphic form, but in terms of communicability, persuasiveness, and comprehensibility to both experts and the general public
Authentic City
Author: Bc. Vojtěch Tecl
School: VŠUP in Prague

The expert jury worked under the leadership of jury chairman Zdeněk Fránek, dean of FUA TU in Liberec, Fránek Architects, with members: Petr Hájek, Petr Hájek ARCHITEKTI, Jakub Fišer, Aulík Fišer architekti, Jana Hlavová and Josef Pechar, Foundation "Nadání J., M. a Z. Hlávkových".

During the announcement of the results, there was also a vernissage of the first stop on the traveling exhibition of the nominated works. The exhibition will visit other locations in the Czech Republic until April 2017. 

Partners: Foundation "Nadání J., M. a Z. Hlávkových", FOR ARCH, Center for the Support of Computer Graphics CR, SPYRON, PVA EXPO PRAHA
Under the Patronage of: ČKA, ČKAIT, SMO CR, MŠMT, MK, MMR, the City of Prague, statutory cities: Brno, Ostrava, Liberec
Partner Schools: CTU in Prague, FUA TU in Liberec, FA VUT in Brno, FAST VŠB-TU Ostrava, ZF Mendel University in Brno, VŠUP in Prague, ARCHIP, FA STU in Bratislava
Main Media Partners: Moderní obec, archiweb.cz
Media Partners: ARCHITECT+, KABINET Publishing, ERA21, ASB, Rooftops-Facades-Insulations, Builder, EARCH., PROPAMÁTKY, For Cities and Municipalities

The project is implemented with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture, the City of Prague, and the statutory cities of Ostrava and Brno.