A well timed proposal that considers the imbalance between personal automobile parks and public area has received the 2021 AA Prize for Unbuilt Work.
“The successful scheme, A Treasure Trove of House – Rethinking Melbourne’s Automotive Parks by Bates Good, tackles a problem that preceded the worldwide pandemic, but is much more related in a post-COVID world during which many metropolis buildings have been left vacant,” mentioned jury chair Katelin Butler.
“Lots of the schemes handled the very actual points going through us at the moment, providing strategies as to how we’d change our course into the long run.
“We’ve been given an opportunity to dream up a brand new world; and I imagine architects can cleared the path by collectively drawing on a singular capability for creativeness and pragmatism.”
The AA Prize for Unbuilt Work was reprised after a decade-long hiatus and acquired greater than 200 entries. Together with the winner, three honourable mentions and 4 particular mentions have been additionally awarded.
Butler was joined on the jury by Abbie Galvin (NSW authorities architect and a previous winner of the prize), Alec Tzannes (founding director, Tzannes), Carroll Go-Sam (lecturer, College of Structure, College of Queensland), and Rory Hyde (affiliate professor in structure, Melbourne College of Design, College of Melbourne).
Winner
A Treasure Trove of House – Rethinking Melbourne’s Automotive Parks – Bates Good
Honourable Mentions
Burial Belt – Different Architects
New Floor – Different Architects, Openwork, Andy Fergus and Alicia Pozniak
Anthepe Neighborhood Centre – College of Newcastle and Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Company
Particular Mentions
Lingang Hen Airport – McGregor Coxall
Yard – Alex Galego
Misplaced Tablets – MvS Architects
Australia’s City Room – Bates Good
For extra protection, see the January/February problem of Structure Australia, on sale 15 January.