FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.,
Oct. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announced the winners
of the 2017 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards, who were
honored during the Institute's Concrete Convention &
Exposition, October 16, 2017 in
Anaheim, CA, USA.
The highest honor was presented to
R·torso·C, Tokyo, Japan. This award is given to a project
that demonstrates excellence in concrete innovation and technology,
and stands out above all other entries.
This house is in the center of Tokyo, sitting on an area of 66 m2
(710 ft2). The clients are a married couple, sharing a
passion for architecture and art. When they found a rare corner lot
of land in central Tokyo, they
knew they wanted to build a home with unique materials and
construction methods. In high-density residential districts, one
way to architecturally build is towards the sky—creating a
high-level insulated audiovisual room respecting nature and the
environment. It is the only direction that captures the feeling of
the vastness of nature. The project team has studied this approach
towards the sky as an element of nature for many years, and for
this project they pruned away the corner of a rectangular volume to
achieve this. For architecture on a small site, sectional and
volumetric design becomes very important.
Cutting away the internal volume paradoxically creates a sense
of spaciousness in the continuous four-story space inside. Large
openings facing the sky are effective means to incorporate the
feeling of vastness into the internal space. The chamfered corners
not only provide a view to the sky from the internal space, but
also for the people outside. There is a high-level, sound-insulated
audiovisual room in the basement, and a spacious gallery and a
Japanese room on the first floor. Functionality was prioritized on
the second floor with a living room, dining room, kitchen, and
bathroom. The living room is a very small space, but a 5 m high
ceiling and a large oblique triangular window—drawing in an
abundance of external light—results in a cognition of spaciousness
that is far greater than the actual space in terms of footage. The
final design of this space was derived through a vast number of
three-dimensional models.
"Concrete has been and still is the main material used for the
structure of contemporary architecture worldwide, a trend I believe
will continue for a while," stated Yasuhiro
Yamashita, Atelier Tekuto Co., Ltd.
The ACI Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards were created
to honor the visions of the most creative projects in the concrete
industry, while providing a platform to recognize concrete
innovation, technology, and excellence across the globe. In
order to be eligible for participation in the Excellence Awards,
projects needed to be winners at a local ACI Chapter level and
submitted by that Chapter, or chosen by one of ACI's International
Partners.
An independent panel of esteemed industry professionals judged
projects and selected winners based on architectural and
engineering merit, creativity, innovative construction techniques
or solutions, innovative use of materials, ingenuity,
sustainability and resilience, and functionality.
The winning projects were selected from among several possible
categories, and included:
- Repair & Restoration
-
- 1st Place: Market Street Parking Garage
Restoration, in Wichita, KS,
USA.
- 2nd Place: Chillon Viaducts, in Veytaux,
Switzerland.
- Mid-Rise Buildings
-
- 1st Place: Denver International Airport - Hotel Transit
Center in Denver, CO,
USA.
- 2nd Place: Columbia
University Medical and Graduate Education Building, in
New York City, NY, USA.
- Decorative Concrete
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- 1st Place: Ryerson
University Student Learning Centre, in Toronto, ON, Canada.
- 2nd Place: Lock 8 Skate and BMX Park, in
Port Colborne, ON, Canada.
- Low-Rise Buildings
-
- 1st Place:
R·torso·C, in Tokyo, Japan.
- 2nd Place: Frick Environmental Center, in
Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- High-Rise Buildings
-
- 1st Place: Embassy Lake
Terraces, in Karnataka, India.
- 2nd Place: Premiere on Pine, in Seattle, WA, USA.
- Infrastructure
-
- 1st Place: Johnson County Gateway in
Overland Park, KS, USA.
- 2nd Place: Winona
Bridge, Winona, MN, USA.
The winning project details can be found at www.concrete.org.
Entries for the 2018 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards are
being accepted now through April 2,
2018.
Visit www.ACIExcellence.org for more information.
For more information, contact:
Julie Webb
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
p +1.248.848.3148
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