Category 3 - Best environmental project
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Winner: Estate Behind the Iron Gate
project: Quadratura
The Quadratura project shows us what the place could look like through revitalization, which involvestransforming the estate into an ecological place to live, and thus improving the quality of life of its residents. The project envisions the installation of photovoltaic panels and wind turbines on rooftops. With the new installations, the estate would be able to cover its electricity needs. Another problem highlighted is the water needs of the settlement and its community [...]. It assumes the recovery of rainwater from the surface of the roofs, which will be turned into green gardens, and the installation of rainwater tanks, the change of traditional toilets to vacuum toilets, filtration and purification installations for gray water [...] - Dominika Zielinska.
honorable mention: Nature Education Center
project: quadratura
investor: Świętokrzyski National Park
The jury singled out the project of the Nature Education Center in Nowa Slupia, appreciating the creation of the facility, which skillfully combines tradition and the context of the place with the challenges of modernity. The building fits discreetly into the landscape, giving way to streams, ponds and wooded areas, gracefully imitating the undulating hills of the Swietokrzyskie Mountains covered with colorful ribbons of fields and meadows.
Best student environmental project
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award: Franciscan Friars Monastery
project: Paweł Lisiak
investor: Order of Friars Minor Conventual
The jury appreciated the multifaceted and multifaceted idea of using the existing ruins of the torpedo factory for a monastery, which will not only be a place of prayer, but also in this location will become an interesting proposal for solving the problem of water pollution. Transforming plastic trash fished from the sea by the Franciscan Fathers into a building product from which the walls of the monastery are built, and giving the excess away to the poor, is an example of sustainable thinking about both humans and the ecosystem as a whole [...]. The jury also noted the thorough analysis of the facility's self-sufficiency in terms of energy, thanks to the use of the site's location. The ability of the monks to produce food in the greenhouses and garden, and the use of natural fertilizers (of which the cormorants are a source here) is an example of living and functioning in harmony with nature. The symbolic transformation of a weapons production site into a space for prayer and recollection carries excellent ideas for the modern world. - Ewelina Jaskulska
honorable mention: KoMo
design: Sebastian Krawczyk
KoMo is a project of a single-family housing estate, distinguished by the eco-friendly solutions used in it. The natural building technology and modularity used are intended to foster the least possible interference and impact on the environment, promote innovative green technologies and correspond to the scenery of the neighborhood. As an alternative, the author proposed a hemp-lime composite and a wooden support structure to create prefabricated building elements.
Category 4 - Best ecological
multi-family residential development
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Winner: Mickiewicza Housing Estate - stage 2-3
design: HRA architekci
investor: Skanska Residential Development Poland
Economical in means, the project is an intimate complex of six-story apartment buildings well integrated into the character of the streets of Żoliborz and Bielany, and immersed in the preserved old-growth forest supplemented with native and diverse plant species, sixty percent of the plot being biologically active areas.
award: Reconstruction, superstructure and change of use of existing buildings of a riding school and stables together with internal installations for use as a residential and commercial building
design: ARC-HIT Author's Architecture Studio
investor : Towarzystwo Budownictwa Społecznego "TBS" in Kamienna Góra
The award was given for embodying the idea of post-growth in architecture by skillfully giving a degraded urban tissue a completely new meaning through revitalization and change of its previous function. The jury's attention was drawn to the skillful fusion of the old and the new, the high architectural qualities of the adopted revitalization solutions while preserving the main aesthetic and technological values. The jury appreciated the project for its social value, changing the spatial awareness of its users, and above all for its great potential in establishing interpersonal relations and creating small communities, thanks to the introduction of complementary functions, such as a community center.
Category 6 - Best completed green public sector building
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winner: Home for the Homeless in Jankowice
design: XY studio
investor: Bread of Life Community Homes Foundation
The home for the homeless in Jankowice was built surrounded by open green areas, so it was important to design a building that would correspond harmoniously with the landscape. This goal has been achieved, both the simple, single-story body of the building and the elevation materials used blend in with the natural landscape of the area. The building was constructed with respect for the elements of nature, and recycled materials such as demolition bricks and planks were used for the facade. In an effort to be environmentally friendly, care was taken to ensure that other materials were also given a second life on the completed project. The building was designed to be energy-efficient, the body of the building with an inner courtyard promotes heat accumulation and is well lit by natural light. Among other things, the investment included an ecological wastewater treatment plant, rainwater tanks for watering the grounds, and ventilation with recuperation by sections and with local control. The facility in Jankowice is an example of socially responsible architecture, where, despite a limited budget and the requirement for low operating costs, a house was built where man and the environment were key in the search for design solutions, Alicja Leszczynska.
honorable mention: Wood Promotion Center
project: MMA Pracownia Architektury
investor: PGL Lasy Państwowe Nadleśnictwo Łuków (State Forests National Forest Holding)
The Wood Promotion Center, a facility with administrative and educational functions, was designed as a contemporary interpretation of indigenous wooden architecture, with the goal of promoting wood as a material for building energy-efficient and environmentally friendly homes. The building was made to significantly reduce energy demand, which is mainly influenced by the used partitions with low thermal transmittance coefficients, the location, the use of light breakers to protect the building from overheating in the summer, a mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery and an automation system to regulate room temperature.
