Verdict of the XIII Alejandro de la Sota Biennial - Tarragona Architecture Exhibition
On December 12, the awards ceremony for the XIII Alejandro de la Sota Biennial - Tarragona Architecture Exhibition and the 7th Alejandro de la Sota Award was held at the headquarters of the Tarragona Region of the COAC.
The aim of the exhibition is to distinguish the most significant works that have been built in the 2021-2022 biennium in the territorial scope of the Demarcation (counties of Alt Camp, Baix Camp, Baix Penedès, Conca de Barberà , Priorat and Tarragonès).
This year, of the 46 works entered in this Exhibition, the jury has decided to select 15, of which 9 have passed to the next phase as finalist works. Finally, the jury has decided to award 6 works as winners and 1 of them has simultaneously received the seventh Alejandro de la Sota Award.
New plant buildings for public use
Selected work:
· Nou celler a Porrera (Porrera). GLAP arquitectes and Josep Lluís Serven Pascual. Gemma Daunis Pexton, Alex Briñon Garcia, Josep Maria Iglesias Corsà and Josep Lluís Serven Pascual.
Prize-winning work:
· Edifici de sanitaris (Salou). Anna Bastús Guinovart.
New plant buildings for private use
Selected work:
· Edifici Monterols 36 (Reus). Tous Arquitectes SLP. Joan Tous Gomà-Camps.
Finalist works:
· Casa OM (Castellvell del Camp). Núria Salvadó Aragonès.
· Casa al centre històric de Vila-Seca (Vila-Seca). NUA arquitectures. Arnau Tiñena Ramos, Ferran Tiñena Guiamet and Maria Rius Ruiz.
Prize-winning work:
· Edifici Colom 32 (Tarragona). Tous Arquitectes SLP. Joan Tous Gomà-Camps.
Selected work:
· Una nova vida per ‘Mas Carpi’. Transformació d'un magatzem agrícola en un habitatge (Aiguamurcia). NUA arquitectures. Arnau Tiñena Ramos, Ferran Tiñena Guiamet and Maria Rius Ruiz.
Works awarded ex aequo:
· Transformació d'un edifici abandonat en 27 apartaments (Salou). NUA arquitectures. Arnau Tiñena Ramos, Ferran Tiñena Guiamet and Maria Rius Ruiz.
· Restauració i reactivació del ‘Mas Totosaus’ (Reus). NUA arquitectures and Technical services Reus City Council (construction management). Arnau Tiñena Ramos, Ferran Tiñena Guiamet, Maria Rius Ruiz, and technicians from the Reus City Council, Josep Anglès and Maria Escoda.
Outdoor spaces: Urban spaces, parks and gardens, interventions in the landscape and urban planning
Selected work:
· Directrius de Planejament Urbanístic de l'Àmbit Metropolità del Camp de Tarragona (Tarragona). Departament de Territori. Generalitat de Catalunya. Centre de Recerca Urbana del Camp. URV. Agustí Serra Monté, Josep Armengol Tatjé, Josep Maria Sole Gras, Francesc Santacana Portella and Anna Puig Puig.
Obra finalista:
· Reordenació de la plaça Miramar i carrers adjacents (Mont-Roig del Camp). NG Arquitectura i Paisatge. Núria Gassó.
Prize-winning work:
· Laberint (Reus). Arjub Estudi SCCL and Brigades of the City Council of Reus (construction management). Anna Castellà Fabregat, Alberto Espinosa Garcia, and technicians from Brigades of the Reus City Council, Juan Manuel Zaguirre, Adam Besora and Josep Maria Calvet.
Interior design: Interventions in interior spaces and ephemeral installations
Selected work:
· MIMO. El mirador del Molí (Alcover). Aleix Antillach Tarafa.
· Exposició ‘Arquitectes en construcció’ (Tarragona) LLIGAMS estudi and Natàlia G. Monné. Amàlia Jansà Fenollosa, Manuel Prieto Muñoz and Natàlia García Monné.
Prize-winning work:
· La Roig (Tarragona). NAM Arquitectura. Ignacio Alvarez Martinez and Aina Macedo Coll.
7th Prize Alejandro de la Sota
Finally, the jury unanimously agrees to award the Alejandro de la Sota prize to the work: Laberint (Reus) de Arjub Estudi SCCL and Brigades of the City Council of Reus (construction management). Anna Castellà Fabregat, Alberto Espinosa Garcia, and technicians from Brigades of the Reus City Council, Juan Manuel Zaguirre, Adam Besora i Josep Maria Calvet.
From February 2024, the exhibition will begin traveling through different cities in the Tarragona region.
In collaboration with the Alejandro de la Sota Foundation.
With the support of the Provincial Council of Tarragona.
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