Latin America. A Colombian sustainable construction project and two more elaborated by Mexican students and architects won first, second and third place, respectively, in the Holcim Awards 2014 for Latin America, which rewards the best proposals in the region.
The president of the jury, Bruno Stagno, highlighted that 595 projects were registered in the region and the first three will compete for the highest Global Holcim Awards 2015, where the five regions of the planet compete.
The winning proposals, according to Stagno, focus on adaptability and social functioning and show that sustainable construction is developing multi-disciplinary responses to the challenges of our times, in addition to the fact that there is a direct relationship between climate and building materials.
The first place went to the public park project Unidades de Vida Articulada, UVA, built on a series of water reserves (tanks) in Medellín, which fuses social imperatives with technical requirements.
The second was for the Mexican Román Cordero Tovar, of Plug Arquitectura, from Mérida, Yucatán, who presented the project to build a forestry center in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.
The third place went to Francisco Pardo and Julio Amezcua, from the AT103 office, in Mexico City, for the project of a school with pedagogical alignment in San Andrés Payuca, Puebla, Mexico.
