The Living Places – Simon Architecture Prize is an initiative of Simon—curated by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe since the prize’s inception. The award aims to distinguish those architectural projects (including interiors, public, domestic, and landscape spaces) whose excellence provide comfort to their inhabitants and improve people’s quality of life on a daily basis; while working, learning, sharing, enjoying. In a nutsehll, architecture to be lived!
Jury consists of PhD Architect, writer, and curator Andrés Jaque; Filmmaker and screenwriter Amanda Sans; Architect and professor Verena Von Beckerath; Architect and urban planner Gabriela de Matos
Industrial designer Salvi Plaja; Global Chief Design Officer at Simon and president of FAD
The award is organized into two categories: Collective Places refers to spaces in which community and public life unfolds; Personal Places refers to the places associated with our ideal of comfort and privacy. The jury will select 5 finalists per category and among them, a winner for each one. The prize includes a monetary award of €10,000 and a trophy designed by Andreu Carulla. Furthermore, among all the audiovisual pieces submitted, the one that captures the best narrative will also receive special recognition from the jury.
Inscription and application are entirely free of charge.
Open to all works in use completed between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2023 built on European territories, Mexico and Brazil.
Pre-registration (nominations) are open until September 16, 2024, 8pm GMT+2. Anyone can nominate: architects, urban planners, landscape architects and the general public.
Registrations (submissions only by the authors) are open until September 30, 2024, 8pm GMT+2. Finalists will be published in November 2024, and the winners will be announced in December 2024. The granting ceremony will take place in February 2025.
Source: designboom.com