De zevende editie van de European Architectural Heritage Intervention Award erkent het belang van publieke initiatieven bij de restauratie van Europees erfgoed. De internationale jury van de European AHI Award heeft de prijs in de categorie Gebouwd Erfgoed toegekend aan Het Steen in Antwerpen en de New European Bauhaus Special mention is toegekend aan de Deelfabriek in Kortrijk.
The international jury of the Built Heritage category, made up of the architects Meritxell Inaraja, Stefano Francesco Musso and Stijn Cools, has given the award to the intervention in the Het Steen medieval fortress in Antwerp, Belgium, by noAarchitecten studio, promoted by AG Vespa, the municipal company for urban projects in Antwerp.
The jury considers that “the extension is new and modern, with a well-executed design and a careful choice of materials, bringing new life to a complex urban context. There is a good balance between rigorously restoring the existing structure and choosing to demolish the more recent additions, creating a contemporary extension that enables new uses.”
The jury of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Special Mention, made up of the directors of the Award (the architects Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano and Jordi Portal) and the MEP Marcos Ros, has awarded this Special Mention to the project Share and Reuse Factory in Kortrijk (Belgium), by the Belgian architecture studio ATAMA, promoted by Kortrijk City Council.
The jury has highlighted that the project proposes a “comprehensive intervention in a built complex, turning it into an accessible, inclusive space under shared governance.” It has praised it in particular for “The opening of the complex towards the urban environment and the reconfiguration of the central empty space, conceived as a courtyard through which various social entities are spatially and functionally organised. The new configuration adds value to the activities and stakeholders housed in the complex, fostering the shared use of space, community interaction and the social resignification of architectural heritage, thus actively contributing to its long-term conservation and sustainability."
