Fundació Mies van der Rohe and the European Commission have announced the Winners of the 2024 edition of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture / Mies van der Rohe Awards. The 2024 Prize jury focused on the value of an architecture able to explore the potential to shift mindsets and policies, as well as to foster inclusivity. The two awarded projects have been chosen from an initial group of 362 nominated works.
The 2024 Winner of the Architecture Prize is the Study Pavilion on the campus of the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, by architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke, both with studios in Berlin. The client is the Technische Universität Braunschweig. According to the jury, the project was “rewarded for its ability to challenge the constraints and imagery of sustainability, creating a welcoming and playful environment for study, collaboration, and community gathering through an uncompromising and carefully detailed structure. More than being a building, it could be understood as a versatile system, merging technological inventions with a flexible and reusable principle”. The authors are the youngest winners of the EUmies Awards Architecture Prize.
The 2024 Winner of the Emerging Architecture Prize is the Gabriel García Márquez Library in Barcelona by SUMA Arquitectura founded by Elena Orte and Guillermo Sevillano in Madrid. The client is the Barcelona City Council – BIMSA. According to the jury, “The Library acts at the scale of the city, contributing to the transformation of the neighborhood by opening up as a new exterior and interior public space”. The wooden structure unfolds as a rich sequence of monumental and domestic spaces that welcome neighbors and citizens, providing them with comfortable atmospheres for learning, teamwork, and community engagement.
The awards ceremony will take place on 14 May 2024 at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion in Barcelona, in the context of the EUmies Awards Day, a day-long event that will include many talks and lectures, as well as the exhibition of the 362 works participating in the EUmies Awards 2024. The event will launch the Barcelona Architecture Weeks.
Opening image: Study Pavilion TU Braunschweig by Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke. Braunschweig, Germany. Photo Iwan Baan