Housing in Southern Africa August 2015

Global Holcim Awards winners

The 4 th Global Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction competition with trophies and prize money of US$2 million attracted entries from 152 countries and over 6 000 entries worldwide.

T he prestigious competition recognises architectural interventions, sustainable design in public space, social integration and resilient infrastructure, which benefit local communities. The projects include Columbia, Sri Lanka and the United States, with each project delivering tangible benefits to local communities. Turning a water reservoir into public space The gold award and US$200 000 was awarded to a project for a public park in Medellín, Colombia. The architectural design created an urban space around a series of water tanks to form a beautiful ‘socio-technical landscape’. The design by Mario Camargo and Luis Tombé of Colectivo720 in Cali, together with Juan Calle and Horacio Valencia of EPM Group (Empresas Públicas de Medellín), opens up hidden infrastructure within the city to create a civic space at the intersection of architecture, landscape, infra- structure and urban design. The public space and pre-existing elements are transformed to create an outdoor auditorium and venues for a range of community activities that highlight the value of water as an important

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