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May 2016
Cement & Concrete
T
he adjudication panel will now
evaluate the 47 entries in the
four award categories. The
adjudicators will visit the shortlisted
projects and the final results will be
announced in October at the awards
event.
The bi-annual AfriSam-SAIA Award
for Sustainable Architecture + In-
novation recognises contributions
that bring sustainable innovation to
human living environments through
an integrated approach to communi-
ties, planning, design, architecture,
building practice, natural systems
and technology.
The online entry system may
well have contributed to the record
number of entries by reducing the
cost and time of couriering large
quantities of printed material. Real
time support from the agency offices
meant any missing documentation
could be quickly and conveniently
submitted in hours rather than days.
This Award Programme has fur-
ther evolved to include two new
AfriSam SAIA awards
categories. The twomainstay catego-
ries of Sustainable Architecture and
Research in Sustainability are now
joined by Sustainable Products and
Technology and Sustainable Social
Programmes. Thismeans that the full
spectrum of design, innovation and
sustainability is now covered by the
award categories.
The AfriSam-SAIA Award acknowl-
edges and showcases buildings and
projects that are the result of an
integrated approach to architecture,
natural systems and technology. They
show that design and sustainability
can and should be mutually reinforc-
ing. Entries were received in all four
categories.
The awards will once again high-
light that South Africa is at the fore-
front of sustainable and innovative
design and that sustainability is part
of the design culture.
The adjudicators for the awards
are convener, Kevin Bingham along
with Daniel Irurah (sustainable archi-
tecture academic), Llewellyn vanWyk
Entries for the AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture +
Innovation are closed. This year saw a record 47 entries in the four
award categories.
T
he Concrete Society of South-
ern Africa has called for nomi-
nations for the prestigious
biennial Fulton Awards, which rec-
ognise and honour excellence and
innovation in the design and use of
concrete. The 2017 awards, named
after the late Dr Sandy Fulton, takes
Call for Fulton Awards nominations
on a new look with new categories
and a new approach to judging.
According to John Sheath, CEO
and Director of the Concrete Society,
some serious updating was required
in terms of the criteria and adjudica-
tion of entries. “We had drifted away
from identifying all that was special
and exceptional in the concrete and
focused too much on the total proj-
ect, considering aspects that had
little to do with the material.”
The criteria for adjudication in-
cludes: Quality of concrete – focus-
ing on finish; Sustainability – green
building initiatives; Inventiveness/
innovation in the application of
concrete technology; Innovation
in concrete construction methods;
Innovative geotechnical use of con-
crete; Overall aesthetic impact of the
concrete aspects of the structure;
Rational behind the chosen concrete
finish; Standard of workmanship of
the concrete; Effect of the concrete
on the architectural landscape and
environment.
Some of the categories include:
Buildings up to 3-storeys, for example
residential, schools, commercial,
factories, warehousing, industrial,
etc. Buildings more than 3-storeys
such as office building, multi-family
housing, etc. Flatwork such as slabs,
paving, hardscape, etc. Infrastruc-
ture including bridges, roads, water
resources, marine structures, power,
etc. Innovation in Concrete, newma-
terials, techniques, technologies, ap-
plications, designs, and/or concepts.
The online nominations can be
made through the Society’s website
and will require a short motivation.
The deadline for nominations is 31
st
August 2016, the completed Entry
Packs have to be submitted by the
end of November 2016 and the win-
ners will be announced in June 2017.
(sustainable architect, CSIR), Sebasti
Badenhorst (AfriSam representative),
Eric Noir (Africa region director of the
International Union of Architects’
work programme, Architecture for
a Sustainable Future) and Richard
Stretton (Eminent architect and
furniture designer).
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