Lacaton & Vasal (2016).
The EU Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 have been announced in the presence of the president of the jury, Dorte Mandrup, in a press conference held on Wednesday, April 10 in the Centre for Fine Arts BOZAR, in Brussels.
After visiting the five finalist works the jury has decided to award the Prize to the transformation of 530 dwellings in Grand Parc Bordeaux (FR) by Lacaton & Vassal architects, Frédéric Druot Architecture and Christophe Hutin Architecture. The client is AQUITANIS, home public office of Bordeaux Métropole. The project is rewarded for its innovative renovation of three huge apartment buildings, which by extending the facade gives to all dwellings extra space, light and comfort.
An innovative renovation of three large blocks of social housing in Bordeaux that radically improves the space and the quality of life of its occupants and optimizes the economic and environmental costs.
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