The Schindler Award 2008 Jury has decided
After a week of intense deliberations, the international jury judging the Schindler Award for Architecture 2007/08 "Access for All" has nominated ten projects. These will be presented at the Award ceremony in Lucerne on November 14, 2008. One winner and four runners-up will be awarded cash prizes at the ceremony and three schools' prizes will also be announced. The jury also made special mention of four additional projects because of their insights into the issue of accessibility.
The ten top projects (see list attached) were chosen from a total of 125 submitted by student teams from schools of architecture in Europe. That compares with 88 projects submitted for the previous Schindler Award in 2005/06.
Prizes are also to be awarded to three of the ten schools represented by the nominated project teams. The schools' prizes recognise architectural institutions that participated in the Award by pre-judging projects from their school and integrating the topic of accessibility into their curricula. The schools in question will be named at the award ceremony in November, and awarded research grants.
The jury also made special mention of four projects (see list attached). These did not fulfil the requirements to be nominated but came up with new and interesting ideas about how to improve mobility for disabled people in urban spaces.
The nominated projects teams and their tutors, as well as the teams singled out for special mention, are invited to the Award Ceremony. Invitations will follow in due course.
All students and professors who participated in the Schindler Award 2007/2008 are also most welcome to attend the Award Ceremony. Please send an e-mail to catherine.voltz@ch.schindler.com, if you would like to participate.
Thank you for your contribution to the Schindler Award 2007/2008.
List of nominated projects (PDF)List of projects chosen for special mention (PDF)
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