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FINAL JURY REPORT
Piran, 22 November 2024
Piranesi Award is conferred since 1989, this year for the 35th time in a row. The international jury for the 2024 Piranesi Awards met on 22 November 2024 in Monfort Exhibition Hall in Portorose. Members of the jury, traditionally composed of every year PIDA lecturers, were:
Marina Tabassum, president of the 2024 Piranesi jury
Zsolt Gunther
András Pálffy
Marta Peris
José Toral
Aleš Vodopivec
The jury was led by Eva Mavsar, Vesna Perovnik, Špela Nardoni Kovač and Tatjana Sirk.
For the 2024 Piranesi award 52 architectural projects were nominated by national selectors from 11 European countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, The Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia.
42 students’ projects were nominated by students’ selectors from 21 European Faculties of Architecture from Spittal, Vienna, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Split, Zagreb, Thessaloniki, Budapest, Ferrara, Pescara, Trieste, Vaduz, Podgorica, Belgrade, Kragujevac, Novi Sad, Bratislava, Ljubljana, Maribor, Lucerne and London. All together 89 projects arrived at the Piranesi exhibition, 50 projects from architects, and 39 projects from students.
The traditional criteria of selection for the Piranesi exhibition were:
- Considered setting in an urban or natural space
- Spatial and design accordance with the context
- Contemporary innovative spatial plan and layout
- Respectful approach to the natural and cultural heritage
- Contemporary understanding of traditional and autochthonous architectural elements
- Innovative details
- Considered use of colour, materials, texture and light
All Piranesi winners receive a chair of Slovenian architect and designer Niko Kralj, donated by our sponsor Rex Kralj.
Glass sculpture for Piranesi Award was designed by young Slovene architect Ajda Racman who won 1st prize at student tender, organized in 2017 by DESSA gallery and Ljubljana Academy of Fine Arts and Design. The sculpture was made in famous Steklarna Rogaska/Rogaska glassworks.
After considering all the projects, the jury decided that awards go to:
International 2024 Piranesi Student Honourable Mention
Landscapes of New Habits | Belgrade, Serbia | 2023-2024
Student: Luka Mijatović
Mentors: MSc Arch. Zoran Abadić, Associate Professor, Dr. Jelena Bogosavljević, teaching assistant
The ability to resolve fundamental architectonical questions on the large scale of a master plan was appreciated by the jury to a high extent. In particular the new vision of a public realm by putting nature and built environment in a well balanced relation was noticed as a strong quality of the project. The mature use of pure geometric forms, in order to negotiate the above mentioned aspects, explodes the well known patterns of streets and squares, creating a new vision for urbanity.
International 2024 Piranesi Honourable Mention
Piazza Cortevecchia in the historic center of Ferrara | Ferrara, Italy | 2024
Architects: INOUT architettura (Mario Benedetto Assisi, Valentina Milani)
The balance between the landscaping and the urban character of the site with the complexity of the archeological demands are solved very well with the decision of raising up the trees. The raster topography gives a structure and opens opportunities for various functions on the square. The use of traditional material and technique enters into a dialogue with the historical city of Ferrara. Last but not least the jury appreciates the focused use of the rainwater.
International 2024 Piranesi Honourable Mention
Wienerwaldgymnasium Tullnerbach | Tullnerbach, Austria | 2023
Architects: fasch&fuchs.architekten
The modularity, obviously referring to the language of modernism, structures the functional areas within the footprint of the school in a very convincing way. Additionally, this strategy has also the benefit to successfully anchor the building to its surrounding. In this sense the shape of the building offers a remarkable number of terraces on the outside and at the same time creates a very atmospheric and open access area.
International 2024 Piranesi Award goes to:
Temporary spaces for Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana | Ljubljana, Slovenia | 2024
Architects: Vidic Grohar arhitekti (Jure Grohar, Anja Vidic)
The jury recognizes a very convincing transformation of the existing architectural structure of the industrial hall from the 1960s into temporary spaces for the Slovene National Theatre Drama. Contemporary needs of the theater are resolved by structure in space with light constructive interventions incorporating fine detailing. The contrast between the rough existing structures and the elegantly placed temporary interventions form a homogeneous new unit out of different architectonic sequences.
After considering all the projects, the jury decided to mention following projects:
Mentions of 5 projects from architects:
Townhouse Neubaugasse | Wien, Austria | 2022
Architects: PSLA Architekten
Dryer [Szárító] | Debrecen, Hungary | 2024
Architects: dmb műterem (Falvai Balázs DLA, Nagy Màrton DLA, Török Dávid DLA)
Golubinje House | Golubinje, Djerdap National Park, Serbia | 2024
Architects: Studio Autori (Maja Necić, Dijana Novaković, Branislav Ristović)
Gruž Market | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 2024
Architects: ARP (Dinko Peračić)
Cantina Vinicola Ceresé | Montevecchia, Lecco, Italy | 2023
Architects: studiopizzi (Pietro M. F. Pizzi)
Mentions of 3 projects from students:
Reparaturhof | Vienna | 2024
Students: Michael Delueg, Christoph Zachert
Mentors: Ines Nizic with Andrea Kessler, Peter Bauer, Andreas Fogarasi, Till Stanke
Data Island - Revitalisation of the Oil Platform | 2023-2024
Student: Ing. arch. Tomáš Rausz
Mentor: Ing. arch. Andrej Boroš
La mucca podolica | Castè, Liguria, Italy | 2023
Student: Antonia Trager
Mentors: Alberto Alessi, Anna Lohs
Congratulation to all the 2024 Piranesi winners and nominees!
