SINGAPORE — Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio/Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group in China has been declared the World Building of the Year at the 2023 World Architecture Festival (WAF).
The project was initially shortlisted in the Completed Building School category. Located in Jiangbei District, Ningbo City, Huizhen is a bold exploration of efficiency-first campus design where time can be “wasted” seriously, states a release. The boarding school campus is a “floating forest” with classrooms hung in each corner of the forest and joined by meandering paths.
The awards for World Building of the Year, World Interior of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year were announced recently at a grand finale Gala Dinner at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
World Interior of the Year was awarded to 19 Waterloo Street by SJB in Australia. Originally shortlisted in the Residential (Single Dwelling) Category, the winning interior utilizes expanded connections creatively within a limited footprint to create an open and quiet oasis in the city.
Future Project of the Year went to The Probiotic Tower by Design and More International in Egypt. The project was initially selected from the Experimental category.
The Probiotic Tower’s central proposition is to repurpose obsolete water towers to positively address climate change as an adaptive system for cities, particularly in the developing world, the release indicates.
Landscape of the Year went to Benjakitti Forest Park: Transforming a Brownfield into an Urban Ecological Sanctuary by TURENSCAPE, Arsomsilp Community and Environmental Architect in Thailand.
The project transforms a former tobacco factory into a resilient living ecosystem, which is now the largest public recreational space in downtown Bangkok.
Rifle Range Nature Park by Henning Larsen in Singapore, Boca de la Mina Promenade in Reus by Batlleiroig Arquitectura in Spain and Mayfield Park by Studio Egret West in the United Kingdom were also highly commended in the landscape category.
THE WAFX Prize overall winner was also announced during the festival. WAFX recognizes projects that best use design and architecture to tackle major world issues, including health, climate change, technology, ethics and values.
The winning project was Rethinking Oil Rigs – Offshore Data Centres by Arup in United Kingdom. The project rethinks oil rig structures as data centres giving them a new function in the fast-expanding circular economy.
Next year, the World Architecture Festival and INSIDE World Festival of Interiors will take place once again at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, on Nov. 6 to 8, 2024.
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