SAIE Selection

BolognaFiere and Archi-Europe have organised the competition entitled "SAIESelection" with the aim of selecting 24 projects and/or ideas (12 from the category of Young Planners and 12 from the Students' category) around the theme of  "Innovating, Integrating, Building – highly innovative and sustainable buildings".

The 24 projects and/or concepts chosen will be presented within the Core Exhibition Saie 2011, during the SAIE International Building Industry Salon in Bologna from the 5th to the 8th October 2011.

The international panel of judges will decide the winners on the 12th September.
The international panel of judges is made up of the following:

• Mario Cucinella - Mario Cucinella Architects, President of panel of judges;
• Françoise Hélène Jourda - Jourda Architectes;
• Prof. Brian Ford Head of Architecture + Urbanism Research Division University of Nottingham;
• Arch. Matteo Thun, Matteo Thun & Partners;
• Arch. Stefano Stefani, Emilia Romagna Region;
• Arch. Paolo Luccioni, Luccioni Archstudio - ANDIL;
• Prof. Francesco Biasioli - ATECAP;
• Prof. Andrea Benedetti – ACAI;
• Arch. Alessandro Marata, CNAPPC;
• Arch. Andrew Boffa, national coordinator Giarch 2011-2013

selected 24 projects; three per each of the two categories (Architects under-40 and students) and the four areas (metal&glass, brick, wood and concrete).

The award ceremony for the winning projects will take place at SAIE during the Forum "Architecture and the New Generations” on the 5th October 2011. The winners in the four areas in the category “Young Architects” are:

• des + Bettini – Italy - Wood
• HArquitectes + dataAE – Spain – Concrete
• LAN  Architects – France – Brick
• CAFèARCHITETTURA - Italy – Steel&Glass

and they will each present their work during the course of the forum; whilst all 24 selected works will be on display in a dedicated exhibition in the Energy Plaza in Hall 16 which will be open for the duration of SAIE.

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