Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal Win 2019 EUMies Award for Grand Parc Transformation
The Mies van der Rohe Award for Contemporary Architecture, part of the 2019 European Union Prize, recognized French architects Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal, Frédéric Druot, and Christophe Hutin for their innovative work on the Grand Parc social housing complex in Bordeaux. This project, commissioned by AQUITANIS, introduced modular winter gardens and balconies, emphasizing the importance of reuse rather than demolition. Dorte Mandrup, the jury chair, commended the project’s generosity. During the award ceremony, a tribute was made to the residents. An exhibition titled "What's Old, What's New" at Palau Victòria Eugènia in Barcelona showcases 40 nominated projects from a total of 383 submissions and will move to BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts Brussels in September. BAST studio received the 2019 Emerging Architecture award for a school refectory in Montbrun-Bocage, France.
Key facts
- Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal, Frédéric Druot, and Christophe Hutin won the 2019 EUMies Award.
- The award recognized the transformation of Grand Parc social housing in Bordeaux.
- The project added modular winter gardens and balconies to each unit, avoiding demolition.
- The jury was chaired by Dorte Mandrup.
- The exhibition 'What's Old, What's New' is at Palau Victòria Eugènia in Barcelona.
- The exhibition will travel to BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts Brussels in September 2019.
- The EUMiesAward app aims to catalog all editions since 1988.
- BAST studio won the 2019 Emerging Architecture award for a school refectory in Montbrun-Bocage.
Entities
Artists
- Anne Lacaton
- Jean-Philippe Vassal
- Frédéric Druot
- Christophe Hutin
- Dorte Mandrup
- Frank McDonald
- María Langarita
- Kamiel Klaasse
- Ștefan Ghenciulescu
- Angelika Fitz
- George Arbid
- Viviane Hoffmann
- Valentina Silvestrini
Institutions
- EUMies Award
- AQUITANIS
- Bordeaux metropolitan public housing office
- Fundació Mies van der Rohe
- Palau Victòria Eugènia
- BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts Brussels
- European Commission
- DG Education, Youth, Sport and Culture
- BAST
- NL Architects
- XVW architectuur
- KondorWessels Vastgoed
- Artribune
Locations
- Bordeaux
- France
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Brussels
- Belgium
- Montbrun-Bocage
- Occitania
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Tirana
- Albania