Organised and promoted by the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association (ASCER), the winners for the Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design, were honoured at the international press conference held at the 40th edition of Cevisama.
The prizes aim to improve awareness and understanding of ceramic tiles made in Spain amongst architects and interior designers and promote their use by those professionals.
Prize categories include architecture and interior design, and the winning entries received 15 000 Euros each.
Jury
The 2024 panel of judges included architects and professionals such as Carme Pinós (Estudio Carme Pinós), Jesús Olivares (COR Asociados Arquitectos), Inma Bermúdez (Studio Inma Bermúdez), Gracia Cardona (Diariodesign) and Susana Babiloni (CTAC).
Architecture Award: Casa en Puntiró
Author: Estudio de arquitectura Ripoll-Tizón
© Photos: José Hevia
The jury considered Casa en Puntiró to be a very well-integrated project, with a coherent blend of chosen materials and architectural formulae. Well-balanced attention was paid to materiality, structural aspects and architectural solutions, clearly approached in a simultaneous way right from the beginning. The jury highlighted the architects’ skilled choice of materials and the project’s finer architectural points.
Architecture finalists
Plaza + parada de autobuses en Vinarós
Author: La Errería* architecture office (Luis Navarro Jover + Carlos Sánchez García)
© Photos: Milena Villalba
Reforma y ampliación del Centro Cultural Buenavista
Authors: Padilla Nicás Arquitectos and Mariluz Sánchez
© Photos: José Hevia
Interior Design Award: Casa Isabel la Católica.
Dibujando a José Mª García de Paredes
Authors: Agustín Gor Gómez (GRX Arquitectos)
© Photos: IMAGEN SUBLIMINAL
In the Casa Isabel la Católica project, the jury highlighted the use of a timeless, standard 10x10cm tile throughout the home, adapted to fit in with its plasticity. Movement is generated with just one tile model, and it is sufficiently versatile to clad all kinds of surfaces, even curved ones. The jury also praised the skilful choice of colours used throughout the project.
Interior design mention: Casa nube
The jury applauded the solution to the typical problem of how to refurbish a highly compartmentalised small- or medium-sized home: Placing all the communal areas on one side and the private ones on the other, with a buffer area between them rather like a cloud, differentiated formally and in material terms. This contains all the home’s wet areas and also acts as a filter between the private and communal areas.
The ASCER Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design winners were honoured at Cevisama 2024 in Spain.
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