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Reform the former headquarters of the Olympic Games in Berlin, objective of the awards of architecture Schindler
11/05/2010
May 11, 2010
The fourth edition of the European Prize for architecture of Schindler 'access for all ' 2010 has achieved a record of the number of participants, with more de1.360 inscriptions, from 34 European countries. On this occasion, the challenge for students of architecture is to reform the former headquarters of the Berlin Olympics to ensure that these facilities are fully accessible. Without a doubt, these awards are a unique opportunity for young architects to give their projects to professionals of recognized international prestige.
In this regard, the President of the jury, Françoise-Hélène Jourda - Professor of technical architecture at the University of Vienna - points out that the challenge of the students is to "propose innovative solutions that improve the daily lives of all people, regardless of their age or physical ability".
As a fundamental part of his philosophy, architecture Schindler's European awards are intended to challenge the young architects so that they look for the 'access for all'. In this way, the awards recognize urban projects system integrators that emphasize time to facilitate a total mobility and barrier-free.
For Joe Manser, Member of the jury and a wheelchair user, the idea of these awards "is not that special projects, in which measures aimed at persons with a disability, if not to encourage designs that integration be designed".
