Failed the prizes of the III Contest of New ‘ideas properties of the architectural concrete'

The most innovative designs and creative have been the big protagonists of the third edition of the New architectural ‘contest properties of the architectural concrete', organised by the National Association of Manufacturers of Façades of Architectural Concrete (Anfharq) in collaboration with FYM-Italcementi Group. Under the lemma ‘Arq-tmosferas: sustainable Solutions in architectural concrete', more than 150 students have presented to this contest, that recognises the construction solutions more innovative projected with this material by means of the employment of cements TX Activate, in addition to promoting the investigation on the distinct uses of the concrete.

Ranged with the commitment of sustainable development of FYM-Italcementi Group, these prizes recognise to those creative or innovative solutions of the students enrolled in Schools of Spanish architecture, public or private, and Erasmus, that better have known to integrate the three dimensions of the sustainability: environingingmental, social and economic.

In this edition, the winning projects with a first prize ex aequo have recaído in the signpost ‘∏r2' of Antonio Álvarez, Alberto Beiroa, Carlos Bermudo and Javier Olmedo (all they of the ETSA Seville); and in ‘Looking for light and shadow', of the students of the ETSA Seville Juan Antonio García, Francisco Jesús Lizana and Antonio José Serrano, and by the student of ETSA of The Coruña Victoria Soto.

The second prize was for the student of the ‘Chair of New Material' of the ETSA of Málaga, Sara López Camus, by his project ‘Bioritmos'. This Chair, sponsored by FYM-Italcementi Group, integrates an asignatura cuatrimestral devoted to the innovation in materials of construction and a seminar on the employment of new construction solutions in the city.

The third prize stood out the creativity of ‘Put-connections', realised by the students of the ETSA Seville David Benítez and Vicente Carlos Jiménez; whereas the two accésit recayeron in ‘Transbordabús', of the youngsters of the ETSA Seville Manuel Gayango, Beatriz Gea, Alba Jiménez, and Juan Carlos Basque; and in ‘In a country multicolor', of the students of the ETSA of Málaga Miguel Ángel Gónzalez Gónzalez and Alba Rodríguez Rivero.

The quality of the ideas presented this year has determined that the jury realised a special quotation to the projects of ‘Arq-crops', of Marta Miguel (ETSA Madrid), ‘Inside Out' and ‘HYB', of Mario Nistal (ETSA Madrid), as well as to the authors of the 14 panels finalists.

In addition to Rafael Sworn, director of Technical Assistance of FYM Italcementi Group, have conformed the jury of this edition Alberto Peñín (ETSA Barcelona), Jorge Roa (ETSA Seville), Marta Corn and Enrique Herrada (both of ETSA Madrid).