Soil consumption, deforestation, poaching. If the numerous species living on Earth had a voice, there would be a deafening cry of pain rising from deserts, mountains, burning forests and polluted skies.
In the fight for the protection of ecosystems there are no winners or losers. Yet, human beings seem to linger. While the delicate balances supporting this planet are eroding, anachronistic economic systems linger over reversing course of a race for a progress with no future and a wealth with no tomorrow.
This is the awareness at the base of WWF’s initiatives. For sixty years, WWF has been giving voice to the silent cry of those who have none to ask for help. WWF’s oases were created to achieve this goal. They aim at protecting the abundance of this planet and the right to exist of every living creature.
Protecting means giving access to the wonders of Mother Nature.
However, there is no protection without knowledge. There is no conservation without access. Protecting means giving access to the wonders of Mother Nature. This is because only by enjoying the existing beauty one can fall in love with it and only by falling in love with it one can become an active player in defending our planet.
Create a place where to raise awareness, where visitors can reconcile with nature.
This is the goal of WWF Observation Cabins. This is YAC’s and WWF’s competition to support one of the most ancient WWF’s oases. Such competition aims at creating a place where to raise awareness, where visitors can reconcile with nature by enjoying and acknowledging the beauty that lies where human beings manage to remain silent and listen.
Thanks to this competition architects will have the opportunity to play a crucial role in defending the planet designing observation points and a visitors’ center. Such elements will stand for a perfect combination of species, training place and beauty. This place will be a space to protect and safeguard nature.
This competition aims to rediscover the main identity of architecture, namely being a “tamed” nature where human beings can be moved by bright sunsets, be amazed by flying pink flamingos or tremble at the freezing touch of west breezes.
YAC thanks all the architects who will take part in this challenge.
Winners
First Prize
Fingers Crossed
Gioia Romani, Filippo Marconi, Simone Passaro, Lorenzo Bacci
Second Prize
three times K
Weronika Klaus, Joanna Klejment, Aleksandra Kreft
Third Prize
Felipe Astudillo + Fernando Contreras
Felipe Astudillo, Fernando Contreras
Gold Mention
V|K
Verena-Julia Klemm
Gold Mention
SLIM
Stefano Lacala
Mention
A.G.A.S.
Anita Sadkova
Mention
GadeArkitekten
Christoffer Gade Olesen
Mention
Christian Szalay
Christian Szalay, Magdalena Mayr
Mention
danielak+bruzda
Bartłomiej Bruzda, Paweł Danielak
Mention
Tratva
Ada Trybuchowicz, Aneta Kominiak, Jakub Koźlik, Paweł Swacha, Aleksandra Warowna
Mention
TONG & TIEN
Tong Zhou, Tien Chen
Mention
3 As
Liang Cheng Chung, Han Ning Tsai, Zhi Ying Deng
Mention
Yuqi&Zhongyu
Zhongyu Jiang, Yuqi Qin
Mention
R4444P
Eirinaios Palapanis
Mention
AXiom
Tuan Nguyen
Finalist
Panda
María Eugenia Cedrani, Julia Silva, Agustina Vieites
Finalist
SORRIDERE
SEYDA UZUN ZECIC, SUEDA GULEN
Finalist
Design Lab
Dhuratë Mavraj
Finalist
the MoM studio
Béné Jakel
Finalist
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Finalist
Marco Vichi
Marco Vichi
Finalist
Wawakh
Davide Bergo, Livia Sassudelli, Stefano Zuccatti
Finalist
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Finalist
SIGMA
John Paul Senyonyi, Ekaterina-Madlen Ikonomova, Alessandro Pio Gliaschera
Finalist
AI atelier
Andrada Ispas
Finalist
PiKa
Katharina Sarah Wolf, Pia Millies
Finalist
Finalist
LimOnDesign
Irina Mushkudiani
Finalist
Andrei Sain
Andrei Petrisor Sain, Bianca Alexandra, Mihaela Pereanu
Finalist
H2
Thanut Sakdanaraseth, Suparaj Wangjindamanee
Finalist
Margot Petropavlovsky
Margot Petropavlovsky, Chloé Taieb
Finalist
Nicole Cieri Architects
Nicole Cieri, Valentina Linares, Carlo Alberto Guerriero, Federico Palli, Federica Giacchetti
Finalist
JAM
Jakub Wichtowski, Michał Szymański, Alicja Aydar
Finalist
张然
Ran Zhang, Zhiwei Zou, Zhiqing Gao
Finalist
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Finalist
Bryan Kam
Bryan Kam, Kritanai Pisutigomol
Finalist
Theta
Davide Schenetti, Stefania Tagliazucchi
Finalist
BUSE
Damien GIRARD, Enzo SESSINI