The Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence in Israel by Amos Goldreich Architecture and Jacobs Yaniv Architects won the Future Projects: Health category. This new shelter has been commissioned by the Israeli charity No To Violence, led by distinguished human rights champion Ruth Rasnic.  It will be the charity’s first purpose-built shelter, as well as accommodating its administrative headquarters, and has been designed to house families from diverse ethnic and geographical backgrounds, including Arab, Israeli, Ethiopian, Russian and Ukrainian women and children.  The new shelter, which will occupy land gifted to the charity by the local municipality, will accommodate up to twelve families, all of whom require individual privacy, yet need to coexist with each other and with the staff who look after them. Judges praised the architects for their “socially driven, responsive design” which they felt demonstrated an “invitingly open and considered interface between interior and exterior spaces.”

Oppenheim Architecture’s Ayla Golf Academy and Clubhouse was recognised as the best Future Project: Leisure Led Development in Aqaba, Jordan. Taking the local desert dunescapes, mountains, and ancient Bedouin traditions as primary design influence, the project comprises residential, hotel, and commercial space, centered around an 18-hole Greg Norman designed golf course. Judges praised its “strong, sensible form” commending the “way it communicates with nature.”

The Future Project: Culture award went to Boogertman + Partners Architects for Wangari Muta Maathai House, a “beautiful, poetic and integrative” project in Nairobi, Kenya. Intended as a centre for commemoration and learning, the project is dedicated to the memory of the late Wangari Maathai, who became the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work as an environmental activist and national leader.

WAF sees over 2,000 international architects descend upon its venue Arena Berlin this week. Running alongside WAF is its sister event INSIDE which will showcase 2016’s most ground-breaking interiors projects. Visitors to INSIDE will be able to view this year’s best in class interiors nominations from leading practices and designers across four continents.

For more details the World Architecture Festival please visit  www.worldarchitecturefestival.com.



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