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FUTURE PROJECTS >
Digital Technology winner: COMPETITION ENTRIES
‘Shenzhen Qianhai Telecommunication Centre’ by Iconic Mosque, Dubai, United Arab Emir-
Schneider+Schumacher International GmbH ates by Studio Bassal

judging panel at WAF in December to communities, including residential Construction Technology winner:
decide the winner of each of the Future accommodation, medical care, an activity “Museum for Architecture + Residences”
Project categories, ranging from Office, centre, and support for independent by Sou Fujimoto Architects
Residential, Education, and Health to living. The condominium tower, including
Culture, Leisure and Experimental. The a museum for architecture, is based on
best overall future project will also be Climate, Energy and Carbon winner: traditional Bahay Kubo huts, reinterpreted
judged and announced at the Lisbon “Paradise, London” by Feilden Clegg in a bamboo grid-like structure, and
event. Competing practices include Eric Bradley Studios intertwined with natural fauna to create
Parry Architects, SHoP, WilkinsonEyre, Paradise will transform a disused site an evolving vertical forest. The concept-
Bates Smart, and AHMM. in South London, UK, into 60,000 sq.ft of driven design is a vertical extrusion of the
To register for a free WAF Future event net carbon zero work and maker space. rice fields that once covered the project
ticket please visit: The landmark timber-framed building site in Laguna, Philippines.
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com/ will have an exposed cross-laminated
wafutures-registration. timber structure and natural light and Cultural Identity winner: “Zayed
ventilation. Designed to be future flexible, National Museum, Abu Dhabi” by the
The event runs in conjunction with and low energy in use, it is also designed Department of Culture and Tourism-
WasteBuild, an event for the international with an easily disassembled structure Abu Dhabi
construction industry dedicated to the as part of its end-of-life strategy. The The UAE’s National Museum, designed
new circular built environment, which proposal is on target for almost 60 years by Foster + Partners, tells the story of the
takes place on the same virtual platform of a negative carbon footprint. late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan,
from July 15 to 16.
For more details on the 2021 World
Architecture Festival and sister event FUTURE PROJECTS > CULTURE
Inside Festival of Interiors, please visit National Museum of Intelligence and Special Operations,
www.worldarchitecturefestival.com and Ashburn, Virginia, United States by Fentress Architects
www.insidefestival.com.

The WAFX 2021 Category Prize Winners
are:
Ageing winner: “Taikang Community
Gui Garden” by Sunlay
This design concept originates from
the local natural landscape and culture of
the Guangxi region, China, known for its
mountainous terrain, rivers, and stunning
rice terraces. It uses modern design
techniques to reinterpret the landscape
of picturesque villages, to create an ideal
natural living environment for elderly

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