Curated by Fundació Mies van der Rohe
We reaffirm our commitment to sustainability as the central theme of our event through the CONSTRUMAT Awards, curated by Fundació Mies van der Rohe, an institution with international experience in research, criticism, and dissemination of modern and contemporary architecture.
Recognizing the most sustainable buildings
Established in 1985, the CONSTRUMAT Awards are held every two years and have consistently recognized excellence in architectural and engineering works and projects. Throughout their history, they have highlighted environmentally friendly construction, the transversality of professional services, and innovation through research into construction systems and new materials.
Forty years after their inception, the CONSTRUMAT Awards continue to honour the contributions of professional teams, individuals and companies —including consultants, developers, industrialists, and clients—whose projects support the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to implement the 2030 Agenda, turning them into reference works for future strategic initiatives.
Procedure and categories
The CONSTRUMAT Awards focus on environmental SUSTAINABILITY and, more specifically in this year, on HEALTHY ARCHITECTURE. As with the previous edition, and due to the award’s specialized nature, an expert committee has been established to nominate a selection of relevant projects in this field. These projects highlight the principles and professional commitment to constructing and creating sustainable, efficient, healthy, and affordable environments and spaces that foster the well-being of both people and the planet.
Two PRIZES will be awarded among the nominated works by the expert committee:
Prize to the winning proposal chosen by a qualified jury.
Prize to the work selected by public vot.
The jury
The jury responsible for selecting the winning work is comprised of three members with recognized professional and/or academic backgrounds in the field of practice and research in sustainable architecture.
Marie-Hélène Contal
Marie-Hélène Contal
Olaf Grawert
Olaf Grawert
Jordi Pagès Serra
Jordi Pagès Serra
Expert Committee
The scientific committee is composed of representatives from international institutions, associations or groups specialized in the research, practice, and promotion of SUSTAINABILITY in architecture, as well as related and inherent themes and specializations: healthy architecture, bioclimatic, passive, green construction, environmental development, energy efficiency, etc.
The committee’s knowledge and experience are essential to ensuring the rigor and quality of the nominated works, as well as to justify and establish the insights that must define the Awards.
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui (AA)
L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui (AA), founded in 1930, is the oldest French architecture magazine. It’s a bilingual French-English journal and distributed worldwide. AA comprehends architecture as the embodiment of cultures in the broadest sense, defining architecture as THE discipline at the forefront of ecological issues. In other words, with six thematic issues per year and as many special issues, AA offers an overview of the ecological question not only from an energy or technical perspective, but also from a social and cultural one through emblematic and manifest architectures and buildings.
Clémentine Roland, editor-in-chief, architecture journalist
Degree in architecture and journalism, editor specialized in architecture
Sustainability and Architecture Association (ASA)
The Sustainability and Architecture Association (ASA) is an independent, non-profit association, with open participation and neutral character, formed fundamentally by architectural professionals with common concerns and knowledge on sustainability and architecture issues. ASA was established in 2007, promoted by the Higher Council of Architects Associations in Spain (CSCAE), with the aim of raising awareness about the design of sustainable environments in architecture and urban planning, through activities that promote the culture of sustainability, both in training, practice, and dissemination of knowledge, with the aim of legitimizing architects as valid interlocutors in the collective challenge of sustainability.
Manuel Enríquez Jiménez. ASA President
Architect, founding member of ByE arquitectos and part-time lecturer at ETSAUN, Navarra
Architecture and Sustainability Association (AUS)
The Architecture and Sustainability Association (AUS), within the Association of Architects in Catalonia (COAC), brings together technicians with environmental and social sensitivity interested somehow in the sustainability of buildings and urban planning, and who often work in this field in their professional career. AUS defends sustainable habitats for the well-being of the planet and its inhabitants. The aim is to seek a world that combats climate change, minimizes energy demand and waste, and preserves natural heritage. AUS is committed to an architectural and urban model that is carbon-free, efficient, culturally rooted and a forerunner of social transformation.
Sonia Hernández-Montaño Bou, AUS-COAC board member
Architect specializing in Healthy architecture and part-time lecturer at La Salle-URL, Barcelona
Bauhaus Earth
Bauhaus Earth is a non-profit organization that aims to catalyze the transformation of the built environment towards regenerative, circular, and resource-efficient buildings and cities using bio-based materials. The initiative is guided by the conviction that such a reform process must go beyond decarbonizing the building sector but include restoring and expanding global ecosystems such as forests and transforming buildings and cities into durable carbon sinks that contribute to long-term climate restoration.
Philipp Misselvitz. Bauhaus Earth Executive director
Architect and urban planner, HABITAT unit president.
GBCeGreen Building Council España (GBCe)
Green Building Council España (GBCe), or the Council for Sustainable Construction in Spain, is the main organization for sustainable construction in our country. Established in 2008, it serves as a reference in the transformation towards a sustainable model in the construction sector. They are part of a wide, growing, and diverse global network, with a presence in more than 70 countries and 36,000 members representing the entire value chain: World Green Building Council, WorldGBC. Together with its partners, GBCe shapes, certifies, and facilitates connections to accelerate the transformation towards sustainability in our habitat.
Justo Orgaz Domínguez. President.
Architect, founding member of Transbordo Architecture and Building management
Contact
The CONSTRUMAT 2024 Awards are organized by Fira de Barcelona,
located at Avenida Reina María Cristina, s/n 08004 Barcelona with VAT number Q0873006A.
The current edition is curated by the Mies van der Rohe Foundation.
For more information contact program@miesbcn.com