Platform on concrete and steel in construction
On Thursday, November 14, the presentation of the 21st edition of the Concrete Prize took place. This prestigious Concrete Prize has been awarded every two years since 1979 to leading projects in the concrete construction industry.
This year, the award ceremony took place during the 62nd edition of Concrete Day at the iconic Van Nelle Factory. The Concrete Day had a future-oriented title, namely Panorama Concrete. For that reason, this year a Future Prize was awarded in addition to the six categories. The expert eight-member jury led by jury chairman Henri van der Kamp evaluated all 65 entries. In the end, 17 projects were nominated, divided into 6 categories. After valuable jury deliberations, the following winners were unanimously determined. The winners received a unique concrete trophy from the hands of the jury chairman.
In the Existing Building category, out of the 3 nominated projects, the renovation/restoration of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam was chosen. Jury: "In a social sense an example of dealing carefully with your heritage. The original has been copied in an external sense, but adapted to modern times in a functional sense."
DRONTEN - The construction of the first circular viaduct by Van Hattum en Blankevoort, Rijkswaterstaat and Consolis Spanbeton.
In this new Circular category, the circular viaduct was chosen from 2 nominated projects. Jury: "One of the first instances of truly circular design. An innovative concept, a forerunner."
Of the 4 nominated projects in this diverse category, Civil Construction Works, the Albert Cuyp garage in Amsterdam was chosen. Jury: "Great to make a parking garage under water in inner-city area. There is multiple use of space and the whole thing is sharply executed."
In the new category Grensverleggend, 2 projects were nominated. The jury chose the Natuurmonumenten regional office in Zierikzee. Jury: "Insulating concrete was used for the first time: glass foam concrete. The bearing capacity, insulation and building physics properties are combined in one material in this type of concrete."
From the 3 nominated projects, the jury chose the Earth Simulation Laboratory in Utrecht in the Utility Building category. Jury: "Here lies the strength of the concrete and processing, which is related to the function of the building. It is a subtle interplay of concrete and steel. All lines run through the elements."
Apartment complex in Hilversum commissioned by Rene van Zuuk
From the wide variety of projects in the Housing category, the jury chose to declare Belvedère in Hilversum the winner. There were 3 nominated projects. Jury: "You don't put this down just like that, a difficult project to pull off in concrete. The cantilevers are particularly daring, a lot of guts have been shown. A striking building with quality."
During the Concrete Award ceremony, not only the winners of the six categories were announced, but also the winner of the Future Award. Students were able to vote for all 17 nominated projects. Twenty percent of the votes, and thus the most, went to Museum Naturalis in Leiden, an iconic building with several high-quality designs made of concrete.
The jury gave 2 nominated projects an honorable mention, namely the Intervam flats in Utrecht and the bus bridge in Zwolle.
During the awards ceremony on Concrete Day, the nominated projects were highlighted as a nomination video for each category was shown. A special exhibition was also set up on Concrete Day. Thus, the 17 projects were in the spotlight the entire day. All nomination videos can be viewed on the Concrete Association's YouTube channel. On the website Concreteprice.co.uk you can read all the judges' comments and see which organizations were involved in the nominated and winning projects.
Henri van der Kamp (jury chairman) - Van Gelder Group
Alfons van Woensel - Struyk Verwo Infra
Reinald Top - Zwarts Jansma Architects
Dick van Klaveren - Rijkswaterstaat
Ronel Dielissen-Kleinjans - Mebin
Marten Klein - Ingenieursbureau Gemeente Amsterdam
Rudi Roijakkers - ABT Group
Aad van der Horst - TU Delft
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