Of Earth and Fiber
Last November, the Terra Fibra Awards rewarded 11 winners and 40 finalists for their creations in raw earth and plant fibres.
Supported by amàco and the Grands Ateliers, the Terra-Fibra Award is the fusion of the Terra Award created in 2016 and the Fibra Award created in 2019. The awards ceremony, hosted by architect Dominique Gauzin-Müller, was also the occasion to inaugurate the exhibition of finalist projects that illustrate the different uses of earth (rammed earth, mudbrick, cob, compressed earth block, poured earth, wattle and daub) and plant fibres (bamboo, hemp, straw, reed) at the Pavillon de l’Arsenal until February 27, 2022.
Macha Village Center – Local development award
Location : Macha Village, Huining, Gansu, China.
Completion : 2016
Material(s): Rammed earth
Project manager: Wu Zhi Qiao, Charitable Foundation, Macha Villager Committee
Design: OneEarthArchitecture – Wei Jiang, Jun Mu (Arch.), Tiegang Zhou (Eng.)
Construction: Beijing Civil Engineering and Architecture University, Xi’an Technology and Architecture University
Terra center – Public cultural facilities award
Location : KUST campus, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
Completion: 2017
Material(s): Rammed earth
Project manager: One University One Village team
Design: Edward Ng, Li Wan, Lucia Cheung, Wenfeng Bai, Xinan Chi, Marc Auzet, Juliette Goudy (Arch.), Wenfeng Bai (struct. Eng.), Marc Auzet; Juliette Goudy (earth consult.)
Construction: Local craftmen
Alnatura Campus – Commercial buildings award
Location : Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Completion : 2017
Material(s): Rammed earth
Project manager: Campus 360 GmbH
Design: aascookzemmrich STUDIO2050 (Arch.), Transsolar GmbH (Eng.)
Construction: Lehm Ton Erde
Anandaloy – Local development award
Location : Rudrapur, Dinajpur district, Bangladesh.
Completion : 2017
Material(s): Cob, Bamboo, Straw and coconut fibres
Project manager: Dipshiikha Bangladesh
Design: Studio Anna Heringer (Arch.), Martin Rauch, Andreas Guetling, Emmanuel Heringer (Eng.)
Construction: Montu Ram Shaw
The women’s house – Educational project award
Lieu : Ouled Merzoug, Ouarzazate, Morocco.
Réalisation : 2019
Material(s): Adobe, wattle and daub, plaster, Straw and Reed
Project manager: Women’s association of Ouled Merzoug (M0a), UHasselt Building Beyond Borders Postgraduate Certificate team, BC architects & studies (Project initiator)
Design: Participants of the Building Beyond Borders Postgraduate Certificate 2018-19 (Arch.)
Construction: Participants of the Building Beyond Borders Postgraduate Certificate 2018-19, local craftsmen
Children Village – Collective housing award
Location : Formoso do Araguaia, Tocantins, Brazil.
Completion : 2017
Material(s): Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB)
Project manager: Gustavo Utrabo
Design: Estudio Gustavo Utrabo, Pedro Duschenes, Rosenbaum (Arch.), Ita Constructora (Eng.)
Construction: Inova TS
Refurbishment and partial transformation of the Grand Théâtre de Génève – Interior architecture award
Location : Geneva, Switzerland.
Completion : 2019
Material(s): Compressed Earth Blocks (CEB)
Project manager: City of Geneva
Design: Atelier March (Arch.), B+S ingénieurs (Eng.)
Construction: ALPHA, TERRABLOC
School in Zanskar – Public education/sports facilities award
Location : Zanskar, Ladakh, India.
Completion : 2018
Material(s): Adobe, plaster and Straw
Project manager: AaZ Association
Design: Atelier Tanka (Arch. + Eng.)
Construction: LMHS self-build
Thermal renovation of a heritage building – Rehabilitation award
Location : Paris, 14e arrondissement, France
Completion : 2016
Material(s): Hemp
Project manager: Building Management
Design: North by Northwest Architectes (Arch.), LM Ingénieur (Eng.)
Construction: JR BAT
AEREM factory – Commercial buildings award
Location : Pujaudran, Occitanie, France
Completion : 2018
Material(s): Straw
Project manager: Aerem
Contractor: Seuil architecture (Arch.), Soconer, SOAB, Emacoustic, ITUD (Eng.)
Construction: Pyrénées charpentes, batimap
Wadden sea center – Public cultural facilities award
Location : Ribe, Denmark
Completion : 2017
Material(s): Thatch
Project manager: City of Esbjerg
Design: Dorte Mandrup (Arch.), Steensen & Varming, Anders Christensen (Eng.)
Construction: Johan Carlsson, JAC studios, Morten Ranmar and No Parking, Marianne Levinsen Landskab
For more information, see the complete list of finalists on the Terra Fibra Awards website.
