Based in Zurich, in Switzerland, TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform, is an independent digital editorial project based on the production and transmission of original architectural knowledge with the aim of connecting contemporary ideas and practices to broad the global culture of architecture. In 2019, TRANSFER launched the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award, an independent award created to recognise the most creative and innovative short films in the field of architecture, city or landscape worldwide. 

The award returns this year with a new edition. AA shares here the winning video of the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2019 and the modality of the competition 2021.

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Video is becoming increasingly instrumental in analysing architecture and the human environment, and is directly related to the digital networks that underpin contemporary communication. The TRANSFER Architecture Video Award aim to highlight the contributions that best represent new means of knowledge and analysis of architecture using video as a support.

The award is global in scope and open to filmmakers, architects, artists, photographers or any individual or group whose video work is related with architecture, city or landscape. The main criteria to participate are the short film’s contribution to exploring innovative ways of analysing and experiencing architecture, city or landscape, the relevance of the topic and its social impact, and a high standard of production. Short films must have a maximum duration of 5 minutes and must have been produced within the past three years (2019-2021).

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TRANSFER Architecture Video Award Winner 2019

The Brazilian Embassy in Santiago (Chile) located on the main avenue of the city, witness of many riots and strikes, has been hidden with a blanket of omission through the years. The architects Ipiña Nieto project was focused on recovering the undoubted importance of Palacio Errázuriz, not only within the premises of the Embassy, but in the city of Santiago. As an opening act, the film presents the choreography of a thin layer of fabric that covers the quiet building, and starts to move, exposing the new and still spaces of the Embassy, with a simple action. The building embraces the spectator to discover the new life of the space.

Luis Úrculo,
Embajada de Brasil by Ipiña +Nieto Arquitectos, 
Chile, 2019

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In 2021

The call for submission is open from April 1, 2021 until July 1, 2021. Finalists will be announced in October 2021 with an Awards Ceremony in November 2021.

The Award winner and honourable mentions will receive a TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2021 certificate. They will be published on the TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform and be presented in a public event in the Fall 2021.

The jury is, this year, composed of :
Giovanna Borasi, Director, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal |Alejandra Celedón, Professor and Head Master Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago de Chile | Josep Ferrando, Principal Josep Ferrando Architecture, Director ETSA | La Salle-URL, Director Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Barcelona | Fabrizio Gallanti, Director Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux | Christophe Girot, Professor for Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich | Daniel Kötter, Filmmaker, Berlin | Rahul Mehrotra, Principal RMA architects, Mumbai-Boston, Professor and Chair Department Urban Planning, Harvard GSD | Isabel Concheiro, Editor-in-chief, TRANSFER | Helen van Vemde, Founder, Sotto Voce Fondation.

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For more information on the  TRANSFER Architecture Video Award, go to their website: www.transfer-arch.com