On the UNESCO International Day of Light, The Daylight Award announce the 2020 Laureates: Juhai Leiviskä (FI) for his architecture, Russell Foster (UK) for his research, and exceptionally in 2020, The Daylight Award is also given for lifetime achievement - to Henry Plummer (US).
Juha Leiviskä, Finland, receives the award for his works of architecture that demonstrate a unique ability to make daylight an integral element of his buildings.
Russell Foster, United Kingdom, receives the award for his clinical studies in humans addressing important questions regarding light.
Henry Plummer, United States, receives the award for lifetime achievement by recording daylight phenomena in his brilliant photography and writing. The extraordinary award, made only this year celebrates the 40th anniversary of the very first Daylight Award, given to Jørn Utzon.
The Jury reasoning:
“While laureate Russell Foster studies the science behind the effect of light on human behaviour and physical and mental wellbeing, laureates Juha Leiviskä and Henry Plummer approach the effects and implications of daylight intuitively through architectural design, photographic expression and verbal mediation of these human responses.
Whether elucidating the neural effects of light or invoking the poetic essence of light, the laureates of the 2020 Daylight Award demonstrate to us the power of natural light”, states the jury.
The Jury:
James Carpenter, Chairman of the Jury, Laureate of The Daylight Architecture Award in 2010, Founder of James Carpenter Design Associates in New York, US.
Marilyne Andersen, Daylight Research laureate of The Daylight Award 2016, Professor of Sustainable Construction Technologies and Dean of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL), Switzerland;
Anne Lacaton, Laureate of The Daylight and Building Component Award 2011, Principal of Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, winner of the EU Mies Award in 2019, Paris, France;
Juhani Pallasmaa, Finnish architect, writer, teacher and lecturer; author of several books on architectural theory.
Aki Kawasaki, Associate Professor of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Ophthalmic Hospital Jules Gonin, Lausanne, Switzerland;
Koen Steemers, Professor of Sustainable Design, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK;
About The Daylight Award
The Daylight Award honours and supports daylight research and daylight in architecture, for the benefit of human health, well-being and the environment. The award places specific emphasis on the interrelation between theory and practice.
The Daylight Award was established by the philanthropic foundations VILLUM FONDEN, VELUX FONDEN and VELUX STIFTUNG, and is conferred biennially in two categories; The Daylight Award for Research and The Daylight Award for Architecture. Exceptionally for 2020, three laureates are announced, with an award celebrating the 40th anniversary of the very first Daylight Award. The award is given as personal prizes, and each to the sum of €100,000.
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4 окт 2024
