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Category winners from top left clockwise: Karoline Goldhofer Daycare Centre (2), House of Dreams (6), Home Modification for Low-income Families (3), Co-creation of Urban Spaces by the Nobogonga River (5) and Housing Upcycle Programme, Barrio Mugica of Buenos Aires (4).

The UIA 2030 Award, a partnership with UN Habitat, promotes the work of architects that contributes to the delivery of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The first cycle of a biennial awards programme to run through 2030, the competition invited architects around the world to submit entries for built projects which demonstrate design quality and have made significant contributions towards achievement of some of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Submissions were received from 125 projects in 40 countries. 

The competition was conducted in two stagesand 43 Regional Finalists were selected to go through to Stage 2, at which point entrants were invited to submit a short video illustrating their building in use together with further information in support of their entries.

CATEGORY 1: OPEN CATEGORY

Jurors chose not to award a winner in this category and elected instead to highly commend the following 6 projects:

• Village Lounge of Shangcun in Shangcun Village, Jixi County, China, by SUP Atelier of THAD (otherwise known as the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University)
• Warm Nest Project of Zoige in Xiare’er Village, Zoige County, China by the China Southwest
• Architectural Design and Research Institute Corporation
• Greenfield Factory of Karupannya Rangpur in Alamnagar, Bangladesh, by Nakshabid Architects
• Naidi Community Hall, in Savusavu, Vanua Levu Island, Fiji, by CAUKIN Studio
• Enghave Climate Park in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Third Nature (Tredje Natur)
• Beaufort West Clinic, in Beaufort West, Western Cape Province, South Africa, by Gabriel Fagan Architects

CATEGORY 2: SDG7, TARGET 7.3, IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Winner:  Karoline Goldhofer Daycare Centre, in Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany, by Heilergeiger Architekten und Stadtplaner BDA

Highly commended projects:

• Indoor Playground and Assembly Hall of Yueyang County No 3 Middle School, Yueyang county, Hunan Province, China by SUP Atelier of THAD
• Huaira (Ecuador), by Diana Salvador and Javier Mera

CATEGORY 3: SDG11, TARGET 11.1, ADEQUATE, SAFE & AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Winner: Home Modification for Low-income Families, in Hong Kong, China, by Domat

Highly commended projects:

• Wallah's House, in Mehran Town, Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, Pakistan, by Zohaib Zuby, Architectural Design Research Lab
• Transformation of an Office Building into a Straw and Wood Student Residence, Paris, France, by NZI Architectes

CATEGORY 4: SGD 11, TARGET 11.3 

PARTICIPATORY, LAND-USE EFFICIENT & INCLUSIVE PLANNING

Winner: Housing Upcycle Programme, Barrio Mugica of Buenos Aires, Argentina by the Special Project Unit Barrio Padre Carlos Mugica, the Buenos Aires City Government

CATEGORY 5: SDG11, TARGET 11.7, ACCESS TO GREEN & PUBLIC SPACE

Winner: Co-creation of Urban Spaces by the Nobogonga River, Jhenaidah Sadar, Bangladesh, by Co.Creation.Architects

Highly commended projects:

• Climate Adaptation Kokkedal, Kokkedal, Denmark, by Schønherr A/S
• El Trópico y el paisaje construido centro tradicional urbano, Medellín, Colombia, by AEU Arquitectos
• Revitalisation of Rasulbagh Children's Park, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by Shatotto Architecture for Green Living
• Eco-Restoration, Chakkarpur-Wazirabad Bundh, in Gurugram, Haryana, India, by VSPB Associates, Architects, Urban Designers, Landscape Architects, Planners

CATEGORY 6: SDG11, TARGET 11.C, UTILISING LOCAL MATERIALS

Winner: House of Dreams in Zhoushan Village, China by Insitu Project, School of Design, from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PRC

Highly commended:

• Tea Leaf Market of Zhuguanlong, Shouning County, Fujian Province, China, by SUP Atelier of THAD

Read the Jury Citations. 

Take a look at the online Gallery with all Finalists.

Interviews with the authors will be published shortly by ArchDaily, media partner of the UIA 2030 Award.

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