Daylight Award
The Daylight Award (until 2014 Daylight Award ) is an international architecture and research award that is awarded every two years for outstanding work in the field of daylight use. It honors scientists and architects who contribute to the innovative use of daylight through research or architecture. Two prizes, each endowed with € 100,000, will be awarded; one in research and one in architecture. The prizes are awarded jointly by the Swiss Velux Foundation and the Danish Villum Fonden and Velux Fonden.
Procedure
The jury is made up of six to nine internationally recognized experts in the field of daylight research and architecture.
Assessment criteria
The Daylight Award for Research honors advances in research into the influence of daylight on human health and performance.
In the field of architecture, special achievements in the use of daylight are honored which have positive effects on the well-being and quality of life of the building users and society in general.
history
The Daylight Award was launched in 2007 as a Swiss architecture prize to honor buildings with innovative use of daylight. It was awarded by the Swiss Velux Foundation.
In addition, there have been prizes on the subject of daylight since 1980, which were awarded by the Danish foundations Villum Fonden and Velux Fonden.
In 2016, the various prizes were merged and have been awarded internationally every two years since then.
Prize winners (Daylight Award from 2016)
| year | category | Award winners |
| 2018 | research | Greg Ward, Consultant at Dolby Laboratories, Inc., USA |
| 2018 | architecture | Hiroshi Sambuichi, architect, Japan |
| 2016 | research | Marilyne Andersen , Professor of Sustainable Construction Technology, Switzerland |
| 2016 | architecture | Steven Holl, architect, USA |
Laureate (Daylight Award until 2014)
| 2014 | Rolex Learning Center , Lausanne | SANAA |
| 2012 | Kirchner Museum , Davos | Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer Architects, Zurich |
| 2010 | Therme Vals | Peter Zumthor & Partner, Haldenstein |
| 2007 | Eawag Forum Chriesbach, Dübendorf | Bob Gysin + Partner BGP Architects, Zurich |
Recognitions / honorary prizes (Daylight Award until 2014)
| 2014 | Leutschenbach school building, Zurich | Christian Kerez , Zurich |
| 2012 | Jury Prize: La Congiunta, Giornico | Peter Märkli Architect, Zurich |
| 2010 | Art (stuff) house Rapperswil | Isa Stürm Urs Wolf SA, Zurich |
| 2010 | Skyspace Piz Uter, Zuoz | James Turrell , Flagstaff, USA |
| 2010 | Honorary award for her contribution to research on daylight | Anna Wirz-Justice, University of Basel |
| 2007 | Expansion of the Gantenbein winery, Fläsch |
Bearth & Deplazes Architects, Chur Gramazio & Kohler Architects, Zurich |
| 2007 | Passerelle Basel SBB station | Cruz y Ortiz arquitectos, Seville Giraudi Wettstein Sagel, Lugano |
jury
2014
- Marc Angélil, architect, ETH Zurich, chairman
- Annette Gigon, architect, winner of the Daylight Award 2012
- Colin Fournier, Architect, Visiting Professor Chinese University Hong Kong
- Anna Wirz-Justice, Center for Chronobiology, University of Basel
- Karin Sander, Architecture and Art, ETH Zurich
- Michele Arnaboldi, architect, Accademia Architettura, Mendrisio
- Kurt Stutz, President of the Board of Trustees, Velux Foundation
- Lene Kann-Rasmussen, Board Member, Velux Foundation
2012
- Andrea Deplazes , architect, ETH Zurich, chairman
- Colin Fournier, Architect, Bartlett School of Architecture, London
- Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, EPFL Lausanne
- Anna Wirz-Justice, Center for Chronobiology, University of Basel
- Urs Wolf, architect, Zurich
- Kurt Stutz, President of the Board of Trustees, Velux Foundation
- Lene Kann-Rasmussen, Board Member, Velux Foundation
2010
- Andrea Deplazes , architect, ETH Zurich, chairman
- Colin Fournier, Architect, Bartlett School of Architecture, London
- Bob Gysin, architect, winner of the Daylight Award 2007
- Anna Wirz-Justice, Center for Chronobiology, University of Basel
- Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, EPFL Lausanne
- Roland Stulz, architect, head of Novatlantis, ETH Zurich
- Kurt Stutz, President of the Board of Trustees, Velux Foundation
- Bodil Wälli-Kamman, Board Member, Velux Foundation
2007
- Dietmar Eberle, architect, ETH Zurich, chairman
- Roland Stulz, architect, head of Novatlantis, ETH Zurich
- Jean-Louis Scartezzini, Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory, EPFL Lausanne
- Kurt Stutz, President of the Board of Trustees, Velux Foundation
- Bodil Wälli-Kamman, Board Member, Velux Foundation
Velux Foundation
The non-profit Velux Foundation supports research on the topics of daylight, healthy aging and ophthalmology worldwide. Research into better use and the importance of daylight for people and nature is of central importance.
The foundation was established in 1980 by the Danish industrialist Villum Kann Rasmussen .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Judit Solt: Daylight Award 2018: Contemplation and Computation. September 28, 2018, accessed June 21, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d About the Award. In: The Daylight Award. Retrieved June 21, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Meet the jury. In: The Daylight Award. Retrieved June 21, 2019 (American English).