评委感言

（以姓氏拼音排序/In alphabetical order）

评委感言

From the Jury

（以姓氏拼音排序/In alphabetical order）

边兰春

WA城市贡献奖评委

清华大学建筑学院教授

当今中国城市的一个显著特征是城市人群的流动与空间的裂变，虚拟互联社区的兴起在给市民生活带来丰富与变化的同时，也使传统城市社区人群与空间组织中稳定、紧密、亲切的感受在慢慢地消失。我理解，建筑给城市创造的价值很大程度上不再是追求艺术创作的纪念性，而是强调对未来流动城市中断裂与碎化社区公共生活的整合与改善。因为，城市公共生活的实现依然有赖于融入城市、贴近生活并富有魅力的公共空间。营造积极的公共空间，可以整合现代都市中日趋破碎的“失落空间”。因此，在WA城市贡献奖的诸多参评作品中，打动我的不仅仅是这些作品空间形象的塑造，更在于践行创造城市价值的设计师们，面对不同尺度的地段、不同功能定位和不同规模的建筑，所表达出的对未来城市生活的深入思考，以及兼具人文情怀和艺术特质的表达。

海伦·卡斯尔

WA设计实验奖、WA社会公平奖评委

《建筑设计》杂志主编，英国皇家建筑师学会（RIBA）职业教育部门主管

社会公平奖很可能是WA中国建筑奖中最具潜力的奖项，它强调的是建筑改变生活的能力。请评委给各个项目的社会价值区分高下绝非易事。从效益上看，社区的新公共厕所与图书室、重建的清真寺与少年活动中心孰优孰劣？在偏远的乡村或城市中心，哪里是能获得最大化集体利益的地方？

面对中国各地的杰出项目，评委之间展开了持久的讨论。最终，东江源环境教育中心被评为WA社会公平奖的优胜项目，突出了环境问题在全球的重要性。值得注意的是，虽然很多项目的规模很小，比如“皮影剧院”和“格莱珉中国的乡村银行”，却在触及和转变人们的生活层面上有着远大的理想。

常青

WA建筑成就奖、WA居住贡献奖评委

中国科学院院士，同济大学建筑与城市规划学院教授获“WA建筑成就奖”优胜奖的“深圳华侨城文化创意园”，其策划和设计者抑制住建筑师生产原创作品的本能，把设计功夫用在了对仅有30年历史的工业建成环境进行保留、改造与再生的方方面面，将后工业时代大众艺术样态与品牌创意产业融汇一体，从而营造出了一系列相互交织的场景和事件。这个获大奖的项目再次表明，建筑学的长远价值不仅应体现于空间形态的塑造，更应体现于生活形态的营造。

获WA居住贡献奖优胜奖的“唐山第三空间综合体”，试图通过楼体外“挂屋”的空间创意，产生突破常态高层复式住宅界面限定的领域感，在国内居住建筑设计领域具有实验性探索的意义。其他获佳作奖和入围奖的项目多侧重于城乡历史居住环境的有机更新设计，如吉林的“新青年公社”、北京的“四分院”“南锣鼓巷大杂院大户住宅改造”“生菜屋可持续生活实验室”、黄山的“齐云山树袋屋”、西塘的“九舍”等，均传达出了应对城乡居住环境修补与再生问题的可持续设计气息。

崔愷

WA建筑成就奖、WA社会公平奖评委

中国工程院院士，中国建设科技集团总建筑师

又到了收获的季节，又参加了WA中国建筑奖的评审会。相比上届的报奖作品，这次无论是数量还是质量都有了不小的提升。建筑师们也似乎对不同奖项的价值观更了解了，申报作品也更有针对性了，这无疑也给评委的工作增加了难度，在都很优秀的作品中要寻找具有说服力的差别并不容易，当然这也促进了中外评委们的积极讨论，试图在作品的外在视觉和内在观念之间找到平衡点，这是个有趣也有意义的体验。谢谢所有为此付出努力的同仁，你们的工作让我们也满载而归。

丁沃沃

WA城市贡献奖评委

南京大学建筑与城市规划学院院长、教授

世纪之交的中国大地在城市化的驱动下，大小城市犹如雨后春笋蔓延、生长，各地充满了对建筑物的需求，各种各样的建筑物随之拔地而起。如此，对于设计行业而言，形势一派大好。可是另一方面，建筑作品鱼龙混杂，创作思潮、标准都混乱不堪。此时此刻，作为以介绍世界上优秀建筑作品而著称的学术期刊《世界建筑》做了一件在今天看来很了不起的事：举办两年一次的“WA中国建筑奖”（WAACA）的评选活动，以获奖的建筑作品向人们展示建筑创作价值观。作为建筑学界的一员，从对获奖作品的认同到关注这个奖项历时十几年，我看到了“中国建筑奖”如何坚持建筑创作的核心价值、如何展示作品质量，以及如何传播优秀建筑并深入人心。

2014年开始，“WA中国建筑奖”有了新的变化，设置了不同类别的奖项，应对不同的价值诉求，本人认为这次细分意义重大。之前的评选确立的是建筑作品形式的价值取向，而这次细分则直指作品内涵的价值取向。事实上，中国建筑设计创作的确到了由表及里、追求内涵的阶段。值得一提的是，分奖项里设置了城市贡献奖，旨在表彰对城市空间作出贡献的建筑创作。相对其他分类，这个分类更有意思的地方在于它的指向不那么明确，给建筑师留出巨大的思考空间，首先得理解“怎样才堪称对城市有贡献”，对于当下非常时髦的“城市设计”来说，建筑物的“城市贡献”似乎更为现实。作为不太明确而极其有意思的分类，从投稿的作品中我们也看到了中国建筑师们对“城市建筑”的丰富多彩的认知和应答。从现实状况看，城市将集聚大量建筑，众多好建筑的集聚并不意味着一定形成好的城市空间。“城市贡献”这个关键词太重要了，它与时俱进，给走向成熟的中国建筑师群体提出了新的目标和挑战。

董功

WA技术进步奖评委

直向建筑创始合伙人

技术从来都是建筑中一个无法忽视的重要层面。在今天中国的设计和建造行业，我们对技术的尊重和追求进取不是过度，而是存在明显不足。这也我们的建筑水平离世界最高品质还有差距的重要原因之一。我想这也是WA奖设置技术进步奖的意义所在。但是需要提出的是，技术的终极目标，并非炫耀技术本身。技术最终是要为空间中人的良好的生活和精神感受服务的。

杜春兰

WA技术进步奖评委

重庆大学建筑城规学院院长、教授

初识《世界建筑》主办的WA中国建筑奖，是前两年我院老师设计的七平米住宅获奖事件，这让我对主办方的独到视角、奖项设置产生了深厚的兴趣并加以关注。

再识WA中国建筑奖是2016年很荣幸受邀担任技术组评委，经过这次的评审，再次加深了对世界建筑杂志社的认识，特别感概杂志社对这项工作的认真专注和眼界定位。无论是奖项的设置、评委的选择，还是前前后后的服务和工作的严谨，都给我留下了极深极好的印象。这个奖项也已在业界享有胜誉，相信并期待越办越好！

韩冬青

WA居住贡献奖评委

东南大学建筑学院院长、教授

“WA 居住贡献奖”以居住品质和居住环境的提升为价值导向，其核心指向显然在于对居住作为人在现实资源条件下实现生活场所的理解，而这正是居住的基本内涵。

无论从本次申报作品还是获奖作品来看，类型的多样性是一大亮点。这从一个侧面反映了中国居住建筑的创作正在从传统的基于户型的类型抽象转向对具体资源条件下不同人群的居住形态的差异性捕捉，这不仅表现出设计师对使用者现实生活的敏锐体察，也预示了生活文化的一种积极取向。高层集合住宅可以营造出个体专属的空间景致；公社居住可以有随意轻松的自主活动；咫尺之所同样可以享受空间的余域。设计对特定的环境与特定的居者之间的关联诠释了生活的尊严和生活的诗意。

黄居正

WA居住贡献奖评委

《建筑学报》执行主编

在申报WA居住贡献奖的几十个项目中， 有胡同民居的改造，有为灾民援建的震后居所，也有乡村建设大潮中涌现的民宿，当然，还有城市集合住宅。在那些规模较小的民宅村居项目中，无论是材料的选择、空间的营造，还是对居住者行为的引导和组织，大都体现出了建筑师的独具匠心；而在集合住宅这一居住类型中，虽然“唐山第三空间综合体”和“新青年公社”项目给人耳目一新之感，体现出建筑师寻求打破惯常平庸的平面布局、赋予居住生活空间以活力的努力，但遗憾的是，从提交的大多数集合住宅项目中，几乎看不到建筑师对这一量大面广，某种程度上可以改变、提升城市空间和居民生活品质的建筑类型，做出多少探索性的设计研究。因循旧制、平淡乏味之作占据了这一居住类型中的绝大部分。

雷振东

WA技术进步奖评委

西安建筑科技大学建筑学院常务副院长、教授

首次作为WA中国建筑奖评委，参与WA技术进步奖的评选，既欣喜也颇受鼓舞，很荣幸能有机会为我们中国建筑人重要交流平台的建设与传播工作贡献力量。

WA中国建筑奖的评议严守公平公正的基本原则，评委对作品选择与评价的标准极其严苛，创新性与推广性是评委心中的专业准绳。最终的获奖作品经过一轮一轮严肃的投票甄选，是慎重讨论的共识。

任何建筑师要想获得WA中国建筑奖，必须有实力、有目标、有准备，获奖作品代表了中国建筑人的建筑思考与水准，所有建筑师都应积极参与，认真研究竞赛主题和技术突破点，不断推进WA中国建筑奖的行业影响力。

李虎

WA社会公平奖评委

OPEN建筑事务所创始合伙人

WA社会公平奖是一个每次自己申报WA中国建筑奖的时候，想来想去都放弃申请的类别。虽说做过的很多公共项目都可以算是和这个主题相关，但深入想的话，又觉得并不具有足够的说服力。这种纠结，也出现在这次受邀担任评委的过程中。在中国当下的社会现实里，能够真正切合这个主题、同时又展现出较高的设计与建造水平的作品，的确并不多见，这也从评审过程中评委激烈有趣的辩论中清楚地反映出来。这个奖项所抛出的问题也许更为重要：建筑设计确实可以推动社会公平吗？评价关注弱势群体的设计需要采取不同的学术标准吗？是否有一天，对弱势群体、社会公平的关注成为普遍意识，并融入到建筑实践之中，每一个优秀建筑都可以申报“社会公平奖”，那时候，我们才可能进入到一个真正“公平”的社会？

李翔宁

WA建筑成就奖评委

同济大学建筑与城市规划学院副院长、教授

长久以来，建筑奖项的设置更多是从建筑图纸和摄影师的图像加以判断。WA建筑成就奖的设置，更多考虑了使用者用后评估和经过一段时间的影响力考量。这似乎更接近于美国25周年建筑奖的初衷。本次参评的许多作品，都有几位评委在现场考察或体验过，并在评审时陈述供其他评委参考。评审过程也让人印象深刻，开放自由的讨论甚至争论，使得评价标准更具批判性。美中不足的是，由于奖项的宣传力度稍显不足，在建筑师中的知晓度尚待提高。但假以时日，一定会成为当代中国建筑的重要风向标。

刘珩

WA建筑成就奖评委

南沙原创建筑设计工作室创始人、主持建筑师

2016年是我第一次参与WA中国建筑奖的评选工作，很好奇也很激动。WA建筑成就奖在我看来是一个真正把建筑作为时间艺术的奖项， 是个分量很重、综合性最强的奖项。在当下繁杂和快餐式的现实社会里，如果建筑真能像红酒一样逾久逾香醇，我认为，这才是建筑的永恒和魅力所在。在这些参选作品中，建筑师对于空间及其使用在更长时间维度上的思考和呈现，是我非常期待的内容。

这次参选作品具有多样化的特点，有小尺度、体现快速建构的示范建筑，也有大尺度大街区的城市更新项目，更多的是公共设施以及艺术场馆项目。作为大多数的后者，在设计理念和使用结果上没有太多的悬念，公共设施和艺术场馆的使用本身就与运营主体和经营水平有很大的关系，因此我们看到的更多是运营主体日常管理水平的高低，而不是建筑师的初心和本身的设计力量；小尺度的建筑实验和原创，虽然令人激动，但能否上升到建筑成就奖的层面，在评委中也引发了不少的争论。

最终深圳 “华侨城创意文化园改造”获得优胜，却是所有评委的共识。作为一个城市设计和城市更新的代表案例，项目不仅创造了城市更新和建筑改造的即时设计示范，更提供了一种长远的社区营造策略。它激发了一个自我生长和开放兼容的良性机制，使得更新成为持续的过程具有深远的社会示范意义。

刘晓都

WA居住贡献奖评委

都市实践创建合伙人

“WA居住贡献奖”直接回应的是最具普遍性的建筑类型。人文关怀、设计呈现与技术应用都是住宅设计所应关注的。高层住宅是中国最主要的住宅类型，商业化、模式化最严重，设计上的突破挑战巨大，而意义也很大。所以我倾向于把优胜奖颁给“唐山第三空间综合体”，表彰建筑师在对高层住宅的人文思考和形式与空间上的创新尝试。共享居住设计是当下的热门话题，“新青年公社”提供了一个很好的范本，“四分院”直面最为敏感的北京四合杂院的更新改造难题，提出了颇具新意的解决思路。两个作品都很值得嘉奖。WA中国建筑奖是中国建筑设计界最有影响力的建筑奖之一，很荣幸作为评审人。相信它能够持续积累信誉，强化特色，优化奖项和评奖方式，越办越好。

柳亦春

WA社会公平奖评委

大舍建筑设计事务所创始合伙人、主持建筑师

2016年有幸参加WA奖的“社会公平奖”的评审，颇有感慨。这个奖项的设置，从观念上首先把建筑师置于一个社会意义的“人”的身份来重新看待，尽管建筑师在任何一个项目中都有义务、有必要去思考建筑的社会意义，但项目的类型与地点可能在相当程度上决定了建筑师在这个问题上着力的深浅。这在“社会公平奖”的评审中表现的尤为明显，在这个前提下，是看重设计本身的价值还是设计的结果所产生的社会价值？这个疑问在评审过程中一直伴随着我，我希望找到一个二者兼具的作品，但有时候单凭几张图纸和照片在很短的时间内也很难判断设计的动机及其所产生的实际结果究竟如何。但不管怎样，这个奖项的设置，已足以让我们重新思考建筑师这个职业所能承担的社会意义。

梅洪元

WA居住贡献奖评委

哈尔滨工业大学建筑学院院长、教授，哈尔滨工业大学建筑设计研究院院长、总建筑师

连续参加了两届WA中国建筑奖的评选，感触很深。从奖项设置到评审原则，WA中国建筑奖有着鲜明的指向，它所追求和倡导的不是题材与叙事的宏大，而是立足时代与地域，围绕建筑的本质，挖掘平凡与细微中的精彩，而这些正是我们在几十年快速城市化进程中所缺失的。2016年的申报作品都很精彩，很多项目以批判性的视角与实践诠释了社会公平、人文关怀、技术进步等主题，这对于我国未来的建筑走向起到了很好的引导作用。我参加的是居住贡献奖的评选，获得优胜奖的作品是“唐山第三空间综合体”，给我留下很深的印象。该项目从形式、空间、结构与功能等层面，对居住建筑进行创新，以“定制化”的设计模式超越了传统“程式化”思维桎梏下建筑的机械与呆板，为城市增添了活力。最后，希望下一届 WA中国建筑奖能够继续呈现更多优秀的作品。

卢卡·莫利纳里

WA建筑成就奖、WA设计实验奖、WA社会公平奖评委策展人，评论人，建筑史学家

那不勒斯第二大学副教授

20多年来，中国一直被视为难以实现的、最具挑战性的建筑的“香格里拉”。大部分西方杂志发表的图片以及曾在中国工作的外国设计师的看法，让我认为这是一个由无数大体量建筑构成的大都市环境。巨大与消费是代表这一历史阶段的关键词，但我总感觉截然不同的新一代即将出现，并展现出当代中国社会的不同形象。

在WA中国建筑奖最新一届评奖中担任三个不同奖项评委的经验充分印证了我的感觉。

我有幸评鉴的大部分建成项目让我看到了对现存文脉的高度关注、与地方传统进行创新对话的研究，以及从社会和环境上对可持续性理念的探究。这些项目代表的一代中国建筑师，用多元的智慧和方法去面对城市过度发展和重大生态目标带来的复杂而艰巨的挑战。让我们拭目以待巅峰之作的问世。

孙一民

WA城市贡献奖评委

华南理工大学建筑学院常务副院长、教授

我是第二次参加WA中国建筑奖的评选，从上届的“WA技术进步奖”转为这届的“WA城市贡献奖”，角度变换了，但都是我喜欢的。总体感觉，2016年申报建筑师的数量比上届多，但评审过程并没有想象的复杂，数量增加了数倍但没有让工作量倍增，原因是申报者对“城市贡献”的理解并不深刻，导致许多申报项目完全不符合城市贡献的主题。比如，申报材料里面对建筑红线以外的东西完全忽略，甚至认为：我这是个大建筑，对城市一定有贡献！这其实是中国建筑的一个非常令人担忧的现实，普遍忽视建筑对城市空间形成、场所营造的积极贡献，依然停留在自娱自乐的孤芳自赏阶段。而城市逻辑和思想的贫瘠更让建筑师关注于形式而非城市。因此，我觉得“城市贡献奖”是一个非常重要的奖项，对于当今中国城市而言，其重要性尤其突出。期待未来的中国建筑师能够主动关注城市问题，为城市而设计，为场所而营建！

王建国

WA建筑成就奖、WA技术进步奖评委

中国工程院院士，东南大学建筑学院教授

近年，中国建筑设计创作的社会性、思想性、探索性和场所性均获得了半个多世纪以来难得的长足发展，这一发展逾越了建筑单纯的工程属性和教科书属性而逐渐呈现出一个多元、多样、多姿、多态的建筑学图景。这样的图景如何评价、如何通过细分的类型和个体侧重赋予其建筑设计发展的标杆和导向就成为WA中国建筑奖设置的意义和价值。各个评审类型特色各具的评判标准，主要是针对建筑师的专业工作，弥补了主流的基于“大而全”的工程评奖中建筑师原创水平评判标准的缺失，越来越多的建筑师把作品有没有实力去参评乃至获奖作为重要的专业追求。作为评委参加了2016年度WA中国建筑奖两个类别的评审，仅就WA技术进步奖而言，我们就看到了相当丰富的建筑技术创新探索。其中有两个以素混凝土作为主要建筑元素的作品，不仅材料与结构浑然一体，表达了建筑本初的基本属性，而且空间和场所营造也充满感官审美的愉悦。而另一个古代宫殿建筑室内空间展陈物理环境的改造也给我留下深刻印象，它也完全可以作为日后同类的文物建筑保护和适应性改造再生的参考样本。

王路

WA设计实验奖评委

清华大学建筑学院教授

本届WA设计实验奖的报奖项目与往年相比要多得多，规模上大的有剧场、学校，小的有休息亭甚至装置，建筑类型多样，好的作品所占的比例也比往届要高，因而也给评审带来很大的难度。最终评出的奖项虽然经过评委会严肃认真的评阅和反复讨论，但还是觉得有些遗憾，有许多结合国情并有创新价值的建成作品没能获奖。从本届设计实验奖100多个申报项目中可以看到我国当下建筑创作的一个片断，也反映了我国建筑界近年活跃的创作氛围。希望下一届WA中国建筑奖的评选活动有更多的建筑师参与进来，涌现出更多好的作品。

修龙

WA建筑成就奖评委

中国建筑学会理事长，中国建设科技集团董事长

有幸受邀参加2016年WA建筑成就奖的评选工作,看到这么多优秀的建筑作品，去感知它们被注入的情感，去感受它们被赋予的历史责任和时代精神，让人振奋。

30年来，中国城镇化进程持续加速，在一番轰轰烈烈的建设过后，我们静心反思“建筑要弘扬什么，要体现什么”的时候，中央城市工作会议提出“适用、经济、绿色、美观”的新时期建筑方针，为我们指明了方向。可喜的是，本次评奖标准与新时期建筑方针高度吻合，参评作品也与新时期建筑方针形成呼应，获奖作品也全面体现和诠释了这一理念，我深受鼓舞，深感欣慰。

应该讲，这样的建筑创作，才是具有生命力的，才是经得起历史考验的，才是能够受到专家认可和大众称道的。我也十分高兴能够与这么多专家共同研讨、欣赏这些优秀作品，学习建筑师们的创作体会。可以说，这次《世界建筑》主办的评奖工作意义重大，这个奖项赋予了建筑新的时代特征，也将进一步推动和引领建筑行业的发展。

张颀

WA技术进步奖评委

天津大学建筑学院院长、教授

“WA技术进步奖”将其核心价值定位于“技术的切实进步与成果”，要求建筑师能以创造性的技术手段解决现实问题。这是评委评选的重要标准，从参选的项目来看，其设计与建造也多数体现了这一宗旨。

评选过程中，评委们依然很关注能够在视觉和情感上被打动的作品。无疑一个巧妙的构思，一个美的、令人愉悦的空间形式是能够推动技术进步的，它与“创造性技术手段”互为因果，这或许也是设立技术进步奖的初衷。建筑美学说到底就是技术美学，是艺术与技术的结合。

支文军

WA技术进步奖评委

同济大学建筑与城市规划学院教授

又一次有幸参加WA中国建筑奖 “技术进步奖”奖项的评选。首先我对三个获奖作品表示祝贺，其次我想谈谈三点肤浅的感受。第一，设立“技术进步奖”的宗旨是鼓励和推进“以创造性的技术手段解决现实问题”。中国当代建筑的进步是有目共睹的，但比较而言，通过建筑技术的进步促进建筑品质提升的贡献度并不是那么明显，这从中国建筑整体发展状态及参赛作品中可见一斑；第二，在参赛的大多数作品中，参赛者只是把自己的作品归入“技术进步奖”这一类型而已，较少凸显和明晰是什么技术、方法取得什么独特的进步和成果，更没有技术数据的支撑。原因可能是作品缺乏实际的技术进步的含金量，也可能是参赛者如何宣传核心价值的意识不够；第三，取得“技术的切实进步与成果”并不是一件容易的事。但随着建筑师不懈的探索与寻求真正基于当下现实的中国建筑的努力，相信会有更多根植于建筑学的基本意义之上的建筑技术进步。

周畅

WA建筑成就奖、城市贡献奖评委

原中国建筑学会副理事长

我参加过几次WA中国建筑奖评审会，感觉一次比一次好，一次比一次影响大，特色也越来越突出，究其原因，可能表现在以下几点：

定位准确、持之以恒。纵观近年来的建筑奖评审，有政府的、行业的、社会的、媒体的、高校的等等，林林总总，目不暇接，但WA中国建筑奖的项目征集有自己的主题和学术导向，紧扣当下热点，把握时代脉搏，并且不间断地坚持走自己的路，已经成为建筑界有重要影响的奖项。

开放包容、兼收并蓄。WA中国建筑奖在项目征集上不画框框，不设门槛，只要符合征集要求，不论体制内还是体制外的学者、不论设计院还是高等院校的设计，不论何种流派、何种思潮的作品，全都欢迎投稿，这种开放包容的姿态得到了业界的欢迎，作品一年比一年多也就在情理之中了。

学风严谨、公正透明。每届的WA中国建筑奖都邀请了国内外著名的建筑与规划专家进行评审，并且全部采用匿名评审的方式，评委之间时常会有激烈的讨论，既是一次严谨的评审，也是一场开放的学术交流，评委们都很珍惜每届评审的机会。我想这种正能量的碰撞，定能为建筑界产生出蓬勃向上的火花。

庄惟敏

WA建筑成就奖、WA设计实验奖评委

清华大学建筑学院院长、教授，清华大学建筑设计研究院院长、总建筑师

WA建筑成就奖是对建筑师设计的项目经过时间磨练、彰显出建筑长久价值的表彰。就如同美国建筑师学会AIA的25年金奖，我们关注的是建筑所呈现出来的恒久品质，这种品质是项目前期的准确策划，精心而富有前瞻性的设计，贴切而恰如其分的材料与工法的选择，以及随时代发展的对空间成长的思考，并将它们连贯起来的整体观的设计体现。这是对建筑创作境界的最高要求，是建筑领域多元价值观取向中的一个高标准的定位，是当下面对中国快速城镇化进程中建筑创作的一种严肃的态度，更是推进中国建成环境可持续发展的榜样示范。□

BIAN Lanchun

Jury member of WA City Regeneration Award

Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua UniversityStriking features of Chinese cities today are the mobility of urban populations and the fragmentation of space. Additionally, the rise of virtual communities has enriched as well as changed urban life - the stable and friendly atmosphere of traditional urban communities and spatial organizations is slowly disappearing. In my understanding, architecture no longer gives value to cities through artistic creation but rather through decreasing urban sprawl and fragmentation, which improves the quality of (mobile) community life in the future city. This is because the realization of public life still depends on integration into the urban setting, the proximity to life, and the attractiveness of public spaces. Constructing active spaces can increase urban cohesion and bring back the "lost (public) space." The element that most impressed me in many works was thus not the creation of visualspatial relationships. Rather, I was truly impressed by the way some designers, confronting challenges of all kinds (diferent scales, diferent functions, diferent sizes of buildings and sites), struck an appropriate balance between human and artistic considerations and created practical value for future urban life.

Helen Castle

Jury member of WA Design Experiment Award & WA Social Equality Award

Editor in chief, Architectural Design; Head of Professional Programmes, Royal Institute of British Architects

The Social Equality Award is possibly the most potent category among WA Awards for Chinese Architecture; it highlights architecture's capacity to change lives. It was a daunting prospect for the jury members to ascertain the greater social value of one project over others. How might one measure the beneficial impact for a community of a new public toilet against that of a library, or the reconstruction of a mosque against a youth center? Where are the greatest collective gains to be made in an isolated rural setting or an inner city urban location?

A prolonged discussion ensued among the jury members faced with such an impressive array of projects from across China. Ultimately, the Dongjiangyuan Environmental Education Center was chosen as the winner - underlining environmental concerns as a global priority. It was notable that although many projects such as the Shadow Play Theater and Grameen Village Bank were small in scale, they were ambitious in their desire to touch and transform people's lives.

CHANG Qing

Jury member of WA Achievement Award & WA Housing Award

Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

The planners and designers of the winning project for the WA Architectural Achievement Award, OCT-LOFT Renovation in Shenzhen, did not follow the instinct of every architect to create something new. Instead, they focused on the relatively new, 30-year-old fields of preservation, renovation, and regeneration of industrial environments, which combine post-industrial popular arts with the brand design industry to create a series of interconnected scenarios and events. This award confirms that the long-term value of architecture lies not only in spatial design, but also in life design.

The winning project of the WA Housing Award, The Third Space, revolutionizes the conventional understanding of what a high-rise or penthouse building is and looks like by suspending a room outside the main building, thereby breaking new ground in the exploration of domestic housing design. Finalist projects and those awarded honorable mentions focus on organically upgrading urban and rural historical living environments, such as New Youth Commune, Split Courtyard House, Refurbishment of Residence in Warren of Nanluoguxiang Hutong, Lettuce House Sustainable Living Laboratory, Treehouse, and Nine House. These projects all stimulate ideas from sustainable design to cope with the renovation and regeneration of urban and rural living.

CUI Kai

Jury member of WA Achievement Award & WA Social Equality Award

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Chief Architect, China Construction Technology Consulting Co. Ltd.

It is again time for the WA Architecture Awards. Compared to the last competition, this year's submissions have greatly increased in both quantity and quality. Architects have gained a better understanding of the different award categories so that their works had better correspond to the specific requirements of each category, which undoubtedly brings more difficulties to the judges because it is not easy to identify convincing diferences among these excellent works. However, this has promoted discussion among the Chinese and international jury members, prompting them to strike the balance between valuing the outward appearance and the inner concept of the works. For me, this has been an interesting and meaningful experience. Many thanks to all my colleagues who have made great eforts to make this event happen. Your work has enabled us to obtain fruitful results.

DING Wowo

Jury member of WA City Regeneration Award

Dean, professor, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University

Driven by China's urbanization, small and big cities are beginning to spring up and sprawl, and architecture is flourishing all over the country. There is a promising future for the design industry. However, architectural works mix apples and oranges, different ideas and standards. At this moment, as the leading academic journal introducing outstanding architecture from around the globe to China, World Architecture has launched a great undertaking - to hold a biennale competition entitled WA Awards for Chinese Architecture (WAACA) and to present the architectural and design concepts of the winning projects. As a member of the Architectural Society, I have followed this competition for over ten years and witnessed how WAACA has upheld core values of architectural design, exhibited design quality, and brought excellent works closer to the public.

Since 2014, WAACA has awarded prizes in different categories for different value pursuits. I think this move is significant. In contrast to previous competitions, such an approach allows us to directly evaluate the essential inner properties of a work. This is in line with the development of architectural design in China that has shifted focus from external form to inner meaning. Thus, it is noteworthy that the WA City Regeneration Award aims to honor works' contributions to urban space (its regeneration and further development). Compared to other awards, the criteria of this award are not fully specifed, which leaves room forinterpretation by the architects. What first comes to my mind is the question of what a contribution to the city is. Compared to the popular "city design", the "city regeneration" value of an architecture is more realistic. In this category's interesting and ambiguous content, we can see a different understanding and architectural response to urban fabric in the works. In practice, cities are clusters of buildings, but a dense environment does not necessarily correspond to a good urban pattern.The catchy phrase "city regeneration" is crucial and may inspire Chinese architects in their personal development and maturity and in their pursuit of modernization and internationalization.

DONG Gong

Jury member of WA Technological Innovation Award Founding Partner, Vector Architects

Technology is an indispensably crucial constituent of architecture. In today's design and construction industry in China, our regard and pursuit of technological progress persists but still remains deficient. This is one of the reasons for the gap between our architectural quality and the international highest one. I think this is the purpose of the WA Technological Innovation Award. However, it should be pointed out that the ultimate goal of technology is not its self display, rather, the improvement of the life and spirit of people who occupy the space.

DU Chunlan

Jury member of WA Technological Innovation Award

Dean, professor, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University

I frst heard about the WA Awards for Chinese Architecture (WAACA) two years ago. A teacher in our faculty won the award for a seven squaremeter residence, which stirred my interest. I began to pay attention to WAACA and its award set-up. The second time I came across the awards was in 2016, when I was invited to be the jury member of WA Technological Innovation Award. Through the evaluation process, I gained a better understanding of World Architecture, and I was especially moved by the devotion and perspective of the magazine. Whether in terms of designing awards or selecting jury members, the organization during the whole award event as well as the preciseness of work all left a deep and remaining impression on me. This award has a great reputation in the industry, and I believe and hope that it will become even more popular.

HAN Dongqing

Jury member of WA Housing Award

Dean, professor, School of Architecture, Southeast University

The WA Housing Award focuses on improvements of housing and living environments, which builds upon an understanding of the house as a living place for people according to actual conditions. This is the basic concept of residence.

Both in the projects that applied this year and the winning works, type diversity is a key. This refects the transition of Chinese residential architecture, from abstract house-type to specifc situation design with given resources that cater to different living conditions, demonstrating not only the designers' accurate understanding of the users' actual life circumstances, but also the positive trend towards a culture of living in China. High-rise compound buildings create private living zones; community living allows casual and relaxed social activities; small living spaces bring the joy of ample space. Designs that emphasize the relationship between specific environments and their inhabitants embody an appreciation for life and the poetry of living.

HUANG Juzheng

Jury member of WA Housing Award

Executive Editor-in-Chief, Architectural Journal

Among the dozens of projects that applied for the WA Housing Award are hutong residential renovations, post-earthquake aid constructions, folk houses in the age of the rural construction boom, and of course urban compound buildings. Small-scale folk house projects exhibit unique designs thanks to the architect's choice of material, space creation, and guidance and organization of movement sequences. Compound houses - TheThird Space in Tangshan and New Youth Commune in Jilin are outstanding examples - break with conventional patterns of planning and design and endeavor to endow living spaces and residential life with vibrancy. Unfortunately, in most other projects that applied in this category we can hardly see such versatility and ability to improve urban space and residential quality. Most other works are oldfashioned and mediocre.

LEI Zhendong

Jury member of WA Technological Innovation Award Executive vice dean, professor, School of Architecture, Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology

It is my first time to join the WA Awards for Chinese Architecture (WAACA) as a jury member of the WA Technological Innovation Award. I am happy and excited, and I feel honored to have this opportunity to contribute to the construction and further success of this important communication platform for Chinese architects.

The selection and evaluation criteria used by the WAACA jury are very strict and uphold the fundamental principles of fairness and equality. The jury look for innovation and (the applicants' ability to use) generalization. The final award-winning works undergo rounds of voting, with the judges reaching an agreement only after careful discussion.

Any architect who aspires to win a WA award must be capable, set a goal, and be prepared. The winning works represent the ideas and state of the arts of Chinese architects; therefore, participating architects must seriously strive to find answers to the questions raised by the competition, both thematically and technologically, so as to promote the industrial infuence of WAACA.

LI Hu

Jury member of WA Social Equality Award

Founding Partner, OPEN Architecture

The WA Social Equality Award is a category that I have considered applying for several times, but given up every time eventually after thoughtful considerations. Although many of my public projects are related to this theme, on second thought, I still don't think they are convincing enough for this title. The same struggle appears when I get invited to be a jury this time. In reality, an example of a project in today's Chinese society that truly fts this theme, and at the same time performs a high level of design and construction, is indeed very rare. This is also reflected in the furious while interesting debates among the jury during the review. Perhaps the underlying question raised here is even more important - Can architectural design really promote social equality? Should there be a set of specifcally different academic standards when judging design for the disadvantaged communities? Perhaps a time will come, when the care for the less privilegedsocial groups and the concern for social equality become our common awareness, completely fused into architectural practice that each and every architectural project of excellence can apply for the "social equality award"; and by then we can possibly enter into a truly "equal" society?

LI Xiangning

Jury member of WA Achievement Award

Vice Dean, professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

For so long, the selection of winners of architectural awards has relied on judgments of architectural drawings and pictures by professional photographers. However, the WA Achievement Award shifts the focus onto the user, because these awards only permit applications of built and proven works, which reminds me of the original intention of the AIA 25 Year Award. Several jury members visited the actual buildings and sites, and they expressed their feelings as a reference for others in the jury.The evaluation process was also impressive; we had many open discussions and even arguments, making the selection criteria all seem to be more critical. However, unfortunately, not enough architects seem to knew this award and have applied. In the future, we need to better promote the awards among Chinese architects. The awards and the whole awards event are bound to become a signifcant indicator of the building industry in contemporary China.

Doreen Heng LIU

Jury member of WA Achievement Award

Principal, founder, NODE

This was my frst time, in 2016, participating in the WA China architecture award selection - I was very curious and excited. In my opinion, the WA Architectural Achievement Award is the award that truly regards architecture as the art of the time; it is the most significant and comprehensive award. In today's complex fast-food society, the timeless charm of a building lies in its ability to improve with age like red wine. Many of the participating projects used a long-term perspective and presented space for sustainable use in the future, which I am very much looking forward to seeing.

Generally speaking, the participating projects have a wide variety of characteristics; among them are small-scale buildings that can be rapidly erected as well as prestigious large-scale urban renewal projects. The majority of works are public facility designs and art venues. Most of the latter do not stand out much in design or usage. Public facilities and art venues are set tasks that do not leave much room for maneuvering; they are defned and confined by reliable operation management, which is why they difer most in their levels of daily management, rather than in the design strength or the eforts of the architects. Small-scale architecture is experimental and original, and, although it is exciting, there was much controversy among the jury as to whether this building task could meet the Architectural Achievement Award criteria.

Eventually, the jury unanimously agreed to choose OCT-LOFT Renovation in Shenzhen as the winner. As a showcase for urban design and renewal, the project gives not only an outstanding example of good practice in urban renewal and building renovation, but also provides a long-term community-building strategy. It stimulates the benign mechanisms of self-growth and opening up, making renewal a continuous process of interaction with profound social signifcance.

LIU Xiaodu

Jury member of WA Housing Award

Co-founder, URBANUS

The WA Housing Award looks for, and rewards, the most universal type of building in the world. The best housing design requires consideration for the human occupants, good design presentation, and smart application of technology. High-rise residential towers are the primary dwelling type in China as well as the most commercialized one; this poses a great challenge for design. The impact and significance of this type of housing is also tremendous. I propose that the award should go to the Third Space in Tangshan for the architect’s compassionate and accommodating designs and his creative interpretation of space. Collective housing is a hot topic in our current industry, and the New Youth Commune provides a good example of the form. The Split Courtyard House faces the tough challenge of renovating a Beijing courtyard house, but provides novel solutions. Both works should be awarded a prize. The WA awards are one of the most infuential architecture awards in China. I am honored to be a member of the jury. I believe the Awards will become more popular by establishing its reputation, strengthening its features, and optimizing its categories and selection methods.

LIU Yichun

Jury member of WA Social Equality Award

Founding Partner, Principal Architect, Atelier Deshaus

In 2016, I had the honor to be a jury member of the WA Social Equality Award, through which I have learned a lot. This award re-discovers the architect as a person in society. Theoretically speaking, every architect should think about the social significance of his/her architecture, but the type and location of a project probably determines the specific amount of effort (or performance) that gets put into these considerations, which is all the more evident in the review process of the WA Social Equality Award. Under this premise, should we emphasize the values of the design or the social values produced by the design? This question has been at the forefront of my mind, and I hope to find a project that has both qualities. However, a few sketches and photos will not be sufficient to immediately judge design concepts and the factual effects that they produce. Nevertheless, this award serves to reconsider the social signifcance assumed by the profession of architecture.

MEI Hongyuan

Jury of WA Housing Award

Dean, professor, School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology; President, Chief Architect, The Architectural Design and Research Institute of HIT

I have been invited to participate in WAACA as a jury member twice, and I am deeply impressed. From the award setting to evaluation criteria, WAACA has set a clear direction - emphasizing not only the magnificence of subject matter and narration in projects but also the brilliance embodied in a building in its everyday context and in every detail rooted in its specifc time and place. This is what we lack in the process of rapid urbanization in China today. All submissions are wonderful works; many of them take up the themes of social equality, human considerations, and technological improvement from a critical perspective and in practice. The winner of the WA Housing Award, which I recommended, is the Third Space in Tangshan. This project made a deep impression on me. The form, space, structure,and function of the architect's work innovated residential architecture and replaced conventional mechanical ("programmed") design with "custommade" design that invigorates urban life. Finally, I want to express my hope that there will be more such pioneering works in the next WAACA.

Luca Molinari

Jury member of WA Achievement Award, WA Design Experiment Award & WA Social Equality Award

Curator, Critic, Architecture historian

Associate professor, History of Architecture Faculty of Architecture, "Vanvitelli", Naples

China has been considered for more than two decades a sort of Shangri La of the most impossible and hazardous architecture. The images published in most western magazines and comments from designers who have worked in China gave me the impression of a metropolitan environment produced as an infinite series of objects outside of human scales. Vastness and consumption were the keywords that represented this historical phase, but I always had the feeling that soon a new, different generation could emerge representing a different image of contemporary Chinese society.

My recent experience as a member of three diferent juries in the last edition of the WA Awards for Chinese Architecture fully confrmed my expectations.

Most of the built projects I had the honor to evaluate showed a strong sensitivity for the existing contest, research for an innovative dialogue with local traditions, and calls for a social and environmental definition of sustainability. These projects embody a generation of Chinese architects that have the intellectual tools and methodologies necessary to face the complex and dramatic challenges represented by excessive urban growth and the dramatic ecologic scenario, and the best is yet to come.

SUN Yimin

Jury member of WA City Regeneration Award

Executive vice-dean, professor, School of Architecture, South China University of TechnologyThis was the second time I participated in the selection process of the WA Awards for Chinese Architecture. It was quite a change between last year's WA Technological Innovation Award and this year's WA City Regeneration Award, but I enjoyed both experiences. Generally speaking, the number of project submissions has increased considerably this year, but the review process was less complicated than I expected - the increased number of projects did not result in an increased workload. The applicants must still develop a more profound understanding of this award. Many submitted projects that did not fulfill the award criteria and were inconsistent with the award theme. For example, some applications did not address the context beyond the boundaries of the building, taking a provocative attitude: I am a big building, and therefore, I certainly contribute to the city! This is actually a frightening but realistic approach of Chinese architecture today - ignoring the possibility of contributing to the formation of urban space and the construction of (public) places, while still indulging in self-admiration. Without urban logic and a conceptual framework, architects pay more attention to form than the city surrounding the architecture. Therefore, I am convinced that the WA City Regeneration Award is a very signifcant award; it is of utmost importance for today's Chinese cities. I look forward to future Chinese architects who will take the initiative and focus on urban issues, design future cites, and create valuable urban spaces.

WANG Jianguo

Jury member of WA Achievement Award & WA Technological Innovation Award

Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Professor, School of Architecture, Southeast UniversityIn recent years, Chinese architectural design has made remarkable progress in social thinking, exploring ideas hardly seen in the past 50 years and transcending the borders of architecture as an engineering and course-book teaching discipline. A diverse and pluralistic architectural landscape has emerged. The WA awards are highly specialized and divided into prize categories to better assess this new architectural landscape, set benchmarks, and give guidance for the development of architectural design. The evaluation criteria target the professional work of the architect, which stands in contrast to usual evaluation, which judges only the originality of the work ("magnificent and comprehensive"); more and more architects thus aim at applying for and even winning these awards. As a jury member for two 2016 WA award categories, I have seen innovative solutions in the field of building technology. Among them are two concrete buildings in which material and structure blend into a harmonious whole, expressing the original properties of the building; moreover, here the constructed space creates a sense of aesthetic pleasure. Another project that transformed a historical palace hall into a physical environment for displaying cultural relics also impressed me deeply. It could serve as a good example of how to protect and adapt heritage for modern usage in the future.

WANG Lu

Jury member of WA Design Experiment Award

Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua UniversityThis year, doubled number of projects applied for the WA Design Experiment Award than in the previous years. Big projects include theaters and schools, and small projects include rest- pavilions and even installations - the buildings are diverse in type. There were more good designs this year than in previous competitions, which provided a challenge for the jury, who had to discuss projects seriously one by one. However, many innovative projects failed that also appropriately considered the situation in China today. There were more than 100 applications in this category - just a fraction of the contemporary architectural landscape - but they refect the creative atmosphere of the construction industry in recent years. I hope this Award will attract more architects and more excellent works in the future.

XIU Long

Jury member of WA Achievement Award

President, the Architectural Society of China; Chairman, China Construction Technology Consulting Co. Ltd.

It is a great honor to join the jury of the 2016 WAACA - to see many outstanding works, to feel and understand their emotions, and to feel the historical responsibility and the spirit of the time endowed to them - indeed, very inspiring.

In the past 30 years, China's urbanization has continued to accelerate. Now, after the construction boom, we reflect on "the objectives and aims of architecture." The Central Urban Work Conference proposed the guidelines for a new era, calling for "applicable, economical, green, and pleasant-looking" design to inspire us. I am delighted to find that the WAACA evaluation standards are highly consistent with these guidelines, and the submitted projects echothem. The winning works fully embody and interpret this concept. I feel deeply encouraged and relieved.

In fact, designs like these are energetic and time-tested, factors that were recognized by the experts and praised by the public. I was also glad to discuss and appreciate the works with so many experts, learning from the creative experience of the architects. Therefore, the Jury Review held by World Architecture was highly significant. The Awards determine the characteristics of the new era and will further promote and lead the architecture industry.

ZHANG Qi

Jury member of WA Technological Innovation Award Dean, professor, School of Architecture, Tianjin University

The core value of the WA Technological Innovation Award lies in the "progress and achievements of technology", which demand that architects solve concrete problems with innovative techniques and technologies. These are important criteria for evaluation, and the design and construction of most applied projects embody these values.

During evaluation, the judges faced projects that impressed them both visually and emotionally. Undoubtedly an ingenious move—using a beautiful and pleasant spatial form to promote technology—which is both the reason for and the result of the "innovative technological approach". This is in fact the original intention of the award. Architectural aesthetics should correspond with technological aesthetics, combining arts with technologies.

ZHI Wenjun

Jury member of WA Technological Innovation Award Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

It is a great honor for me to take part in the review of the WA Technological Innovation Award. I would like to express my congratulations to the award-winning works, and then I would like to talk about three ideas that came to me during the selection process. First, the purpose of this Award is to encourage architects "to solve practical problems through the creative use of technology". We all know about the rapid progress of the building industry in contemporary China, but this progress outpaces the improvement of architectural quality, which can be seen in the overall development of the Chinese building industry and the submitted projects. Second, most participants simply submitted their own works to the WA Technological Innovation Award, but only a few had a clear understanding of how the methods and technologies they used could contribute to the technological progress of Chinese architecture. The majority did not even include sufcient technological data about their projects in the application material to prove their case. One reason might be that the submitted works lack inner quality; another reason might be that the designers lack awareness about how to advertise their projects' core values. Third, it is not easy to trigger "tangible advancement and technological achievement." However, Chinese architects persistently seek to create architecture that is truly based on reality and the specifc situation in present-day China. I thus believe that in the nearby future, more and better technologies will emerge that refect the signifcance of architecture.

ZHOU Chang

Jury member of WA Achievement Award & WA City Regeneration Award

Former vice president, the Architectural Society of China

I have attended the WAACA Jury Review several times, and I have sensed an upward movement over the years. WAACA has an increasingly strong influence in Chinese architecture and increasingly clear characteristics in its selection processes. The reasons are as follows:

Accurate positioning and perseverance: WAACA features a specifc theme and orientation that refects hot topics in current planning and design. WA awards slowly but steadily have developed into influential awards in the feld.

Open-mindedness, tolerance, and all embracing: WAACA neither sets frames nor provide obstacles in project selection. So long as the project meets the requirements of the invitation, scholars and researchers from (public or private) institutions as well as freelancers, projects from design institutes or other institution of higher education, and designs of any type and thought all welcome here. This openness and tolerance received a warm welcome from society, and not surprisingly, the submissions are gaining momentum.

Rigorous academic requirements, equality, and transparence: each session of WAACA will invite renowned (town and regional) planning and architecture experts from China and abroad to review the projects anonymously. There are usually lively discussions among the judges. It is a rigorous evaluation process, but also an opportunity for open academic exchange that is treasured by all members of the jury. I believe this positive energy will spark enthusiasm, interest, and debate within the architecture community.

ZHUANG Weimin

Jury member of WA Achievement Award & WA Design Experiment Award

Dean, professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University; Director, Chief Architect, Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University

The WA Achievement Award is designed to honor architectural projects that have proved their quality in practice and revealed their long-term values. Just like the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 25 Year Award, WAACA selects works that will have a lasting influence on the practice of architecture. Awarded projects are carefully prepared and elaborated through pioneering work in the choice of materials and techniques and the concept of spatial growth in the early working stages, which are then combined into a whole as part of a complete design. This is the highest requirement for design, a high standard for multi-value oriented architecture, a solemn undertaking in the current rapid urbanization of China, as well as a demonstration for sustainable environmental development..□

1 WA建筑成就奖评审会/WA Achievement Award jury meeting

2 WA设计实验奖评审会/WA Design Experiment Award jury meeting

3 WA社会公平奖评审会/WA Social Equality Award jury meeting

4 WA技术进步奖评审会/WA Technological Innovation Award jury meeting

5 WA城市贡献奖评审会/WA City Regeneration Award jury meeting

6 WA居住贡献奖评审会/WA Housing Award jury meeting