The roof of the Banyuwangi International Airport in Indonesia is covered with grass rather than tiles, to insulate as well as to blend the building into the landscape. Photos: Mario Wibowo/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
From women-friendly community spaces in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, to a contemporary art museum housed in a former brewery, this year’s winners of the 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) certainly live up to the integrity of the award.
Announced Sept 22, the six winners were carefully chosen for their contribution to the community and the environment, as well as innovative design. The winners will share a US$1mil (RM4.6mil) prize award, one of the largest in architecture.
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The roof of the Banyuwangi International Airport in Indonesia is covered with grass rather than tiles, to insulate as well as to blend the building into the landscape. Photos: Mario Wibowo/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The regional government declared a 10km-radius No-Development Zone around the Banyuwangi International Airport, a move that protects the existing paddy fields and villages.
Photo: Mario Wibowo/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
"Banyuwangi International Airport may be a game-changer in airport architecture, especially considering that the Indonesian government is set to build some 300 airports in the near future,” said the jury.
Photo: Mario Wibowo/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
In the Urban River Spaces project in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, simple designs built by local builders and masons were executed using locally available materials like brick and concrete.
Photo: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
At the top of each roof of the Banyuwangi International Airport are timber-framed, pyramid-shaped skylights that reflect the traditional Banyuwangi headdress.
Photo: Mario Wibowo/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The Urban River Spaces project in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, focused on improving the public spaces near the Nabaganga river. Photo: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
In the Urban River Spaces project in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, no existing trees or vegetation were cut down during construction.
Photo: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
A variety of spaces for exhibitions, talks and films were developed over four levels, and a new artist residence was built adjacent to the museum.Photo: Deed Studio/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Photo: Deed Studio/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The aim of the architect was to create a dialogue between the old and new with the Argo Contemporary Art Museum and Cultural Centre project in Tehran. This was achieved by putting in a new foundation and metal structure to support floating concrete floors and roofs independently of the original exterior walls.
Photo: Deed Studio/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
A variety of spaces for exhibitions, talks and films were developed over four levels, and a new artist residence was built adjacent to the Argo Contemporary Art Museum.
Photo: Deed Studio/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh is one of the six winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022. It comprises six sustainably built structures for the community's needs.
Photo: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The rehabilitation of the Niemeyer Guest House is part of the Rachid Karami International Fair (RKIF) by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Photo: Cemal Emden/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Clay vault modules produced by volunteers using local techniques were enclosed with wooden lattices to let light in at the Kamanar Secondary School, Thionck Essyl, Senegal.
Photo: Amir Anoushfar/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The detached modules are arranged in year-group classroom sets around a series of squares, each accommodating a pre-existing tree at the Kamanar Secondary School, Thionck Essyl, Senegal.
Photo: Amir Anoushfar/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Comprising six sustainably built structures in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the Community Spaces in Rohingya Refugee Response project offers much-needed space for the Rohingya community, with emphasis on women and children.
Photo: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The Nabaganga river in Jhenaidah, Bangladesh, was difficult to access in spite of its central location. The Urban River Spaces project involves building two sets of stairs with adjacent walkways that bring people down to the river’s platforms, as well as opening up previously blocked pedestrian walkways leading to the stairs. Photos: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Tehran’s first independent contemporary art museum, Argo is located in a former brewery that's over 100 years old and had been abandoned for decades. Photos: Deed Studio/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The Safe Space for Rohingya Women and Girls in Cox's Bazar was designed with basic materials which are easily sourced and would be less dangerous in the event of a cyclone, a frequent phenomenon in the region. Photos: Asif Salman/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The renovation of the Niemeyer Guest House in Tripoli, Lebanon, involved adding flexible, transparent steel-and-glass partitions that reflect the ceiling’s rhythmic structural grid. Photos: Cemal Emden/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
The clay and lattices act as an evaporating cooler, which means no artificial air-conditioning is required at the Kamanar Secondary School in Senegal. Photos: Amir Anoushfar/Aga Khan Trust for Culture
