YAC – Young Architects Competitions announces the winners of Pinocchio Children’s Library, an ideas competition that was launched last September and aimed to the design of the greatest international library dedicated to Pinocchio, the most famous puppet in the world.
The jury that assessed the submissions was noteworth: Italo Rota, Mario Cucinella, Fabio Novembre, Emmanuelle Moureaux, among others, featured on the international panel. There was a total cash prize of 20,000€ to reward the winning projects: the 1st prize – 10,000€ – was awarded to the French team “vGHcompany”, the 2nd prize – 4,000€ – to the Polish team “Gierbienis + Poklewski” and the 3rd prize – 2,000€ – went to the Guatemalan team “De Oliveira Castro Arquitectos”. The 4 Gold Mentions – a prize of 1,000€ each – have been assigned to teams “OPV” (Italy), “OOLI” (South Korea), “DEPLUS ZATTI” (France) and “Pájaros mañaneros” (Spain). Besides, 43 additional projects have been awarded 11 Honorable Mentions and 32 Finalist Mentions respectively.
1st PRIZE
Team vGHcompany: Thomas van Gaver, Julien Hubert, Guillaume Dorne, Lucas Gomez, Alberto Morao, Marco Digrandi
2nd PRIZE
Team Gierbienis + Poklewski: Marcin Gierbienis, Damian Poklewski-Koziełł
3rd PRIZE
Team De Oliveira Castro Arquitectos: Roberto De Oliveira Castro, Karen Velásquez, Carlos Miguel Enriquez, María Isabel Garzaro, Mayra Lucía Juarez, Anya María Recinos, Carmen Ana Pacheco, Rodrigo Flores
GOLD MENTION
Team OPV: Tecla Nencini, Michele Tobia
GOLD MENTION
Team OOLI: Juhyun Bae, Heeseung Choi, Miju Suh, Soryun Lee
GOLD MENTION
Team DEPLUS ZATTI: Paola Zatti, Victor Deplus
GOLD MENTION
Team DEPLUS ZATTI: Team Pájaros mañaneros: Aina Roca, Robert Comas
