The Porter School of Environmental Studies at Tel Aviv University won first place in the Sustainability category in Autodesk’s 2017 AEC Excellence Awards. Image courtesy of Shai Epstein
competition received 145 submissions representing more than 30 countries. The 2017 AEC Excellence Awards were co-sponsored this year by Autodesk, HP, Construction Dive, and Smart Cities Dive. The inde- pendent panel of judges selected the winning projects in the categories of Sustainability, Infrastructure, Building, and Construction. Geotectura, Axelrod-Grobman Architects, NCA, and Assa Aharoni Consulting Engineers won the first place award in the Sustainability category for The Porter School of Environmental Studies at Tel Aviv University. The 4,000-square-meter building is the first of its kind in Israel, achieving both LEED Platinum certification (92 points) and 5 stars in the Israeli Green Code 5281. Tianjin Architecture Design Institute claimed the second place award in the Sustainability category for the Jie Fang Nan Lu Community Cul- ture and Sports Center. The Jie Fang Nan Lu Community Culture and Sports Center is designed to operate as a net-zero building, obtaining both LEED Platinum and China’s Three Star certifications.
The third place award in the Sustainability category went to Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited for WHIZDOM 101 Bang- kok. Magnolia Quality Development Corporation is transforming an urban, 17-acre plot into a sustainable, smart city model with a fully in- tegrated, digital, mixed-use development with both commercial space and residential towers. In the Infrastructure category, the first place award was presented to Foster + Partners, FR-EE for Nuevo Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de Mexico (NAICM). At 470,000 square meters, NAICM will be one of the world’s largest airports. Its flowing form is inspired by flight, but its primary design focus is the passenger experience. The ter- minal is almost 1.5 kilometers long with a single, continuous grid shell with an innovative roof and fixed boarding bridges in one enclosure. LiRo Group won the second place award in the Infrastructure category for East Side Access in New York City. The Metropolitan Transpor- tation Authority’s East Side Access, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the United States, will connect trains from Long Island and Queens to the east side of Manhattan. This includes an eight city-block-
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