AHI Architectural Heritage Intervention

“Contributing to enhancing our heritage, as the way forward for 21 st Century architecture is our raison d’être; to emphasize a diverse, rich vision that necessarily complements the intervention is our mission, and achieving it with reflexive and purposeful efforts is the challenge”.

This project, founded in, and directed since, 2011 by Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano and Jordi Portal, architects and members of the Group of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA), has, through the years become a platform that includes four actions that are both independent and transversal.
 
The European Award, a biennial event that brings together and showcases the multiple approaches of intervention in Europe.

The International Biennial, a framework that serves to compare and gain closer insight of quality interventions in architectural heritage in non-European countries.

The digital Archive, a live and open window that provides a panoramic view of interventions in the history of our surroundings.

The Forum, a meeting place where you can participate in on-going debates about the main preoccupations and lines of thought about interventions in architectural heritage in Europe.

Join us on 5 June for the Awards Ceremony of the European Award AHI

Join us on 5 June for the Awards Ceremony of the European Award AHI

18 May 2025

The event will take place in the Paranimf (ceremonial hall) of the Escola Industrial de Barcelona, graciously offered for the occasion by Barcelona Provincial Council, a collaborating entity of the European Award AHI. Once again, architectural professionals will gather from across Europe to honour and showcase heritage intervention in all its forms.

During the ceremony, the finalists and winners of the Award will be announced, in each of its four categories: Built Heritage, Outdoor Spaces, Urban Planning and Dissemination. The winners of the two special mentions of the Award – New European Bauhaus and Restoration – will also be announced.
Hosted by journalist Carolina Rosich, the ceremony will be attended by representatives of the public institutions supporting the Award: the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia, Barcelona Provincial Council, the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona and Barcelona City Council, as well as the members of the jury, the dean of the Architects’ Association of Catalonia and the directors of the Award.
 
Programme
6:00 pm Lectures by the architects Stephen Bates and Fernando Menis, members of the jury for this 7th edition and, respectively, finalist and winner of the previous edition in the categories of Dissemination and Outdoor Spaces for their projects KANAL: THINKING / #1 and El Tanque Garden.

7:00 pm Presentation and recognition of the shortlisted works of the 7th edition.

8:00 pm Announcement of the finalists and winners.

9:00 pm Refreshments and celebration in the Guastavino area.

Register now!
Limited capacity. Please confirm your attendance here:
bit.ly/Inscription_EuropeanAwardAHI2025
 
Event languages: Spanish/Catalan/English
 
The Paranimf: an iconic space rehabilitated as a multipurpose venue
Originally designed by the architect Joan Rubió i Bellver in 1926, the Paranimf serves as the academic assembly hall of the complex. The unfinished structure remained closed to the public until just a few years ago, when it was completed and rehabilitated as a multipurpose venue, with its most striking feature being the central dome, measuring 20 metres in diameter.
 The rehabilitation project was drafted and directed by Jordi Campanillas and Verònica Martínez, of the Projects and Works Service of Barcelona Provincial Council. The construction work was supervised by Dilmé Fabré Torras i Associats and executed by the UTE [Temporary Joint Venture] Paranimf Escola Industrial i Comsa Instalaciones y Sistemas Industriales S.L.U.

The event can be followed online at (Language: English):
https://youtube.com/live/yGQx2v_YHS8?feature=share