Congratulations
are
due
once
again
to
Lola
Sheppard
and
Mason
White
for
having
won
the
2011
Holcim
Gold
Award
for
their
project
entitled
Regional
food-gathering
nodes
and
logistics
network,
Iqaluit,
NU,
Canada.
The
Holcim
Awards
program
honours
sustainable
construction
projects
and
visions
from
North
America.
One
Gold
Award
was
given.
It
carries
a
$100,000
prize.
Holcim
Awards
Gold
to
an
infrastructure
network
for
Inuit
communities
in
Canada.
A
socio-architectural
project
to
create
regional
food-gathering
nodes
and
a
logistics
network
in
Canada’s
high
arctic
territory
won
the
top
prize
for
North
America
of
USD
100,000.
The
Arctic
Food
Network
(AFN)
secures
mobility
between
the
scattered
Inuit
communities,
allows
a
better
distribution
of
local
foods,
and
serves
as
a
series
of
bases
for
the
reinforcement
of
traditional
hunting.
The
infrastructure
project
by
Lateral
Office
/
InfraNet
Lab
based
in
Toronto,
Ontario,
and
Princeton,
New
Jersey,
also
establishes
new
foundations
for
a
sustainable,
more
independent
economy.
Mohsen
Mostafavi,
Head
of
jury
and
Dean
of
the
Harvard
University
Graduate
School
of
Design,
congratulated
the
project
for
creating
a
cohesive
strategy
that
responds
to
the
landscape,
climatic
and
site
conditions.
“The
project
includes
purposeful
interventions
which
are
integrated
without
any
grand
gestures
or
expensive
structures
–
but
instead
bridges
between
the
traditions
of
the
Inuit
and
the
expectations
of
the
young
generation.
The
project
thereby
provides
an
opportunity
to
create
an
improved
future,
in
terms
of
both
economic
opportunity
and
a
sustainable
way
of
living,”
he
said.
For
the
full
announcement
please
visit
the
Holcim
foundation
website.