30.03.09 - Bureau E.A.S.T Awarded the EDRA Best Places Award
Aziza Chaouni and Takako Tajima (Bureau E.A.S.T) have been awarded the EDRA Best Places Award for their Fez river project.
In 2009, Places again joins the Environmental Design Research Association and Metropolis Magazin in an awards program recognizing professional and scholarly excellence in environmental design. The program reflects the related missions of EDRA, Places, and Metropolis to create an expanded forum for high-quality environmental and urban design that enhances awareness and concern for the public realm. Formerly known as the EDRA/Places Awards, the name of the program is now "The Great Places Awards".
In its twelfth year, the program is distinguished by its interdisciplinary focus, concern for human factors in the design of the built environment, and commitment to promoting links between design research and practice. Entries represent the full breadth of environmental design and related social science activity, including architecture, landscape architecture, planning, urban design, interior design, public art, lighting design, graphic design, environmental psychology, sociology, anthropology and geography.
Design Awards recognize completed projects that demonstrate excellence as human environments. Planning Awards recognize projects that make proposals for the future design, use or management of a place. Research Awards recognize projects that investigate the relationship between design and human behavior, culture or experience. In 2008, the new award category for outstanding books was added. The fall issue of Places (20.3) featured in-depth articles on the 2008 winners.