Building Investment (May - Jun 2016)
Global demand remains lacklustre in 2016 as most of the world’s key players and many emerging-market economies are performing below their potential. As we enter into the second half of the year, growth estimates remain unchanged for most Asian countries. However, business must go on and we are seeing property launches picking up again. Investors are still out there hunting for bargains and some of the reasonably-priced property units are still being snapped up....
Global demand remains lacklustre in 2016 as most of the world’s key players and many emerging-market economies are performing below their potential. As we enter into the second half of the year, growth estimates remain unchanged for most Asian countries. However, business must go on and we are seeing property launches picking up again. Investors are still out there hunting for bargains and some of the reasonably-priced property units are still being snapped up....
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Design Feature<br />
South Harbour School in Copenhagen<br />
wins WAN Education Award<br />
Danish architecture firm JJW’s design outshines six other projects that showcased<br />
a remarkable range of the best among educational designs. Photo credit: Torben Eskerod<br />
SOUTH HARBOUR School is a new public<br />
school with a maritime and public profile<br />
located in Copenhagen, Denmark, where<br />
the population is currently growing at a fast<br />
pace of over 1,000 new citizens a month. The<br />
city needed to look at enhancing its school<br />
facilities and making it more active and<br />
socially-involved within the local community.<br />
JJW Architects designed South Harbour<br />
with the understanding that schools are both<br />
places for learning and for social exchange.<br />
Surprises and new experiences are central<br />
concepts for the school. Floor plan and<br />
room height are different on every floor. The<br />
school also features a variety of horizontal<br />
and vertical connections and spaces. The<br />
idea behind this design is to ensure students,<br />
teachers and visitors are surprised, challenged<br />
and stimulated as they move around indoors<br />
and outdoors.<br />
Now in its eighth year, the World<br />
Architecture News or WAN Awards is one of<br />
the world’s largest international architectural<br />
awards programme attracting 1,379 entries<br />
from 72 countries. South Harbour School is<br />
the winner of WAN Education Award <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
The School is also part of the Danish<br />
contribution to the 15th International<br />
Architecture Biennale in Venice this year. •<br />
More information at www.jjw.dk / www.wanawards.com<br />
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