Fort Saint-Jean

EGA 2019/2020

2nd Prize:Fort Saint-Jean (Lyon, France) Fort Saint-Jean perches on an imposing rocky spur on the gorge of the Saône River in Lyon. This 16th century military fortress now hosts the National School of the Public Treasury. The new constructions of Vurpas & Associates integrate smoothly into the fortress, employing the vocabulary of terraces, fortifications and…

Gellerup Bypark

EGA 2019/2020

2nd Prize:Gellerup Bypark (Denmark) Designed in the typical architectural style of 1960s modernism with un-programed areas between the houses, Gellerup is one of Denmark’s largest social housing estates with many social, cultural and economic challenges. Central to the recent transformation into an attractive part of Aarhus was adding a natural and human scale. It is…