Erick van Egeraat’s Incineration Line, Roskilde has been awarded the first prize in the competition for the Media Architecture Biennale Awards in Aarhus, an award show for outstanding projects at the intersection of architecture, media and interaction design. The design presents an iconic expression for the otherwise functional architecture of the local waste management company Kara/Noveren’s next generation line. The Incineration Line was nominated in the category Animated Architecture: projects demonstrating creative media facades solutions. The professional jury, consisting of international specialists was unanimous in selecting Erick van Egeraat’s design. The jury was made up of members of the Biennale Organising Committee:
Alexander Wiethoff (University of Munich), Ava Fatah (The Bartlett, UCL), Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute), Juan C. Carvajal (Media Architecture Institue), Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology), Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University), Matthew Claudel (Senseable Lab, MIT), Susa Pop (Public Art Lab).
Erick van Egeraat’s design entry was one of 3 international nominees, including:
- Harpa Concert hall, Reykjavik, Iceland
- C4 light and Media Façade design for the contemporary art centre in Cordoba
- Waste to Energy Plant, Roskilde, Denmark
The Energy Tower was designed by Erick van Egeraat, who brought in Danish Lighting Architect Gunver Hansen to identify and implement the most optimal lighting solution.