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INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD WINNERS NAMED

They are once again truly international. The 24 award and merit certificate winners of ICSC’s 2004 International Design and Development Awards Program come from 12 countries. For nearly three decades this competition has honored world-class shopping centers for their vision, innovation and creativity.

The program recognizes owners, developers, architects and designers, contractors and managers for their ability to create superb shopping and mixed-use destinations that respond to the challenges of the global marketplace.

There are two categories — Renovation or Expansion of an Existing Project, and Innovative Design and Construction of a New Project — and three size categories: under 150,000 square feet, 150,000-500,000 square feet, and more than 500,000 square feet.

The scoring awards 1-10 points for presentation of entry materials; 1-15 points for design attributes, including colors, materials and lighting; 1-30 points for overall exterior and interior design; 1-35 points for achievement of development goals and commercial success; and 1-10 points for project difficulty and innovative response.

Entries accumulating 85 points or more are declared winners; those scoring between 75 and 84 points are awarded Certificates of Merit. The members of the International Design and Development Awards Program Committee of ICSC are the judges.

Descriptions of the projects below were provided by their architects.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PROJECT

Hoshigaoka Terrace

Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Owner: Higashiyama Yuen Co.
Architect: Gensler
Production Architects: TECH R&DS Co., Takenaka Corp.
Contractor: Takenaka Corp.

Hoshigaoka Terrace, a 141,000-square-foot, open-air, lifestyle center, that takes advantage of its unusual physical environment. Straddling both sides of a sloping street, the project incorporates open plazas and a connecting pedestrian bridge to tie the two together, visually and physically. Each side of the project responds to different conditions, creating multiple retail environments while maintaining a cohesive architectural feel.

Ultimately, it produces a shopping experience that is indeed out of the realm of the ordinary, a social creation that lifts people out of the everyday. It has become an integral part of this city, a true destination.

The Market Common, Clarendon

Arlington, Va., U.S.A.
Owner: Clarendon Edgewood 10, CoPERA, RREEF, McCaffery Interest
Architect: Antunovich Associates
Contractors: Hensel Phelps, Plant

The Market Common, Clarendon’s developers faced the task of joining four separate parcels of land while trying to work with distrustful local groups that had opposed an earlier big-box-anchored project. What finally emerged from this difficult process is a true town center for the Clarendon area of Arlington, Va., a densely populated area of neighborhoods with single-family homes, whose shopping element had fallen into decline.

Ayala Center Greenbelt 3

Makati City, Philippines
Owner: Ayala Land
Architect: Callison Architecture
Production Architect: GF Partners
Contractor: Makati Development Corp.

Greenbelt 3 is the Philippines’ first lifestyle center. With its indigenous architecture and respect for the historic and beloved park, the 300,000-square-foot center establishes a sense of place amid the bustle of the community. It offers a new model for retail and entertainment, with an intimacy that responds both to Philippine culture and to the demands of international standards. Located within the mixed-use Ayala Center, the design goals for Greenbelt 3 were very complex: keep all the trees, integrate a church, museum and other nonretail features, connect to the city’s elevated walkway system and deal with a harsh environment of heat, humidity and rain.

Birkdale Village

Huntersville, N.C., U.S.A.
Owner: The Inland Real Estate Group
Architects: Shook Kelley, The Housing Studio
Developers: Crosland/Pappas Properties

The challenge was to create a village town center to serve a high-growth suburb of Charlotte. Birkdale Village provides a focal point for activities and signature events, as well as a Main Street shopping and dining experience. By attracting retail and office tenants that mesh with the residential community, Birkdale Village has become a vibrant urban environment strongly supported by those who live, work and shop there.

El Muelle Leisure and Shopping Centre

Las Palmas De Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain
Owner: Riofisa, S.A.
Architect: Riofisa-Chapman Taylor
Production Architect: IDOM
Contractor: OHL

El Muelle carefully plays off of its dramatic seafront location in the heart of the city center. Aesthetically, it was conceived as a ship anchored in the port, using dramatically stepped terraces to minimize its impact on the seafront itself. El Muelle seems to rise from the water surrounding it. The project succeeds because it combines functionality, comfort and access with a highly attractive architectural design. It combines an effective commercial presence with sensitivity to its surroundings.

The Mall at Millenia

Orlando, Fla., USA
Owners: The Forbes Co., Taubman Centers, Inc.
Architect: JPRA Architects
Contractor: Hardin Construction Co.

This two-level, 1.4 million-square-foot, super-regional shopping center’s architecture reflects an international contemporary style that uses the circle, the square and the triangle as a basis for the interior spaces. The design features bold use of exposed and stainless steel blended with the glass, stone and wood in the details of the skylights, stairs, elevators, railings and fountains. Ultimately, The Mall at Millenia’s design is more civic than commercial. It is a unique, friendly and timeless place for people of all ages.

Almada Forum

Almada, Portugal
Owner: Commerz Grundbesitz Investmentgesellschaft, Auchan
Architect: T+T Design
Production architect: Beeking en Molenaar
Contractor: CPH-Companhia Portuguesade Hipermercados, S.A.
Developer: AM Development

The Almada Forum has been designed as an extension of the city around it. Besides its commercial function, it provides a modern-day meeting point for the city of Almada and the southern Lisbon metropolitan area. Its central square and main entrance are programmed for community functions, displays and exhibitions. Shoppers passing through its 800,000 square feet and two levels are confronted by a constantly changing pattern of impressions, spaces and environments not unlike a traditional city center, but undisturbed by traffic.

RENOVATION OR EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING PROJECT

Dadeland Mall

Miami, U.S.A.
Owner: Simon Property Group
Architect: Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates
Production Architect: Johnson Associates Architects
General Contractor: DPMI

Constructed in the 1960s as an open-air center, Dadeland Mall was enclosed and expanded in stages over the years. The result was an unorthodox layout and a host of disjointed, disparate finishes. Though remaining a dominant mall in the Miami area, Dadeland had become dark, cramped and unattractive. With its new, cohesive design, the new Dadeland reflects a timeless image that connects with a multicultural local and tourist base that ranges from sophisticated to “edgy.” The design also effectively reunites the West Mall with the underperforming East Mall. The forms and colors were inspired by the clean geometries of South Beach, sun and shadow, and the glamour of Miami.

Canberra Centre Consolidation Project

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Owner: QIC Real Estate
Architects: Daryl Jackson, Alastair Swayn Pty Ltd.
Contractor: Bovis Lend Lease Pty Ltd.

The objective was to reassert the 600,000-square-foot Canberra Centre as the city’s premier shopping destination. The project was complicated, because the “old” Canberra Centre spanned three disconnected city blocks. One block contained core office and retail space, another contained a supermarket and parking decks, and the third contained a Target and more decked parking. It lacked a sense of destination and also raised serious concerns about pedestrian safety. A new connectivity and sense of destination were achieved by creating a two-story arcade and through use of a fresh decor.

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