Awards Talks

A Platform for Change Accelerators

Welcome to the Holcim Foundation Awards Talks, where we provide a platform for change accelerators working towards a more sustainable built environment.

Our Awards Talks delve into questions inspired by our winning projects, exploring them through the lenses of multidisciplinary experts. Each panel discussion aims to create a dynamic exchange of insights and ideas, providing deeper insights into the experts’ experience with the topic in question.

Events

Awards Talks : Berlin

November 25, 2024 - Säälchen, Holzmarkt 25, Berlin

Maximizing Impact: Urban Infill Lessons from Holzmarkt

  • Moojin Park, Co-Founder, Office ParkScheerbarth
  • Nils Maevis, Senior Engineer, Buro Happold
  • Sven Fuchs, Partner, GRAFT Gesellschaft von Architekten
  • Moderated by Kimberly Bradley, Art critic, culture writer, editor, and educator

Awards Talks : London

September 19, 2024 - Natural History Museum, London

Wild Education: Designing for Nature in the City

  • Neil Davidson, Partner, J&L Gibbons
  • Edmund Fowles, Founding Director, Feilden Fowles
  • Keith Jennings, Director of Estates, Projects & Masterplanning, Natural History Museum
  • Victoria Jessen-Pike, Director, Publica
  • Moderated by Andrew Tuck, Editor-in-Chief, Monocle

Awards Talks : Zurich

May 15, 2024 – ETH Zurich

Timber-concrete construction: Is hybrid the new normal?

  • Ana Alberati, Portfolio Manager, Pensimo
  • Prof. Dr. Andrea Frangi, Professor of Structural Engineering, ETH Zurich
  • Roger Boltshauser, Principal, Boltshauser Architekten – High-Rise H1 Zwhatt Site in Switzerland
  • Thomas Wehrle, CTO, Erne
  • Moderated by Dr. Chris Luebkeman, Advisor to the President and Board, ETH Zurich