Presenting the Global Holcim Awards Ideas prize (l-r): Mariela Marchisio, Universidad National de Córdoba; Angelo Bucci, University of São Paulo, Ideas prize winners Juan Cruz Serafini and Tomás Pont; and Carlos Espina, Holcim Argentina.

Winners of the Ideas prize (l-r): Juan Cruz Serafini and Tomás Pont for “Tidal Energy Landscape”, an infrastructure project for the generation of electric power based on tidal currents in Punta Loyola in Argentina.

Angelo Bucci (Brazil), head of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Latin America 2017 discussed the global prize-winning student project as well as the differences between building codes and regulations in Brazil, Argentina and Switzerland based on examples from his architecture practice.

Discussing the Ideas prize winner (l-r): Angelo Bucci, Head of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Latin America 2017 and architecture professor at the University of São Paulo and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Alejandro Cohen, architecture professor at Universidad National de Córdoba.

Celebrating the Global Ideas prize on behalf of Stefano Romagnoli (l-r): Alejandro Cohen, Universidad National de Córdoba, the parents of Stefano Romagnoli; Angelo Bucci, University of São Paulo; and Carlos Espina, Holcim Argentina.

Celebrating the Global Ideas prize (l-r): parents of Stefano Romagnoli and Carlos Espina, Holcim Argentina.

The operational company of LafargeHolcim in Argentina celebrated the winning team at an event with customers, representatives of professional organizations and authorities, as well as the media.

Presenting the Global LafargeHolcim Awards Ideas prize (l-r): Carlos Espina, CEO of Holcim Argentina with prizewinners Juan Cruz Serafini and Tomás Pont.

Carlos Espina, CEO of Holcim Argentina, emphasized the overall importance of sustainability in the building industry and the according commitment of LafargeHolcim on global and local levels.

Presenting the Global Holcim Awards Ideas prize (l-r): Mariela Marchisio, Universidad National de Córdoba; Angelo Bucci, University of São Paulo, Ideas prize winners Juan Cruz Serafini and Tomás Pont; and Carlos Espina, Holcim Argentina.

Angelo Bucci (Brazil), head of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Latin America 2017 discussed the global prize-winning student project as well as the differences between building codes and regulations in Brazil, Argentina and Switzerland based on examples from his architecture practice.

Carlos Espina, CEO of Holcim Argentina, emphasized the overall importance of sustainability in the building industry and the according commitment of LafargeHolcim on global and local levels.

Discussing the Ideas prize winner (l-r): Angelo Bucci, Head of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury Latin America 2017 and architecture professor at the University of São Paulo and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Alejandro Cohen, architecture professor at Universidad National de Córdoba.

By invitation of Holcim Argentina, Angelo Bucci also lectured at Universidad de Palermo (UP) and at the Professional Council of Architects & Urbanism in Buenos Aires – where students have spent the last semester analyzing his work and built models of his works.

Angelo Bucci was introduced by Fernando Diez, Editorial Director of Summa+, Professor of Urbanism at UP, and member of the LafargeHolcim Awards jury for region Latin America in 2008, 2014 & 2017.

By invitation of Holcim Argentina, Angelo Bucci (center) lectured at Universidad de Palermo (UP) – pictured with UP students in an exhibition of eight models of iconic buildings by Bucci.

By invitation of Holcim Argentina, Angelo Bucci also lectured at Universidad de Palermo (UP) and at the Professional Council of Architects & Urbanism in Buenos Aires – where students have spent the last semester analyzing his work and built models of his works.