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SAWA wins Architecture Masterprize
At the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the initiators of SAWA—Robert Winkel and Mark Compeer of Mei architects and planners Nice Developers proudly received the 8th architecture prize for SAWA, for the best Conceptual Architecture in the prestigious Architecture MasterPrize award competition in America.
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Construction of SAWA commences
Construction has begun on SAWA – the very first 50-meter-high circular wooden residential building in the Netherlands. At a festive gathering on November 18, the symbolic start signal was given for the construction of this iconic residential building on Rotterdam's Lloydpier.
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SAWA Mock-up
This week, construction began on the SAWA mock-up: a test setup of the wooden SAWA structure. Various measurements will be conducted using this mock-up in the coming period to further optimize SAWA's technical design.
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Nice Newsletter #2
From Tree to Construction Site, from soil to redstart & from Rotterdam to Munich.
This week, we distributed a newsletter featuring the latest Nice news. This included updates on the commencement of SAWA's construction, Minister Hugo de Jonge wearing SAWA clogs, the SAWA LEGO model at the International Architecture Biennale, further information on Nice building 'the Chunk', and the first episode of the series 'From Tree to Construction Site'.
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From Tree to Construction Site #1
Watch the first episode in the video series here: From Tree to Construction Site.
During the construction of SAWA, Nice developers is following Nice developers the footsteps of SAWA's materials. We are doing this to see with our own eyes how sustainable the production process really is.
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Manifesto: Building within the boundaries of our planet
We must "build within the limits of our planet," according to Manifesto 2.0, recently published by Gideon - building transition tribes and DGBC. Nice Developers believes that the construction sector must contribute to limiting further climate change.
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SAWA model to EXPO REAL in Munich
The wooden model of SAWA is en route to Munich, where EXPO REAL will take place from October 4th to 6th. This marks the 24th edition of this international real estate fair.
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Construction work for SAWA has started!
Construction work at SAWA has commenced!
Since this week, the site has been bustling with activity as the construction area is being set up and groundwork has begun.
