African Design Magazine ADM #38 March 2018 | Page 7

SAIA AWARDS
Evolutionary Paradigm – Do the design
and related processes contribute towards
an ongoing regenerative future?
Placemaking Performance – Do the
design and related processes enhance the
architectural landscape and contextual urban
environment including contributing to the
qualitative human experience of place?
According to Richard Tomes, sales and
marketing executive at AfriSam, the
AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable
Architecture + Innovation is a natural
extension of the AfriSam brand and
reflects the company’s commitment to
sustaining the environment through
responsible manufacturing processes.
“We intend highlighting current
sustainable issues and an understanding
of passive design in building and use of
renewable materials that will address
these sustainable issues with the support
of technology. Another key focus is on
innovative thinking that embodies sound
sustainable practices and design.
“At AfriSam we believe in creating concrete
possibilities. This extends far beyond just the
products that we manufacture. We believe that
through responsible and sustainable business
practices today, we are creating a future of
possibilities for our children and their children,”
he says.
Adjudicators for the 2017/18 AfriSam-SAIA
Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation
are Maryke Cronje (architect and President of
the SAIA), Dr Sechaba Maape (sustainability
architecture academic and architect), Philippa
Tumubweinee (academic and co-founder of
IZUBA INafrica Architects), Niraksha Singh
(AfriSam raw materials and sustainability
manager), Dr Emmanuel Nkambule (academic
with particular interest in the social
environment) and Richard Stretton (founder of
architecture and furniture design studio Koop
Design). Stretton received the 2010 and 2014
Afrisam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture
and a 2014 Merit Award.
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