INDONESIA, November 29th, 2023 – Onduline, the maker of pioneering green roof and environmentally friendly building materials, hosted an awards ceremony at Chakra Venue, BSD City, Indonesia, on 29th November 2023 to celebrate the winners from the Onduline Green Roof Awards competition (OGRA) 2023 Asia.
With the theme "Tropical Passive Roof Design for Low Energy Houses", the OGRA competitions 2023 Asia seeks to uncover the power of design and roof covering features to create energy efficient and environmentally friendly housing.
The sixth edition also celebrates as its tenth year of the competition was launched on April 14 2023 and was open for architecture, interior design, construction professionals, developers, planning consultants and project executor with at least one year of experience. There is a difference in this competition compared to earlier, where expanded participants from ASIA could register, mainly from six countries across the Asia: Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.
More than 700 participants registered, a two-fold increase from last edition. The entries were independent judges to assess the strengths and excellence of each participant's architectural design work between October and November 2023.
The OGRA 2023 Asia competition aims to seek ideas for environmentally friendly building roof design solutions that are capable of addressing the issue of air pollution and reducing energy loads, in order to maintain human habitats in the future. Chairman of the OGRA 2023 ASIA, Reissa Siregar, said that a great note from the OGRA competition this time was the high enthusiasm of the participants in the six countries who submitted their works.
"The number of submitted works has tripled compared to the previous OGRA implementation. This indicates that competitions like this are highly anticipated by many professionals in the field of architecture and its derivatives. "Every participant competes to show their creativity and bright ideas to design healthy and energy efficient buildings of the future,"
The judging panel made up of architecture and design luminaries from several country evaluates entries received from all participant: Onduline Asia Pacific Director Onduline Olivier Guilluy, Chairman of Indonesian Green Building Council (GBCI) Iwan Prijanto, Principal Architect Archimetric Ivan Priatman, and leading architect, city planner, environmental expert from the Philippines who is also one of the 48 heroes of philanthropy in the world according to Forbes Magazine, Felino 'Jun' Palafox Jr.
They’ve long experience in their field and were tested in national and international competitions. Then, every decision can be held liable. Deadline for submitting work on September 30th, 2023, who went on to the Asia judging round and the winner of the OGRA 2023 Asia was announced on today, November 29th, 2023.
The Winners are:
OGRA 2023 Asia The Champion from Indonesia
Tobias Kea Suksmalana (The Green Passage)
OGRA 2023 Asia runner up from Indonesia
Prayoga Arya (Jaro Ngaso)
Sahlan (Mahawa-The Breathing House)
OGRA 2023 Asia 4th & 5th from Indonesia
Dwi Nurul Ilmih (Tropicool Roof) & Partogi (Padi Dhara)
The work entitled The Green Passage, designed by Tobias Kea Suksmalana from Indonesia, won first place in the OGRA 2023 Asia competition. Expressing his happiness on winning the OGRA 2023 Asia grand prize, Tobias said, "I am very grateful for this achievement; it has been such an incredible experience for me to move forward to higher levels. With this achievement, I will remember to keep pushing myself to improve and continuously learn new things, all in the pursuit of enhancing the quality of life through architecture. These experiences have been instrumental in my growth as a designer and architect allowing me to continuously strive towards becoming better”.
The design about when rethinking passive design, traditional architecture has already practiced the fundamental principles. The orientation, shape, and selection of building materials have been well chosen to adapt to the microclimate in every region of the archipelago. Within the kampong passage, we can still observe and learn about it. Furthermore, the kampong passage also creates a wind tunnel effect. It tells us that along the kampong passage, there are many things that can be rethought in being creative about passive design.
“The potential wind energy from the kampong passage is captured by porous partition such as louver windows and roof walls. This architectural details will reduce the wind speed entering the building. The combination of building mass and architectural details, ensures cross-ventilation inside the house. On the hottest side, the west side, there is a fish pond. It was designed with the intention that cold steam would be brought in by the wind coming from the west-south southwest,” Tobias said.
Prayoga Arya, one of the 1st runner up said that “I felt an overwhelming sense of happiness and pride in winning this award. I joined the Onduline Green Roof Award competition because I wanted to test my abilities and learn from others in the field. Seeing the work of fellow participants has allowed me to broaden my perspective and gain valuable insights. I also want to thank the judges for their valuable feedback and comments. The judging session was truly the highlight for me,”
“The Onduline Green Roof Award was created as a platform to nurture and recognize exceptional talent in the industry. We are thrilled to honor the winners and showcase their groundbreaking ideas. Through its rich history of over 80 years, Onduline has continuously set new benchmarks in delivering roofing solutions that combine purposeful designs and pioneering technologies. Onduline continues to be trusted by generations for its progressive and dependable products. This event not only celebrates their achievements but also acts as a catalyst for further innovation and collaboration for sustainable architecture and design,” said Olivier Guilluy, Onduline Asia Pacific Director Onduline and one of the OGRA 2023 Asia jury members.
The first winner won a cash prize of USD 3,300 and an exclusive trophy, with the runner up walking away with a total of USD 2,300 each and 4th & 5th winners each won cash prize of USD 1,000. The winners were also invited to participate in a design workshop as keynote speakers at the Onduline Indonesia upcoming activity.
CLIMATE EMERGENCY
The work assessment really takes into account the potential of a roof design that is easy to implement. The roof design of the house must meet the criteria of being healthy, comfortable and applicable, in addition to meeting aesthetic and environmentally friendly values.
"I am truly impressed that this year’s designs demonstrate an in-depth understanding of each space, material, color, lighting, and ventilation conditions. Overall, the entries reflect clear purpose, attractiveness, allure, and high feasibility. And within it, there are technical elements, roof technology, convenience, and aesthetics as core values that we all aim for. OGRA has played a very crucial role in initiating and creating challenges for designers,” said Chairman of Indonesian Green Building Council (GBCI), Iwan Prijanto.
He say that, in the midst of pressure on world food and energy needs, architects and designers must think about the environmental carrying capacity of every product and idea produced. Sensitivity to ecology is an absolute thing that must be considered and implemented in a work. Then that, designing house buildings with a net zero energy concept is a solution for creating energy efficient houses.
“There must be awareness that the earth is a place to live in the present and the future. Being local but thinking globally is the key word for producing products that are down to earth and directly beneficial to the environment," explained.
Principal Architect of Archimetric, Ivan Priatman, say that the largest contributor to emissions reached 39 percent: 11 percent from building materials and 28 percent from building construction. Therefore, it is important to implement an active passive design. Because to present sustainable architectural objects, this strategy is relevant and easy to apply.
Ivan says, so many ideas for creating a passive design and environmentally friendly home. For example, by reducing the use of electrical devices, using energy-saving lamps, using used materials, making openings and gardens in the house, roof designs that support the creation of this microclimate while also reducing noise, and so on. But, of all that, the most crucial thing is energy use.
“By doing passive design, we don't need to use mechanical or electrical devices to provide comfort as a form of environmental response. That way, energy use can be minimized. The form of response to the environment will be to use more natural resources around us, such as sunlight and wind,"
In the passive design process, Ivan explained several stages that needed to be taken. First, the architect must truly understand the local climate of the design object site. By understanding the microclimate of a place, you can determine the shape and orientation of the building in accordance with the surrounding conditions. Of course, this is followed by concrete steps such as making openings in the building, space organization, shading and the outer envelope of the building, as well as paying attention to the outer space of a building.
Felino 'Jun' Palafox Jr. said that architects must be able to pay attention to every new residential design in the pandemic era while maintaining the mission of preservation and sustainability. If real estate development does not take into account the carrying capacity of the environment, the quality of the city and the lives of its citizens will deteriorate.
“Architecture is very important in creating a better-quality environment. It is the collective task of the entire community to be able to answer the challenges of the city's future now and in the future. "Architectural solutions are needed to make cities more humane, resilient and contributory”.
Country Director Onduline Indonesia, Esther Pane said, Onduline is serious about green building a crucial issue for the future, considering that by 2050, 70 percent of the world's population is projected to live in cities, which is the urban buildings use 40 percent of energy and water globally in addition to consuming a third earth resources.
“Our commitment is to expand our education and impact, not only to building designers in Indonesia but also to the Asian level. we want the echo to be heard more. One of our company group's commitments to sustainability solutions is to ensure that there is socialization and expansion of awareness to a higher scale, through this Asian level competition,” Esther closed.
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For more information about the design competition and a way to be part of an impactful movement that can make a difference to consumers’ lives, please visit the OGRA website at https://ogra-contest.com/.
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