Jersey Architecture Commission Design Awards
The Jersey Architecture Design Awards are held to celebrate and promote to encourage good design in Jersey, moving it towards excellence.
The Architecture Commission was set up to initially improve the level of design and the Awards are a recognition and celebration of achievements.
The Awards recognise and celebrate good design created and achieved by Jersey architects, designers and developers. They are open to anyone who has delivered a project that they believe has contributed positively to the built environment of Jersey.
Awards
The judging of all 88 entries to the 2022 Jersey Design Awards has taken place and the awards, highly commended and commended were selected.
The awards were presented to the winners and commended projects on 30 September 2022 at the Jersey Architecture Commission Design Awards Evening held at the Jersey Museum, St Helier.
An exhibition of the awarded and commended schemes will be held in the Jersey Museum Link Gallery in January 2023.
Entries for the next Jersey Design Awards will be invited in April 2024.
Award winners and commendations 2022
The award winners and commendations for the Jersey Design Awards 2022 in each categories are:
Best large-scale new build development (residential or other)
Award: The Beach, Gorey, St Martin by Morris Architects
Highly Commended: Grand Vaux Court, St Saviour by Michael Bravery Architect
Best large-scale refurbishment or extension
Highly Commended: St. Matthew’s Convent, St Mary by Waddington Architects
Highly Commended: Jersey Archive Extension, St Helier by BDK Architects
Best small-scale new build development
Award: Taigh-Dubh, St Saviour by Axis Mason Architects
Best small-scale building or extension
Highly Commended: La Maison de Portinfer, St Ouen by Godel Architects
The unbuilt scheme
Highly Commended: Seaside Café, St Mary by MS Planning
Best refurbishment of a historic building
Award: Greve de Lecq Barracks, St Mary by Barnes, Collie and Fischer Architects
Best landscape architecture project
Award: Moignard Liberation Garden, St Lawrence by Waddington Architects
Highly Commended: Harry’s Garden, St Saviour by Axis Mason
Commended: Le Quennevais School, St Brelade by Design Team, Jersey Property Holdings
Best example of innovative or sustainable design
Award: Jersey Archive Extension, St Helier by BDK Architects, Met Work and Chris Twinn
Commended: Bottle Dash, a registered trademark product by Waddington Architects
Best artwork in the public domain
Commended: Grand Vaux Court, St Helier by Michael Bravery Architects and artist Kerry-Jane Warner
Commended: Hemery Row ‘Glass Kernels’, St Helier by Waddington Architects
Best interior
Award: The Porters Store, St Helier by A-NY
Highly Commended: The Ribbon, PF+A Officer, St Helier by PF+A Architects
Commended: Awabi, St. Helier by A-NY
Jersey students architectural project
No Award given
Award categories
Best large scale new build development (residential or other uses)
A building or development over 250 square metres. Factors to be considered:
- how well the building uses its site
- how effectively the three-dimensional form of the building is composed
- how well the building relates to its:
- context
- surrounding public space
- neighbourhood
- how the form and character, materials and details of the building relate to its context.
- how the building and site respond to the Jersey context
- whether it is accessible to all and demonstrates wider community benefit
Best small scale new build development
A building or development under 250 square metres. Factors to be considered:
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how well the building uses its site
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how effectively the three-dimensional form of the building is composed
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how well the building relates to its:
- context
- surrounding public space
- neighbourhood
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how effectively the building design responds to its use
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how the form and character, materials and details of the building relate to its context.
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how the building and site respond to the Jersey context
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whether it is accessible to all and demonstrates wider community benefit
Best large scale refurbishment or extension
Factors to be considered:
- how the scheme has successfully dealt with the existing architectural fabric and features of the host building
- how well the building uses materials and constructional details
- the quality of craft and construction
- how effectively the building has been adapted to its use
- how well the new work responds to the host building and the Jersey context
- whether it is accessible to all and demonstrates wider community benefit
Best small scale building or extension
Factors to be considered:
- how the scheme has successfully dealt with the existing architectural fabric and features of the host building
- how well the building uses materials and constructional details.
- the quality of craft and construction
- how effectively the building has been adapted to its use
- how well the new work responds to the host building and the Jersey context
Best unbuilt scheme
This is an award for what the judges consider the best un-built architectural design for any of the above categories.
Best historic building project
The building or site should be a Listed Building or Place. Factors considered:
- how well the building relates to the listed building or place
- how well the repair, restoration and adaption of the listed building or place responds to its significance
- how the form, character, materials and details of the scheme relate and respond to the listed building or place
- how well the building relates to its context, surrounding public space and neighbourhood
- how well the building and site respond to the Jersey context
- quality and execution of craft
- whether it is accessible to all and demonstrates wider community benefit
Best landscape architecture project
Hard and soft landscaping, paving, sculpture, environmental improvement, boundary walls and street furniture. Factors considered:
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contribution the scheme makes to its locality, setting and neighbourhood and its contribution to enhancing the public realm
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use and finish of materials and soft landscaping in its context
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how well the site responds to its Jersey context
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how the scheme has successfully dealt with the existing features of the area and its context
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how well the scheme uses materials and the quality of the construction details
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whether it is accessible to all and demonstrates wider community benefit
Best example of sustainable and, or innovative design
To show a positive response to the challenges of climate change and the aspiration to deliver carbon neutrality as in Jersey. This category is for projects that encourage architectural innovation, particularly in the field of sustainable design. Schemes must demonstrate how the principles of sustainability, minimisation of energy use and low carbon design has been at the core of the project and how this has been implemented. Factors that will be considered:
- how well the project responds to reducing energy usage and its carbon footprint
- how well the scheme exceeds the required or expected standards
- how innovation has been used to deliver energy conservation including micro energy generation
- how it sets an example of 'good practice' that can be adopted in the future
- the contribution the scheme makes to its locality, setting and neighbourhood
- whether it is accessible to all and demonstrates wider community benefit
Best artwork in the public domain
A new or innovative feature within a project. The purpose of this award is to celebrate the relatively small features within a project, whether new or in a refurbishment, that demonstrates real quality in design and finish. Factors considered:
- how the scheme responds to the essence of place
- how the scheme demonstrates the involvement of the artist(s) from concept to delivery as part of the design process
- how interpretive study has been used to deliver the art work
- how the scheme has successfully dealt with the existing features of the area and its context
- how the work responds to the need to be accessible either intellectually, physically or spatially
- how it demonstrates wider community benefit
Best interior
A new or refurbished interior. This award celebrates the interior design of a project whether new or in a refurbishment that shows quality in design and finish. Factors considered:
- how well the design responds to its building and context
- how well the space of the building is managed
- quality and execution of craft
- how well the design responds to the brief and aspirations for brand or client's style
- how the form, character, materials and details of the work relate to the host building
- whether it is fully accessible to all
Jersey students architectural project award
Factors considered:
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how well the design responds to its context
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how well space inside and outside the building is used
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how well the design responds to the brief and the planned or intended use
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how well the new work responds to the host building and Jersey context
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how effectively the design responds to its use
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how the form, character, materials and details of the work relate to the host building
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whether it is fully accessible to all
Entry process
Entries to the Jersey Architecture Awards closed on Friday 1 July 2022. Entrants and practices were able to submit a maximum of 4 entries for each category.
Shortlisted entries were visited by the judges in July 2022.