Grand Prix Architendance 2020: reinventing the use of terracotta tiles

Created in 2012 as part of a partnership with the network of architectural houses (rma), the competition was created at the same time as the rma Biennale, an event intended to awaken the desire for architecture in all actors of the living environment.

Every two years, the Grand Prix La Tuile Terre Cuite Architendance - open to all architects exercising an independent activity or in an agency, domiciled in France - rewards projects that use the terracotta tile in projects less than 4 years old.

The 2020 results

Individual house price
Grand Jury Prize

Diamond house, Rennes (35)
MNM Architects
Client: individual

Collective housing price

Residence Terre-Sud, Bègles (33)
Taillandiers Architects Associates
Client: Vinci construction

Equipment / tertiary price

Social and cultural center Gonzague Saint Bris, Cabourg (14)
Lemoal Lemoal Architects
Client: City of Cabourg

Intermediate housing price

7 patio houses, Esnandes (17)
Architect: FMAU
Client: Office Public de l'Habitat de l'Agglomération de La Rochelle

Architects Award on Facebook

Holiday barn, Allan (26)
@samueldelmas architects
Client: individual

Audience Award on Instagram

Market hall, Courbevoie (92)
@Croixmariebourdon associated architects
Client: City of Courbevoie

7 prizes awarded by the jury, architects and the public

67 agencies were registered for this 5th edition of the Architecture Grand Prix La Tuile Terre Cuite Architendance.

12 finalists were selected by the jury chaired by Anne-Sophie Kehr, President of the Network of architectural houses.

The jury * awarded 5 prizes:

Individual house category price
Collective housing category price
Equipment / tertiary category award
Intermediate habitat category prize, category created by the jury this year.
And a Jury Grand Prize awarded unanimously.

The 12 finalist achievements were then put to the vote on social networks to award 2 prizes:

Prize for architects & students in architecture school on Facebook which gathered nearly 3 votes
Audience Award on Instagram which gathered a little more than 6 votes

Three criteria are taken into account:

Enhancement of the terracotta tile and originality in the treatment of the roof / facade, innovation in the implementation, contemporary aesthetics ...
Architectural approach and creativity : relevance of the project, response to the challenges of sustainable construction
Project quality and performance : technical, environmental ...

"Tile manufacturers are very attached to this competition because it is a place of discussion with architects whose outlook and expectations are surprising, offbeat, and always interesting sources of research and innovation thinking"
Jean-Baptiste Fayet, President of the FFTB tile makers group