The recognises The Crafts College for the unusually close symbiosis between landscape and architecture. The project is distinguished by a high level of tectonic care. Consistent attention to material expression, together with the careful integration of porticos and pergolas, in-between spaces, planted zones, water edges, and paved surfaces, gives the project a distinct spatial porosity. Rather than functioning merely as transitions, these layered thresholds become microclimatic environments that support thermal comfort, social exchange, and collective learning. The central rainwater basin is both stormwater infrastructure and a social and climatic focus, with benefits for cooling, gathering, and everyday multispecies life. The result is precise, materially robust and intimate at the same time. - from the award statements
