In Taipei, the World Design Capital 2016, the Spanish architect won the Gold Award of Public Space Design for his CKK Jordanki, in Poland and the Jury's Special Award for the Bürchen Public Square, in Switzerland

　　西拔牙建筑师赢得2016年台北“世界设计之都”设计奖公共空间金奖，获奖作品是波兰托伦音乐厅；瑞士锯木厂废料打造的小镇广场荣获评审团特别奖。

The Taipei City Government founded the International Design Award to convey the quality image of Taipei design to the interna5onal community and to locate valuable designs with commercial possibilities. As announced in its brief, Taipei believes in design as a way  to improve economy, the social fabric, environment and the cultural development of the city as well as to provide harmony, secure and convenient life to the ci5zens of the world. An annual call, this award is open worldwide to creatives, design professionals, design schools, and individuals with a passion for design. In 2012, three new categories were added - industrial design, visual communica5on and public space design - showing the Taipei Interna5onal Awards's ambition to grow global. Moreover, in 2016, Taipei is the World Design Capital.

　　台北市政府成立的国际设计大奖赛，目的在于想世界传递台北的高品质设计，以及通过有价值的设计来定位商业发展的可能性。就像是在大赛的简介中介绍的，台北市相信设计可以作为一种提高经济、社会结构、环境、城市文化发展的方式，设计还可以给世界人民带来和谐、安全和舒适的生活。作为每年都会举行的设计大事件，大奖赛面全世界范围内面向创意人士、设计专业人士、设计学院、以及追求设计的个人。2012年，设计大赛增加了三个新的设计类别—工业设计、视觉交互设计、公共空间设计—展现了台北国际设计奖走向世界的决心。2016年，台北成为世界设计之都。

获奖作品：波兰托伦音乐厅

获奖作品：瑞士锯木厂废料打造的小镇广场

On November 4, at the Awards ceremony, presided by the Major of Taipei, the Spanish architect, Fernando Menis, was revealed as the winner of the Gold Award of Public Space Design for the Congress and Multifunctional Concerts Hall CKK Jordanki, in Torun, Poland and the winner of the Jury's Special Award of Public Space Design for the Bürchen Public Square in Switzerland.

From Taiwan, Fernando Menis declared: “As a competition, the Taipei International Design Awards allows creators, architects and designers around the world to learn from each other, progress, obtain a broader international perspective, and further embody creativity and dreams in their products with marketability and futurity, bringing the design industry in the world new atmosphere and prospects.”

　　建筑师Fernando Menis说：“作为一个设计大奖赛，台北国际设计奖让来自全世界的创意者、建筑师和设计师互相学习和进步，获得一个更宽广的国际视野。同时，还可以在他们充满未来感的商业产品中看到创意和梦想，给世界产业增加新气象和前景。”

“Design is not just about seeking aesthetics in objects, it is about an attitude of thinking,” said Mayor of Taipei City, Ko Wen-je, who gave the Award to Menis. “To change Taiwan, we must start with the capital; to change the capital, we must change the culture; and to change the culture, we must start with design.” Mayor Ko added that implementing design into urban development requires collaboration across different bureaus within government, as well as from citizens and professional designers, and stated that “our vision is to make Taipei a livable and sustainable city by 2050.”

　　颁奖给Menis嘉宾的台北市市长柯文哲强调：“设计不仅仅只是在物体中寻找美，还是一种思考的态度。为改变台湾，我们必须从台北市开始；为了改变台北市，我们必须改变我们的文化；同样的，为改变我们的文化，我们必须从设计开始。”柯文哲补充，设计融入城市的发展需要政府的各个部门、市民和专业设计师的通力合作，并公布到2050年，台北市将成为一座宜居而且可持续发展的都市。

Translation and edit by SAM