Analysis Of Sustainability Criteria in the Pritzker Architecture Prizes: A Qualitative Analysis (2019-2025)

Abstract

Sustainability is a multifaceted concept that can be addressed with different evaluation criteria. This study analyzes the sustainability discourses of architects awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, one of the world's most prestigious architecture awards, by examining the jury citations. The analysis was conducted using embedded theory, a qualitative research method, which involved converting codes extracted from the jury citations into concepts, which were then classified under social-cultural, environmental, and economic sustainability categories. The study's scope is 2019–2025, during which the jury members remained unchanged. The findings show that social-cultural sustainability (culture, quality of life, sense of place, community solidarity, social cohesion, etc.) was particularly prominent during the period in question, while environmental and economic dimensions were relatively less represented. This situation results from the jury members being composed primarily of architects and critics.

Keywords

• Sustainable architecture
• Sustainability criteria
• Three pillars of sustainability
• Pritzker architecture prize
• Grounded theory

Pritzker Mimarlık Ödüllerinde Sürdürülebilirlik Kriterlerinin Analizi: Bir Nitel Analiz Çalışması (2019-2025)

Abstract

Sürdürülebilirlik, farklı değerlendirme kriterleri ile ele alınabilen çok yönlü bir kavramdır. Bu çalışmada, dünyanın en prestijli mimarlık ödüllerinden biri olan Pritzker Mimarlık Ödülü'nü kazanan mimarların sürdürülebilirlik söylemleri, jüri değerlendirmeleri incelenerek analiz edilmiştir. Analiz, jüri değerlendirmelerinden çıkarılan kodların konseptlere dönüştürülmesini içeren nitel bir araştırma yöntemi olan gömülü teori kullanılarak yürütülmüştür. Bu bağlamda, jüri üyelerinin değişmediği 2019-2025 dönemi ele alınmıştır. Bulgular, söz konusu dönemde sosyo-kültürel sürdürülebilirliğin (kültür, yaşam kalitesi, mekan duygusu, toplumsal dayanışma, sosyal uyum vb.) özellikle ön plana çıktığını, çevresel ve ekonomik boyutların ise görece daha az temsil edildiğini göstermektedir. Bu durum, jüri üyelerinin ağırlıklı olarak mimar ve eleştirmenlerden oluşmasından kaynaklanmaktadır.

Keywords

• Sürdürülebilir mimari
• Sürdürülebilirlik kriterleri
• Sürdürülebilirliğin üç ayağı
• Pritzker mimarlık ödülü
• Gömülü teori

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