NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

Mestres da Obra is a Social Organization that promotes the personal and collective development of civil construction workers. As a core activity, Art and Humanities Workshops are setup within construction sites where workers take part actively in the sessions together with professionals from different areas, aiming at the quality of life in the daily work and the construction of sustainable values. The activities take place within working hours, valuing the worker as a producer of knowledge.

Do you know that 10% of our cities are empty? We use vacant buildings in order to provide temporary shelters to homeless people. We host refugees, communities of women, families and people who have drug addictions/mental health problems in empty social housing buildings . While our social partners provide individual support, we offer an affordable home to settle down and create self-led communities where users can re-socialise and regain control over their lives (job, emotional stability,...).

The ArtBAR® are mobile, artistic elements developed for the implementation of organizational and security solutions primarily in urban public space with an emphasis on the ability to separate shared spaces from motorized traffic when organizing festivals, concerts, sports events, etc. ArtBAR® elements naturally combine the safety and aesthetics required in the public space of towns. The team strongly applied the ideas of "art for streets" and "sustainable recycling" in the design of the element.

'Viale delle Metamorfosi - L'arte si fa strada' is a festival aimed at investigating the theme of 'metamorphosis' and its declinations, through the languages of contemporary arts. The project addresses the possibility of creating a tangible and intangible heritage in the spaces of social aggregation of the street from which the project takes its name, located in Ponticelli district (Naples, Italy). The project focuses on the phenomena of cultural and social marginality.

Artieda is a 72 people village in the Pre-Pyrenees that has adapted to meet the needs of individuals who work remotely. The village provides access to resources that support remote work, such as reliable internet, coworking space and comfortable accommodation. Also, through community meals, workshops, and social gatherings Rooral Artieda offers a welcoming and supportive community that helps its visitors feel connected and rooted while they work remotely.

Chengene Skele is a small bay in the southern part of the Burgas Bay. The exceptional natural features and preserved traditional crafts related to fisheries turn the village into an area with potential for tourism development. “Chengene skele” is the only authentic fishing village on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast – a place with a unique spirit and character, which still preserves the fishing tradition and impresses every visitor.

My Square was a project co-designed with the local community. A semi-abandoned square with a park and a theatrical stage was brought back to life, with the help of the Municipality Youth Volunteer Group and the locals. Various environmental and cultural activities, such as tree planting and the development of an audio-walk with the locals’ memories of the square, increased the sense of belonging, which led to the revitalization of the space since the locals are now visiting the place.

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The La Jaira de Ana OCIRIF project was born from the need to create spaces free of violence, which generate quality family moments and strengthen the mother-child bond.
Its objective is, on the one hand, the rehabilitation of support networks based on healthy leisure and the reinforcement of links connected with the natural environment.
On the other hand, create a space to share among women through the creation of workshops related to the primary sector.

Nemuno7 is a river engineering and landscape design project that is unique in Europe and which serves as a public cultural space. The object made from river dredger combines technological history, heritage and contemporary architecture, and became a new attraction in Lithuania for locals and tourists. A dredger placed on the bank of the Nemunas river near the village Zapyškis became a cultural centre for visual art, interdisciplinary collaboration, science and creativity.