NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

Computation and Waste is a project that combines the capabilities of  computational/parametric design software with the pressing issue of construction waste. By using a 3D-scanner, discarded material is digitalized and collected into a digital archive, which the software uses to create products with the given geometries. The goal is to minimize the need for raw materials when building and designing, and to think beyond standardized materials to envision multiple material futures.

The Towards Earth | A new natural for urban ecologies is a collaborative laboratory at Rua das Gaivotas 6 that aims to reconceptualize the world through food.
This project invites transdisciplinary artists, activists, curators, chefs, gardeners, local producers, poets, writers, biologists and scientists to an exchange of knowledge, experimentations and collective pedagogies that contribute to a common sharing space during 3 editions between 2023 and 2024 at Rua das Gaivotas 6 in Lisbon.

The Creative factory shop is a project to switch from consumption to creation. It is based on an experiment carried out in Roubaix, in the North of France, a region with a rich textile history. The shop will be a cooperative where members can create instead of just buying. With help from textile workers and craftspeople, they will learn to design and make unique clothes and accessories, using locally sourced up-cycled material that would otherwise go to waste.

There are 40 million blind people today, and despite all the technological advancements, the most used mobility solutions are still the walking cane and the guide dog.
.lumen offers a solution that mimics the benefits of a guide dog without the drawbacks that make it a non-scalable solution.

DoubleRoom is an inclusive, sustainable, and biophilic design solution that brings the outstanding healing effects of nature into our interior environment. By utilizing 5 physical objects inspired by ancient wellness rituals, we can stimulate the senses to improve our overall wellbeing. The interior space can take on a virtual transformation through these objects to insight a digital escape to nature in urban spaces, providing a bridge between our technological evolution and biophilic roots.

The Jungle Trip is a game that makes physiotherapy fun for children with cerebral palsy aged 4-7, who have to do it their entire life. Using a jungle theme and animal footprint cards, it guides kids through movements improving spatial visualization, coordination, and motor skills. Set up on floors and walls, it adds a new dimension to boring exercises and keeps kids motivated by stimulating their imagination. Kids move by touching the animal footprints, making the game interactive & engaging

My concept consists of creating and giving space to one of the minorities, which in my country and in the world has been quite demoralised and\or excluded. Being represented as something beautiful that is worth admiring.

A civic space that proposes a cultural-historical reinterpretation of the Vignole island, the viticulture tradition at the project's center. Vines and wine, elements that bind past and present together, play a central role in the lagoon tradition, which the project wants to recover. In a civic space such as an archaeo-enological park, wine becomes a symbol and means to mend relationships within the territory, its productive realities and within a community.

Arkhé (arjé or arché) is a Greek term that etymologically means principle, foundation or beginning. This term was used by early philosophers in Ancient Greece and meant the primordial element from which all material reality is composed and derived.

What if taking up timber manufacturing again was the beginning of relating to the world in a different way? What if it led to an industrial and forestry revolution? What if a different technology than the conventional one was possible?

Regenerating natural ecosystems, and promoting a life-centred perspective in relationship with nature, as an alternative to human-centred one.