NEB Prizes 2021: All Applications

Plan A+, a non governmental organisation based in Berlin, creates a physical space and vivid experiences about how we could live and feel in the future. Together with independent thinkers, makers and shakers we celebrate future-proof ways of living, the will to create and a culture of local cooperations with ourselves and nature.

Space adventure: Defend the planet! (SUDDEN) is a research-based game to a more inclusive education in primary maths for deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students, as well as to their hearing peers. Results show an increase in mathematics achievement between 8% and 20% for 6 participants, while no improvement for 4 participants. SUDDEN contributes to the following SDGs: “Quality Education”, “Good Health and Well-being”, “Reduced Inequalities” and “No poverty”.

Sneature is the design of a waste-based sneaker embedded in a resilient production concept.

Upcycled waste- and raw materials are integrated in a biological material cycle that enables both individualization and on-demand production with the lowest possible energy consumption.

After use, Sneature is biodegradable and can be returned as nutrients to the natural material cycle.
 

The edition/19 initiative is an agile space as well as a agile community united by an interest in interdisciplinary experimentation at the intersection of art/culture, technology, craft, science, society and education. In current interpretation of the Bauhaus and its pedagogy it is a laboratory of life in the midst of civil society. Numerous activities involve citizens in the sense of inclusion in a way that contributes to their basic education in the digital age in view of the climate crisis. 

The ISS issues focus on the principle of “impermanence” of contemporary living and the need to explore the construction of housing that can be built and dismantled quickly, made as autonomous from energy supply point of view, flexible in its use and establishing ever-changing relationships with places.

The ISS adopted a multidisciplinary approach to extend the possibility to deploy the architectural project with off-site development, energy assessment and according to urban planning rules.

New Landes Residence is a revolutionary residence imagined for a small community of childhood friends in SANGUINET, Landes. The architecture takes place directly inside the pine forest and rises from the living earth. This “all purpose shelter” suggests a new lifestyle: it leads to living in a construction offering both raw nature and comfort thanks to its power management. This residence is bio sourced with FISOLAND, an insulating concrete developed with pine needles picked up in the region.

"Planet Earth, year 2050, carbon 0, we did it. It's today's news that after the last discharge, the remaining cargo tanker has finally turned off its engines: a new era begins. The WNPS (World Network for Planet Safety) in agreement with the remaining governments, confirms the possibility for spontaneous communities to independently regenerate oil extraction, transportation and processing structures, according to principles of sustainability and inclusive collaboration."

An international online mentoring programme Open Education for a Better World (OE4BW) has been developed to unlock the potential of open education in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The programme provides an innovative approach to building Open Educational Resources, connecting developers of educational materials with experts volunteering as mentors. Results have proved the model to be useful for building capacities in open education, while producing concrete educational material

My site is in a quite complex area in underused part of Milano, disconnected from the centre. I work with existing local features, that are maybe not visible at the first sight but that are important for local inhabitants. I am trying to keep what is already there,(industrial feeling, existing biodiversity areas, irregular urban character, walls) I am only sensitively filling the gaps with what is needed there (flexible living, security,even more biodiversity, inclusion).

The demand for energy efficient and sustainable housing is continuously rising. The airtight construction model synonymous with the NZEB or Passive Houses offers a thermal bridge free design. 1000WB offers a centralised digital catalogue of architectural details applicable for all climates and construction types usable anywhere in the world. Our WebApp has digitalised the calculation of exact PSI values that has the potential to generate a disruptive change for heat demand calculation practices.