NEB Prizes 2021: All Applications

WHAT IS THE PLACE OF THE INFORMAL ROMANI SETTLEMENTS IN BULGARIA (BG) AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU), IN RESHAPING THE EU AND UN STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT?

Rumita is a project of transformation, resistance and enhancement. We have launched a project of recovery wools from a territory suffering from depopulation. In this area the wool is considered a special waste: shepherds have to pay for its disposal. So we started to recovered wool. We produced a yarn, we dyed the yarn with natural colors and we started to produce rugs designed by young designers. We work manually with vertical looms.

NaturalMente is a project of building renovation in a spirit of circularity, approved and started in July 2020. It interests the Cascina Sella Nuova and it operates within the broader plan of the Municipality of Milan to promote and rationalize energies and practices active in the city, through the establishment of a "system of farmhouses in Milan", in which these become the epicenters of larger, external and inside the city to promote new agriculture, culture and wellness, culture and wellness.

Ideas Garden is an urban garden located in one of Vilnius post-soviet microdistricts (Pilaite). Born as and still existing as a voluntary initiative, the urban garden aims to empower the local community by making them active agents of local urban life. The growing garden community cultivates not only vegetables but also sharing, eco-lifestyle, diversity and learning. With its raised beds, compost and picnic table, Ideas Garden has become one of the top attraction sites of the neighbourhood.

 

The following design of the waterfront in Torun is an out-of-the-box example of urban revitalization. This concept is the opposite of monumental reconstructions of urban spaces, which turn existing locations upside down, with enormous financial and environmental cost.
In creating the project, authors used innovative tools, such as Urban Recycling, Big Data Analytics, combined with good design practices such as sustainability, preservation, and inclusion. 

The BIQ in Hamburg is the world’s first building integrating living micro-organisms to absorb carbon and generate solar thermal heat. The building features 129 glass panels to cultivate microalgae on the south facing façades. The residents and the microalgae live in a symbiosis and co-habitation. The building feeds the algae with carbon emissions and minerals, while the algae absorb carbon through photosynthesis and provide heat and high-quality biomass back to the building.

Socio-Economic Innovation project consisting of agricultural goods production and sale in urban spaces, involving work integration coops and farmers. An Integrated Urban Agriculture model that shortens the supply chain for producers and consumers, by creating a city network of Direct Cultivation, Accumulation, Distribution and Marketing of agricultural products within the urban system, promoting the local economy, the environmental protection, the job placement and the community engagement.

The “Osthang”is a place of the arts and artists, of freedom and leisure, away from the concrete, noise and commerce: a small piece of forest, a unique place to meet and share, a real utopia. Located on the eastern slope of the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, the“Osthang” is an open space for events, festivals and cultural performances that brings communities together.

The “Osthang”is a place of the arts and artists, of freedom and leisure, away from the concrete, noise and commerce: a small piece of forest, a unique place to meet and share, a real utopia. Located on the eastern slope of the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, the“Osthang” represents a modern experimental area: whether design, art, architecture, film, dance, theater or photography - everyone is welcome to join this open space and co-creative process to bring its temporary architecture into life

Wood Studio Scale 1:1 is a fifth-year subject of the ETS of Architecture of Barcelona, UPC. It is an international design studio course that aims to introduce wood as a subject of permanent study in the field of architectural projects linking the university with industrial companies and local and international experts, and at the same time considers the current residential and emergency climatic needs, through the design and construction of a livable module made entirely of wood.