NEB Prizes 2021: All Applications

The purpose of this research is to propose a solution to the air pollution issue in megacities, which is caused by urbanization through architectures. This Research proposes an architecture module, consists of advanced technology and materials in conjunction with the concept of plant respiration. The new architecture item shall have the ability to be integrated with exterior walls. It shall be an improved version of green walls with the same goals but a higher efficiency and with fewer defects.

Hearts, hands, and hospitality created the prototype for the Jubileepark that was built in an old industrial arena in the centre of Gothenburg.

In the centre of Gothenburg, along the river shore is the post-industrial area, Frihamnen located. An area that has been closed for the public for many years. The first step in the development of the area has been to prototype ideas in an open process and create a place created by and for the people. 

"Chill" is a new concept of clothing. If you desire a smart, useful and trendy jacket, we can provide a worthy concept for it. Our product is made by recycled textile materials to help the environment, is serigraphy printed with unique and artistic designs and even more is concerned about your well being. We equipped it with smart fibers and sensitive sensors which is telling your health by changing the color  of the print.

The existing PHT building was constructed in the 1960s. In the course of the renovation and expansion, a campus was created on which all the dislocated locations could be brought together. By incorporating the existing building mass, a modern and sustainable campus has been created, which ties in with the tradition of the University of Teacher Education both structurally and in terms of content, and at the same time allows for contemporary and future-oriented learning and teaching methods.

Underprivileged kids aged 11 to 14 learnt through sustainable architectural lessons to analyse, be critical and creative with the space they inhabit every day of the week: Their schoolyard. Nature has replaced concrete allowing a more inclusive, not just sports, use of this area. They learnt about urban flora and fauna, chose the trees and bee-friendly flowers in order to improve their school ecosystem and minimize the hot temperatures. They´ve created a Green Agora to learn outdoor and to relax

This is a project lead by children and their parents to improve their schoolyard. Children, Teachers, Architects, Biologists and Artists all influenced by Fuller´s optimism and energy to improve our planet. This project changed the way the school uses an empty piece of green land at the back of the school. Bikes, climbing walls, color, a botanical garden, an alotment, games, a theatre and an open-air clasroom to fight Covid. Designed by 9 to 11 years old children and happy architects

RogLab Creative Hub is a shared community space in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. The original plans in 2012 envisaged it as a way of involving a wide range of stakeholders in the revitalisation of the former Rog factory in the city centre. Since then it has acquired a life of its own and, with input from 6000+ diverse stakeholders who have helped shape its vision and programme, is now being scaled into a new public institution for the 21^st century, focusing on sustainable development.

A datapoietic sculpture of a digital plant unites the citizens of Palermo around the health of the Oreto river. Collaboratively fed by citizens, the plant informs us about the health of the water – creating unexpected alliances among humans, artificial intelligence, data and computation to make us more sensitive. 

In the middle of pandemics a next step of citizen science is born, enabled by art and innovation: to self-organize, share, connect and take care of the environment in new poetic ways.

Our complex urban environments require flexible designs that can handle multiple functions simultaneously and make their surrounding flourish. Blue Green Grey System is nature-based technology for designing multifunctional spaces where elements like Blue (water) Green (vegetation) and Grey (hard surfaces) are integrated in the same area and volume. The result is a more beautiful, healthy and climate-resilient urban environment that is better prepared for future challenges.

How to get around town? On a site where transport and competition are the protagonists given the presence of the Nantes University Hospital Center to the west, and the Faubourg district to the east, the project looks to create new paths for communication, giving priority to pedestrians and cyclists. A path from north to south and another from south to north that meet in the center and forms a velodrome in the city, open to the public and inviting to play.