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Webecome is an educational proposal for Italian primary schools that supports teachers and parents in identifying the latest phenomena in terms of social hardship and understanding how to prevent them by helping children to develop social, cognitive, and creative abilities in a balanced way. The online platform offers nine thematic paths designed in collaboration with more than 60 experts, helping teachers and parents to recondition a positive environment both in the classroom and at home.

Concept:

In the future, consumers will no longer throw away one-way packaging, but will refill it in stores at suitable “refilling stations“

Forecast:

Substantial reduction in plastic waste - one product replaces 50 products.

The improvement of the large square is shaped like a spatial structure, the shapes of which grow into the construction of the concert hall and music school. The central part of the granite-walled square – PLAZA, is deepened, on the south side the volume of the concert hall connects to it, on the north side - a pool with a fountain VALZIVS. 
 

In Notfallsituationen entstehen oft temporäre Sammelunterkünfte, z. B. in Turnhallen oder großen Sälen, in denen betroffene Menschen auf engstem Raum leben müssen. In den provisorischen Unterkünften herrscht nicht selten ein Mangel an Hygienemöglichkeiten und Komfort, von Privatsphäre ganz zu schweigen. Die modular konfigurierbaren Rückzugsräume geben eine Antwort auf genau diese Problematik. Zugleich lassen sie sich schnell und einfach auf- und abbauen.

"Good design goes to heaven; bad design goes everywhere." Mieke Gerritzen.

B.A.D., an acronym for beaux-arts (fine arts)/architecture/design, is a graduate training programme in Design offered since 2019 at the École supérieure d’art et de design TALM-Angers. The training relies on an interdisciplinary pedagogical model in which three disciplines connect and converse in equal measure. The Design option proposes a multifaceted approach – in accordance with the generalist vocation of design.

The Designers’ Hub is a completely demountable green office building that provides important voice in the discussion on the future of architecture. It contributes to solving the problem of aging buildings by a circular design and reconnects the human with natural environment. This human symbiosis with ecosystem is currently one of the most urgent architectural and urban issues in relation to the Earth's ecosystem and the Designers’ Hub can be the answer to improve our connection with nature.

Uholdeak program makes the artistic processes visible, seeking to overflow the conventional art production space, decentralizing contemporary culture and offering an approach to the population located on the periphery of the art circuits. The actions proposed are directly related to the current debates on art and rurality, bringing contemporary art processes closer to the rural community and, reciprocally, valuing the knowledge and knowledge of the places in which the program is developed.

In order to meet the challenges posed by social cohesion and the right of access to culture, Poste Habitat has formed its own culture and communication department. This is the first time that a social housing body takes such a step, bringing culture to the very heart of its organisation and its daily activities so as to develop and deliver artistic projects jointly with its tenants at the very foot of the buildings where they live.

Compostboard is Rik Makes design of a sheet material. It can be used for interior purposes, from small to large. From sheet, to table to plantpot or coffin. The material’s aesthetics show the beauty that plant varieties have to offer. Compostboard embeds natural aesthetics and qualities that can be our nearby future of indoor living and working environments.

Digital Garden for European Schools is a project which, thanks to innovative teaching methods (TEAL), aims to experiment with an innovative teaching approach that moves away from traditional methods, favoring the attention of learners, giving space to their needs of active participation.
The project consists of a guided path that leads students to develop basic knowledge and skills, through which they will be able to install and manage gardens in domestic environments, or in public places.