NEB Prizes 2021: All Applications

The Frankfurt Pavilion is a temporary solid construction that can easily be stored and rebuilt. For the design a geometry had to be found that would create a special feeling of space that would make the encounters between authors and readers an experience. The supporting structure had to be stable and material-saving, and the manufacturing costs also had to be kept in mind. The result was a three shell-shaped ribbed constructions made of wood, one inside the other, and spanned by a membrane.

Preserving the memory and the social vocation of a church, the traces of an old cultural heritage, and converting it sustainably towards new uses of inclusive housing todays issues, this is the successful bet of the “Richelieu” project d'Est Métropole Habitat and the Alynéa association. ALYNEA is an association that supports, with benevolence and rigor, anyone in a fragile situation, whatever the cause, so that they gain autonomy and find a place in our society

B-Bag is a start-up founded by four Belgian student entrepreneurs.
B-Bag, a reusable bread bag made from recycled PET bottles. A response to today's trend, namely sustainability. With this high-quality and trendy reusable bread bag, we want to make people realize that they can do even more for the environment. By putting a daily habit in the spotlight and offering a sustainable solution for it. Reducing the waste mountain and saving raw materials, that is what we stand for.

Centre for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) is an urban planning hotspot in the heart of Prague. As a multi-media gallery focusing on the sustainable future of cities it boasts a 25m wide panoramic projection wall within a unique exhibition space. During the four years of its existence, CAMP welcomed over 1 million visitors, hosted over 15 exhibitions and over 400 public events and lectures, featuring the best and in the fields of architecture, city-planning and urban design.

With this project, we want to show how the biodiversity can be respected within airports and in parallel, by publicizing such a fantastic heritage like the wild Orchids, motivate all airports and the community to, taking into account the characteristics of their regions, find other species of flora or fauna to
protect, thus replicating this project and contributing to protect BIODIVERSITY.

This wild orchids can also act as bio-indicators of airport's environmental quality.

La Ferme des Lumières is an evolving video fresco co-constructed by the artist Milosh Luczynski and the inhabitants of the Mas du Taureau, projected on the facades of buildings in the district during the year 2021.

LAND&HAND is a project about the interaction between our local landscape, its materials and the craftsmanship connected to it. The project develops collaborations between vocational schools, entrepreneurs and landscape organisations. The aim is threefold: to develop cyclical awareness, a reappraisal of craftsmanship and the emancipation of the craftsman.
In short: how can we reinterpret the landscape that surrounds us and develop a sustainable productive relationship with it?

Revitalization of Zagreb's public spaces using public participation as a tool. This project aims to decentralize designed public spaces and draw attention to some forgotten city spots. At the same time, the project, created from a “bottom-up” initiative, establishes a new model of public participation as well as new forms of collaboration.

The “Promenade des Anglais” project is a perfect illustration of the motto of the New European Bauhaus “Beautiful - sustainable – together”, combining preservation of cultural and natural heritage, aesthetics, innovation, usefulness, feeling of protection, liveability, inclusion, but also identity and ownership by citizens. The city of Nice had to find innovative ways to secure this specific public space, with the objective of implementing a security by design approach.

The refurbishment of Noirettes used an innovative process aimed at carrying out the renovation work within 19 months (including COVID).