NEB Prizes 2022: All Applications

Non-speculative co-operative ownership and land management, developed on the dismissed areas provided by the municipality, can help to have more equal distribution of land and access to quality housing in Milan, indispensable conditions of quality urban life. On which it can be developed housing projects providing freedom of use, high diversity of typologies and great quality of services that are accessible for all, thanks to strategies of re-use and economy of means.

A former industrial site in the heart of Rome, close to the river and marginalized from its own district, the Papareschi area is an example of an internal periphery whose attempts of urban regenerations have been disregarded over the years. Wild has instead conquered that abandoned land, making the overgrown nature a fundamental resource of the site. The intermediation between the city and the wilderness provide the tools for the weft of connections of the area with its urban environment.

I propose to integrate an eco-sustainable complex in an abandoned area in the city of Piacenza, Italy. This space would be transformed to a recreation area where people can meet and learn something about biology in a botanical park, take a walk in a green area and relax in their spare time.
In addition to this, shops, residential buildings, and a kindergarten would bring life to this site; storytelling of the history of this area combined with new artistic events would make this place special.

Growing veggies takes a lot of space, because they are growing on one layer, but what if they can grow on multiple layers?! Here it comes Vertical Farming, using less space, growing more, less water usage, growing all year long. Fully sustainable using solar panels and even rain water. It can be placed in cities too. The project was tested, it worked, but I did not included at full project because it's stopped due to funding and was for myself only.

The need to regenerate Bitonto in the light of the Anthropocene is possible through an enhancement of the functioning of its three main scopes: the urban scope, the agricultural scope, and the natural scope of Lama Balice. The analysis of the natural mechanisms and the study of the Lama biology generate exchange models that, once implemented and replicated in the public spaces, could contribute to reinforcing the biodiversity with positive effects on environmental quality an urban livability.

The activities to be carried out will apply a methodology derived from the idea of the project "Clean & Write © 2022". This pedagogical methodology aims to combine environmental protection with creative and collaborative writing. The idea aims to: develop a new green practice that combines useful purposes for the environment and the creativity of young people and adults participating in the eco-social change; - create an intergenerational and ethical community in Palermo.

Circul’arts OS is envisioned as an open-source operating-system starting as a “recipe-book” for the emerging circular arts in neighbourhoods. From cooking food-waste to growing food-forests, we create new materials and design processes to form landscapes through the arts of circular cultures. Together the Cook, the Grower and the Creator are the three Circul’arts spatial characters that foster this evolution, rooting local actors in a sense of belonging while globally sharing proven practices.

The multilayer City is an urban quarter which, with its good regional connections and its connecting function in the settlement structure of the city of Ettlingen, forms an attractive location for both working people and residents. The combination of the layers: new work, green and blue infrastructure, circular economy and mobility creates a sustainable living space for the future which can easily be transferred to other projects.

E-scooter increasingly integrated in our public transport options. Wheelchair users are excluded from the easy use of them. "ZIEH" which means pull in German is an idea to provide an easy-to-use gadget to combine nearly any wheelchair to nearly any scooter. It's few parts and reduced design improve the use in terms of its understandability and maintainability. It's dimensions make "ZIEH" easy to store in your backpack.

The Canoë Guinguette is a non-profit association proposing :

- a café / bar / restaurant

- sensibilisations workshop

- art exhibitions / concerts

It take place in a field next to the river.

We decided to call the Canoë Guinguette an "eco-café". It is a place deeply engaged in the area it exists. What it propose to eat and drink is local and organic. It is a place open to everyone and promote discoveries, meeting new people, meeting new ideas.

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