NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

The aim of G.A.T.E. system is to support trees in the early stages of their life working as a backup water tank that keeps feeding the plant roots during the first 4 to 5 years of growth
G.A.T.E. re-uses scrapped metal coffee containers, filled with water-retaining materials and nutrients to increase seedling success rate up to 90% and to reduce the carbon footprint of the metallic can, the irrigation needs up to 90%, and the cost of planting and plant caring compared to competition.

Where poverty, crime, disadvantage, drugs, mafia were the dominating factors at Librino, the Artist Antonio Presti realised there "TheBeauty'sGate" as a gift to start the process of creation of a sense of social identity, belonging and vision. It is a land art installation made of millions of terracotta elements made by local students helped by artists. The main theme is the genesis of creation. Librino is a peripheric area in Sicily where are living nearly 75000 people, 15000 of which children.

We are an Italian emerging outwear brand with a strong 0 waste DNA.
ZERO waste, gender and age as well as reduction of pollution and emissions.
CENTO% quality of the made in Italy, inclusivity, use of materials, sustainability and transparency of production.
Our design mission at ZEROBARRACENTO has always been centered on sustainability and zero waste. We work to expand this attention into sustainable materials and eco-packaging techniques through careful selection of suppliers.

Transforming a low-density school site into a vibrant eco-district through the design of new, denser school buildings, freeing up land for more green space, an educational garden, a pedestrian walkway connecting the neighbourhood, and a new nursery. The schools and their surroundings create a place for gathering and sharing, reconnecting residents with nature. The project is also a beacon of soft mobility, strengthening communication amongst the inhabitants and the green network of Brussels.

Beautiful architecture combined with social responsibility and a clear environmental focus is the basis for architects Okidoki’s innovative work in housing development. With Notuddsparken, all these aspects are combined in a housing project built entirely in wood. For this project, a new model for social sustainability was developed, called the Five Percent Model, which gives the commercial housing market the opportunity to take social responsibility and contribute to reducing segregation.

The CO-RE project has achieved what thought to be impossible in a suburban area of Northern Italy: regaining the sense of belonging to an inactive place by stimulating participatory citizenship through the actions that new neighbors, subjects on a rehab path, activated to re-connect with locals and break the stigma, turning a challenge into an opportunity. The results include enhanced inclusion and collaboration, social and working re-skilled rehab subjects, and innovative activities to benefit

A place that used to be a dump has been transformed into a park. By bringing together the hands and the minds of the locals, this park is now a place where we celebrate our culture, it is a place where the local school, kindergarten and scouts learn about nature, it is a place where art lives, it is a place for sports and active and healthy lifestyle. It is a place which brings together the community and gives the locals opportunities a reason to be proud of.

Through Shared Fictions, the old Tobacco Factory of Alicante became a meeting place for neighbours, ecologies and cultural policies. A summer programme embedded in its immediate territory, transcending the physical limits of the cultural centre but also of what we understand as a city. This programme combined habitat with encounter; learning with enjoyment and hedonism with commitment in order to achieve an intergenerational, interspecies and expanded activation throughout the Alicante region.

The project consists of a comprehensive strategy aimed at raising awareness on the traditional closed timber balcony as a characteristic feature of Maltese heritage and provide adequate platforms to ensure its conservation including educating communities, upskilling craftsmen and providing financial means to upgrade this physical feature.

Retwist+ is a circular economy project where recycling becomes the center of a closed-loop cycle. 100% cotton denim left-overs from the past Albini Group collections were transformed into new fabrics for the Group’s denim collection, Albiate 1830. The composition is 30% recycled fiber and 70% organic Supima cotton. Using only denim fabrics has made it possible to obtain an already dyed product of a pale indigo nuance, eliminating the dyeing phase and reducing the use of water and other resources