NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

TAC! Urban Architecture Festival, is an annual festival, organized by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) in collaboration with the Arquia Foundation, which promotes innovation and experimentation in architecture through the construction of a temporary Pavilion in different Spanish cities. The festival unites contemporary architecture, young practice, and open dialogue on the urban and social aspects of architecture through meetings and cultural activities.

Collectief Goed aims to acquire and renovate worn-out and vacant houses, in order to rent them at an affordable price to low-income families with children.

Once upon a time there was a park. Although lush and leafy, the park was considered unsafe and not used to its full potential. Through resident participation, engagement and some magic, the park underwent a metamorphosis and turned into a beautiful place. The residents felt proud of their new park, and lived happily (and healthier) ever after, with only a slight fear of crossing paths with dinosaurs!

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing”
G.B. Shaw

In reconstruction project of Tartu’s narrow Oa Street it was taken in consideration that all street factors in landscape architecture determine how people feel in the street. Home streets must be first and foremost be for local residents and to passers-by only in the second order. The premise of this is a street space with a preference for light traffic, where it is pleasant enough to be just like that, so people stay here longer, creating social control.

Our concept is a recycling system that allows the useful recycling of pre-consumer waste. Depending on the category of waste, textiles of different qualities can be created. ReWoven is the first prototype developed from this system: a high-quality textile made of 100% recycled natural fibers that can be used, for example, in interiors. The aspired business model is based on linking aesthetic research with all stakeholders along the textile value chain.

Fair Ground Brussels is a real estate cooperative with a social purpose. Its mission is to create affordable and sustainable spaces for housing and activities of collective interest. The ambition is to develop real estate projects in a non-speculative way and to transform land into a common good, forever.

In 3 years Elisa and Veronica involved up to 720 persons, and collected approximately 1 ton of plastic and 6 kg of cigarettes! It all started with installing ashtrays around the most crowded areas of Latina (Italy) and it continues with clean-up events on the beach and public areas, too. With their project PQP, Elisa and Veronica are making their city greener and are raising awareness in their local community. Now is the time to "grow"!

De Serre is a neighbourhood workshop where local residents can meet, set up initiatives, develop their talents, dedicate themselves to the neighbourhood and take steps towards work or training. It is a partnership between numerous local partners, social workers, outreaching workers from mental healthcare, volunteers, local residents and the City of Ghent.
One visitor said this about De Serre and that maybe says it all. ‘You get space and opportunities, even if you are not a perfect visitor’.

In recent decades we have witnessed the estrangement of human beings from Nature. Aware of the importance of Water in the balance of Life, the Rehabilitate Section by Section (RTT) Project was designed to bring people closer to water resources by applying Nature-based solutions that encourage a sense of belonging to the territory and the prioritisation of public policies for the conservation of riparian ecosystems at local level, increasing Biodiversity and mitigating Climate Change.

Meerstad is an urban extension location on the eastern flank of Groningen. Over a period of several decades, approximately 5,000 homes will be gradually built around the newly constructed Woldmeer lake. The development of Meerstad is taking place in small steps, with the result that a social and programmatic heart is lacking. The ‘SuperHub’ is designed to fix this.