NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

By the year 2050, Europe is going to become carbon-neutral and the high-speed rail network would replace airplanes. A lot of infrastructure will become obsolete. A great solution is to recycle it by creating energetically self-sufficient communities. Such a project will be a great playground to test out different green technologies before applying them to the rest of the city.
In a nutshell, turning an old airport into a village helps Paris to create a cultural space to kick-start creativity.

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Due to renewable energy sources, inner-city power plants will lose their importance in the near future and raise the question of meaningful revitalization and reintegration into the urban context. The thesis deals with the subsequent use of the “Theresienstraße Heating Plant Munich“. Its design goal is to make large parts of the area accessible and doing so, win back an inner-city area for the public with a somewhat utopian approach regarding the constantly rising real estate prices in Munich.

Face traits and facial characterization can be affected by many aspects such as ethnicity, gender, age and different physiognomies, thus affecting negatively the selection of a mask and the search of a “custom fit” by the users.
The project aims to equip current face-masks design with an adaptive fit: the concept consists in an inflatable harness element capable of compensating facial differencies between users by providing a custom, comfortable and safe seal every time of use.

Through the cooperation with the Opera and Ballet Theatre, as well as the cooperation with the Kosovo Philharmonic and the Kosovo Opera. We aim to bring the sense of belonging to Albanians, through beautiful art, that of music and dance. Albania and Kosovo, through our artistic values, which create a society with strong cultural pillars, we will cooperate with the Opera and Ballet Theater to increase the artistic quality of the artistic troupes, perfecting the musical repertoires that there are

‘Unless’ is a project that seeks to create a community sharing collective responsibility of a place from conception to conservation.

For centuries, rural communities have shaped and have been shaped by their landscapes. The depopulation of villages has cornered practices such as transhumance and their knowledge systems into disappearing. This training would give young and ambitious shepherds from the Shar region access to informative workshops, study visits, and knowledge transfer from experts and experienced shepherds. The main goal is to provide them a blended toolkit of traditional knowledge and contemporary solutions.

The architecture emerges as an integrative element of the landscape capable of reviving places and equally ensuring them a future. Consequently, a project named “A trail of cold war” (“Um troço de Guerra fria”), that addressed the appreciation of the mining industrial patrimony of Regoufe and Rio de Frades complexes, was conceived.

Our desire was to create a multifunctional structure that would adapt its contents to the location. Our wish is that the structure can function anywhere in the world. The contents are adapted to the location and needs of the city. The construction is solid and simple and enables the building to be easily repurposed.The building functions as a city, Corridors become promenades and streets, the apartment becomes a house and each zone is accompanied by rural elements (orchards, parks).

The objective of our project is inclusion of Muslim community members, namely students, into everyday student life. Simply by meeting the dietary needs of the students who practice Islam in Serbia, we would create a more inclusive and peaceful educational environment for everyone.