NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

At the wild side of Belgrade’s Danube waterfront, lies a magnificent former Old Granary, a concrete and steel landmark of another era. The complex is situated in a derelict industrial area, and embraced by local multicultural community of citizens, artists and entrepreneurs as an urban living lab. The Water Staircase Mural project uses street art and placemaking to turn an old riverbank staircase into a tiny shared space to touch the river and celebrate Old Granary’s beauty.

A experimental view on resources of our natural environment in urban surroundings. A city map far away from economic informations and a link to the power of the great cultural heritages of natural dyes of textiles.The body of work is an experimental silk city map that reflects the colors of my everyday paths through my student city Halle an der Saale. Extracted plant colors dyed in textiles collected next to supermarkets, bus stops, park benches a bicycle wheels.

The purpose of this project is to bring awareness and knowledge to themes such as permaculture and ecology with hands-on practice and understanding. Students have been physically involved and have benefited from a pleasant and healthy educational space.

We conquer gray neighborhoods and transform them into colorful and biodivers oases by empowering the people living there. Ten years after the start of our foundation, we now have a movement with troops of guerrilla gardeners throughout the whole of the Netherlands. We inspire and help thousands of people to take to the streets, organize, and work together to improve their own environment and in the meantime boost biodiversity. The result: flower-rich streets, happy and connected people.

This is the success story of how we have turned a place around in the area that need it the most in Helsingborg. We have struggled with residents feeling unsafe in their neighbourhoods, affecting the most vulnerable groups whom are the least heard in planning processes. As Eneborgsplatsen also is burdened with heavy traffic, we took extra measures and added sound reduction innovations. We have also had an inclusive process to turn the park into a beautiful safe green haven the residents deserve.

“Food for the Earth” (FfE) builds beautiful climate neutral composting facilities and communities aiming to stop sending bio wastes to landfill, strengthen social cohesion, inclusiveness and input. FfE accelerates the green transition for the households and wide public, contributes to the regeneration of the soil and supporting a climate friendly way of everyday life which ensures a better living together for all.

Aube is a territory resolutely turned towards high-level sport. With the Paris 2024 Games approaching, the state Department is committed to convince the sports delegations to choose Aube to prepare for the competition in the best possible conditions and at the gateway to Paris. The Mathaux water sports base is the new ideal training camp for rowing and in-line canoeing, on the banks of the Temple lake, in the heart of the Orient Forest Regional Nature Park.

The exemplary cohousing project "De Sijs" is located on the edge of Leuven's city centre, and consists of two compact housing buildings, each with 6 apartments, and the renovation of an old cafeteria, now hosting the collective functions of this cohousing project. The conception was an intense co-design process with the participation of the future inhabitants. The land is a ground lease from the community (the city). The housing buildings are wood-frame structures, with a cork facade cladding.

ReBonkers in Varna, Bulgaria is a new art venue that is transforming the cultural landscape of the city. It is located in a truly unique setting - the oldest standing building in the city, a 200-year-old Ottoman armory storage. With its unique architecture and style, ReBonkers has been attracting artists from all over the world. The venue's creative use of the space has breathed new life into this historic building, preserving its cultural heritage while showcasing cutting-edge contemporary art.

Le Poulpe is what we call in french “une ressourcerie”. The word "ressourcerie" could be translated as “reemployment center”. A ressourcerie is a place where we give a second life to objects. People come to us to bring what they don't need anymore, then we repair and clean their donations to resell them afterwards. The fundamental objectives of the association are the ecology, by the awareness of environmental problems, and the solidarity by taking into account of the most fragile populations.