NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

The LIFE-myBUILDINGisGREEN project aims to increase the resilience of educational buildings through the implementation of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) as prototypes of climate adaptation and improved well-being. The first set of NBS has been implemented in a Spanish school in a rural area. We have got a significant reduction in the temperature inside the building at the same time we have increased local biodiversity, produced new living educational material and beautified the environment.

To consolidate the transformative intent of Valencian Land &Urban Law TRLOTUP, these ‘Guidelines for Gender Perspective Mainstreaming in Urban Planning Actions in the Valencian Community’ addresses three objectives: 1.To support decision-makers in the process of reflection. 2.To support urban planning drafting teams in the process of transferring determinations relating to gender mainstreaming to project decisions. 3.To advise the drafting teams through recommendations and suggestions.

The STADTBAD Kunstforum Brandenburg transforms the historic Bauhaus Stadtbad (1930-2000) into an interdisciplinary, international art forum. The virtual Stadtbad VIRTUAL BATHING has been expanded into an interactive, multimedia, digital art, laboratory and place of remembrance. We need new, holistic, intuitive, reflective places where social beauty, new interfaces between society, art and science and barrier-free inclusion of the population are possible.
www.stadtbad.eu, www.virtualbathing.eu

A mural shaped from bioplaster developed by Blanka Byrwa, made with students and put on the facade of Primary School No. 17 in Gdynia. Jacek Wielebski's design represents seaweed – macroalgae from which sodium alginate is sourced, highlighting the problem of rapidly diminishing biodiveristy in the Baltic Sea. The plaster was made out of waste from the school canteen, local restaurants and construction waste collected from the immediate surroundings of the school.

Una notte al Museo 2022 is a series of events characterized by the opening in the evening of museums where, alongside the traditional visit, social-reactive and educational moments are created to unite the community and shape a sense of belongingness to the territory. The project transforms cultural institutions into beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive spaces, attracting citizens to back museums and revealing space from a new perspective, where everyone can find a cultural offer for themselves

A pragmatic upcycling idea which features the transformation of Albini Group production waste and by-products into paper, made with enormous respect for the environment and people. FUTURA is a project born thanks to the collaboration between ALBINI_next and Fedrigoni, a leading European manufacturer of special paper for packaging, graphics and art.

Transforming Textile Waste Into Value

Facade works at Project House building in Floriana, Malta had two objectives, that of giving the head office of the local Public Works Department, a modern, corporate look corresponding with its surroundings whilst upgrading its energy performance ie. respecting its context while keeping pace with the times.

The IDEAL project converted a conventional chemical industry site into a vibrant industrial ecosystem, through the retrofitting of abandoned lands into a microalgae production and biorefinery unit. The project implemented the circular economy concepts and enabled local synergies between the old and the new industries, including effluents recycling, benefiting the local environment and the communities in the long-term. The industrial symbiosis led to the creation of jobs and sustainable growth.

Located in the heart of Brussels, Fontainas promotes transformations in environmental regeneration and pedestrianization of the city center as a multiscale complex project. It redefines the void left by the demolition of the Philips Factory, reassuring guidelines of biodiversity, sustainable development, responsible water management and soft mobility. The project assembles solutions of openness and inclusivity in habitation, green spaces and the support for activities and public meetings.