NEB Prizes 2023: All Applications

The project proposes to develop a data base and the technical tools to allow the mass-customisation of the urban tissue. The proposed tool aims to be tailored to individual functional needs and to serve as the framework to investigate, examine and diagnose the population of the city (the study case) by first collecting individual data into an urban big data format. Then, by factoring the empiric data against socio-cultural factors, check the user satisfaction index& create an optimal adaptation.

Klasirnica is an abandoned coal separation plant that formerly functioned as part of the Velenje Coal mine complex, now under threat of demolition. Our proposal is to reuse it as a centre for innovative energetics focusing on vibration energy, to be gathered from a new highway route through Velenje. The project connects research, testing and application of vibration energy and circular energy system establishment, with public interaction through art, education and general use possibilities.

Second skin is an open source methodology for interior designers to improve waste management based on a radical ethical position: creative people can’t design more with new materials, they have to design with what’s already there and nothing more that what’s strictly necessary. The project promotes the creation of circular ecosystems between manufacturers, artisans and designers to create aesthetic, functional and local solutions through an "rescue/integration" system.

A small municipality in north-eastern Italy acquires ownership of one of the largest disused military areas in the Veneto region in 2019.
Ecological consciousness, sense of community and management skills come together in a multidisciplinary project, inclusive and extendable to other cases of military decommissioning.
The project objective is to reconnect the facility with the social fabric, bring out the rich biodiversity preserved and create a profitable coexistence between man and nature.

This project takes place in Lizières, a center for residences and cultural activities in a territory in devitalization, which is also home to several species of
endangered birds. The aim is to renovate an abandoned dovecote (eco-construction) in order to facilitate the cohabitation of birds, artists and participants, to create a shelter for birds and for participative experiments, notably bioacoustics. The objective is to converge artistic avant-garde and renewed attention to the living.

We have NEW construction material!
Plastic guys is a groundbreaking company in the very heart of Europe that produces panels and furniture from 100% recycled plastic. The most important thing is that people realize the value of plastic and avoid the use of single-use plastics.

GOD panels produced by our company will always be 100% recycled and even recyclable again after their service life. These are boards that can be used in a wide range of products. Both for exterior and interior.

The project was born following the donation of land in Rome and is fully integrated into the vision and mission of the Andrea Tudisco Association ODV which wanted to conceive and implement a participatory process for the creation of an additional structure for associative services aimed at children with serious pathologies and their families as a resource for the development of social-health reception and policies to support health system in particular to health migration.

We produce 300 million tons of plastic each year worldwide, half of which is for single-use items. The Eco-Brick Movement aims to reduce and reuse plastic waste by raising awareness in communities and industries by turning single-use plastic into environmentally-friendly structures, such as public seating, playgrounds and art projects. While reducing plastic waste in landfills and oceans, we are decreasing CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.
Building a sustainable future, one eco-brick at a time!

The map is a first step to reclaim our space and cities. Generational differences are drawn in thick lines, and belonging lies in a foggy zone in our minds. The digital area gives us the impression of ambiguity and perfection at the same time, becoming an area of uncertainty. Neighborhoods, streets and icons are changing at a rapid pace. Inspired by the ease with which parents and grandparents used to gather and talk without virtual help, the map gives us reason to connect stories and feelings.

zerowaster lives and breathes circular fashion. As our name suggests, zerowaste is our motto. We encourage our community to never think of clothing as disposable, and to instead, see it as a part of a circular system. What others see as waste, we see as a starting point.

We collect fast fashion waste, upcycle them into brand new and unique fashion items to be rented by the community. Why buy clothing just to throw them away, if you can rent, return and repeat?