Urbaninform is nominated for the SWISS ART AWARD in the section "Communication in Art and Architecture". The nomination is a distinction for all urbaninform project authors and members!
The award winners will be announced on June 13.
All entries of the second phase will be exhibited in the course of the ART BASEL June 14 - 19.
Please come visit at: Messe Basel, Halle 3, 2nd floor, Messeplatz 1, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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VISION SUMMIT is a conference on sustainable economy, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Business, and Corporate Social Responsibility, organzied by Genesis Institute in cooperation with Ashoka, Hasso Plattner Institute - School of Design Thinking and Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance. VISION SUMMIT 2011 took place at University Potsdam, Germany, from April 7 - 9, 2011.
Urbaninform moderated the workshop session "Social Business in Architecture & Infrastructure Projects in Slums" . Participants were Prof. Roland Gnaiger , BASEhabitat, University of Art and Design LInz, and Michael Kuehn, Eve. African Community Process, Kuehn Bauer Partner, Munich.
The workshop discussed the impact of urban and architecture design on the economic and social empowerment. Key questions were:
How can housing and infrastructure projects be supported by Social Impact Business initiatives?
How can local know-how and international construction techniques generate new innovative technologies?
How can bottom-up small-scale projects inform urban governance and big-scale development processes?
A DVD recording of the workshop session (in German language) can be ordered at: http://visiongate.tv/shop/ (keyword: urbaninform)
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In the course of the exhibition “Small Scale, Big Change. New Architectures of Social Engagement” in the Museum of Modern Art (October 3, 2010 – Jan. 3, 2011) the winners of the urbaninform Competition 2010 have been announced.
The winning projects and honorable mentions were selected by the urbaninform Competition 2010 jury out of 60 entries in the categories Social, Economic, Ecological and Design.
The urbaninform Competition 2010 donors are the Noah Foundation with the help of the Good Growth Fund. Urbaninform Competition 2010 Partners are GEXSI and Genisis Institute.
The jury was composed of Susan Draeger, Buro Happold, Berlin; Rainer Hehl, urbaninform / ETH Zürich; Andres Lepik, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Andreas Renner, GEXSI, Berlin; Peter Spiegel, Genisis Institute, Berlin; Jörg Stollmann, urbaninform / TU Berlin, Berlin; Fran Tonkiss, LSE, London.
The winners are:
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First Prize: USD 2000
KIBERA PUBLIC SPACE PROJECT 02,
Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi
Sustainable Community Transformation.
Kounkuey Design Initiative
The entry KIBERA PUBLIC SPACE PROJECT 02 from Kounkuey Design Initiative won first prize, with overwhelming acceptance. The project inspired the jury as a best-practice project that not only shows how to upgrade living conditions in an informal settlement on the basis of a participating community, but also how to support step by step economic empowerment through long term commitment.
Kibera Public Space Project 02
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Second Prize: USD 1500
TARAGALTE ECOLODGE, Morocco, Mhamid
Tourist facility that combat desertification and
foster local economic development.
Bureau E.A.S.T.
The second prize was awarded to Bureau E.A.S.T. with their project TARAGALTE ECOLODGE. The project is the first of its kind testing how tourist facilities can act as an anti-desertification barrier while promoting economic and
social development.
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Third Prize: USD 1000
TAKING THE GAP, South Africa, Gauteng, Johannesburg
Community Centre for the township of Thinasonke.
SPACE MATTERS architecture and urbanism,
Sarah Calburn and Dustin A. Tusnovics architects
The third prize went to SPACE MATTERS architecture and urbanism with Sarah Calburn and Dustin A. Tusnovics architects for their project TAKING THE GAP. The project convinced the jury as a strong design concept and critical initiative to the current social housing provision model in South Africa. Furthermore, the use of alternative building materials and the great degree of community involvement challenge the mode of building production in South Africa, supporting the development of a new economically active middle class.
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Honorable Mention:
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER, Rio de Janeiro
Sustainable building and skills training in the informal city.
NGO Verdejar and Annemarie Gray
Honorable Mention:
THE FUTURE BOX
How far jumps the Dollar? A tool for infrastructure upgrading.
Arne Petersen and Ulrich Schifferdecker
Honorable Mention:
SPLIT BATHHOUSE, Gansu-China
Collective bathhouse improving sanitary conditions
and creating public space for community gathering.
BaO Architects, Madaifu Association
Honorable Mention:
QINMO VILLAGE PROJECT, Guangdong Province
Long-term sustainable development of a rural Chinese village.
Joshua Bolchover and John Lin
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urbaninform Competition 2010
“The Architecture of Social Investment”
The urbaninform Competition 2010 went from September until November 2010 and more than 90 projects from four continents were submitted. The urbaninform Competition 2010 was looking for design projects that reflect a new spirit of sustainable urban production: 'The Architecture of Social Investment'. 'The Architecture of Social Investment' engages in social and green business strategies to shape the future of our cities. If major parts of our contemporary cities are self-built by their inhabitants, how can they be supported to build in accordance with societal and ecological requirements? How can architecture and urban design support socially engaged business to foster sustainable urban development? How can a local project become a model for other communities?
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urbaninform
urbaninform.net is an online-tool featuring sustainable urban development projects which negotiate top-down planning and civil society commitment. A growing database of architecture and urban design projects features participatory design, alternative social and green business models and good urban government initiatives. urbaninform.net was founded by Rainer Hehl and Jörg Stollmann in 2009. It organizes competitions, network events and podium discussions, for example at the IABR Rotterdam 2009 and the WUF Rio de Janeiro 2010. The non-profit urbaninform association cooperates with social business organizations in order to redirect sustainable investment to exemplary architecture and urban projects. Rainer Hehl is Director of Studies of the Master of Advanced Studies Program in Urban Design ETH Zürich and Jörg Stollmann is Professor for Urban Design and Architecture at the Technical University Berlin.
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