Awards Ceremony 2015: Design Competition, Precast Concrete Urban Furniture and Sport
Discover some pictures of the Awards Ceremony of the International Design Competition, Precast Concrete Urban Furniture & Sport 2015. More than 74 entries from 33 countries for a first edition!
Poland made history!!!
The jury, judging from anonymous entries, could never imagine that the first two prizes were coming from different people from the same country, and even stronger, from the same school (this we discovered at the ceremony)!!!
The first prize of 1000 € goes to ‘Conga’
by Piotr Blicharski (on picture), Bartosz Wyzykowski and Jacek Morawski from Poland.
It has been handed by Roel Vandebeek, President of the Jury.
The second prize of 600 € goes to ‘PipeSPOT’
by Agnieszka Klimowicz (on picture) and Joanna Zaboklicka from Poland. It has been handed by Jan Laroy, director of URBASTYLE and sponsor of the competition.
The third prize of 400 € goes to ‘The Ribbon’
by Daniele Volante from Italy who made an impressive speech on why it is interesting and important to challenge other designers in such a fair competition. It has been handed by Jonas Vanneste, member of the Jury.
The Honorable Mention has been awarded to ‘Urban Course’
by Vincent Macagnino from France. It has been handed by Jean-Paul Boon, in charge of communications for Expoproof, organizer of the exhibition.
There were also 5 other projects with the title of ‘Finalists’ that were exhibited:
-‘Movable Concrete Urban Furniture’ by Taymour Mostafa Senbel from Egypt
-‘Multiple Bars for Multiple Uses’ by Hashim Ajlouni from USA
-‘Urban Podium’ by Louise Lefebvre and Julie Collet from Belgium
-‘Eyes of Brussels’ by Saarinen Balagengatharadilak and John Natanek from Canada
-‘Sculptural Staircase’ by Zean Mair-MacFarlane from United Kingdom
The jury was made of Lucile Soufflet, Jan Laroy, Serge Rusak, Jonas Vanneste, and Jean-Yves Prodel under the presidency of Roel Vandebeek.
The competition was organized and controlled by UDB (Union of Designers in Belgium) with Michaël Cravatte.
