LONDON, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- 'Design for
Sustainable Cities' is an international student competition
held by BE OPEN and Cumulus in support of SDG11: Sustainable Cities
and Communities. Its objective is to recognize and promote top
design projects developed by the younger creative generation that
are able to tackle the tasks set by the United Nations' SDG
Programme.
The competition is open to students and graduates of all art,
design, architecture and media disciplines of universities and
colleges worldwide. Their top ideas, be it in an individual or a
team submission can win the prizes ranging from €5,000 to €2,000
from BE OPEN, and enter the list of 50 honorary mentions to be
featured in the competition's online gallery.
The honorary list and the winning submissions will be selected
by an international jury panel that features designers, architects,
academics and experts in the relevant fields whose work has a
particular focus on researching non-conventional design approaches
to the problems of humanity.
On behalf of BE OPEN, Founder Elena
Baturina welcomes the jury members: "We are thrilled to have
assembled such an extraordinary and diverse panel, and are deeply
grateful for the time and expertise the jury are willing to share
in the course of the competition. There is an exciting period ahead
of us once the submission window is closed, full of hard work and
amazing discoveries. I can't wait to see the top selection of the
submissions our jury will decide upon".
BE OPEN and Cumulus are proud and happy to announce the jury
members in the Design for Sustainable City competition:
- Luisa Collina, Chair of the
Jury. PhD, Full Professor of Design, Dean of the School of
Design at Politecnico di Milano
and Rector's delegate for external relations of the University.
Previously President of Cumulus, a member of the Scientific and
Artistic Advisory Board (SAAB) of the School of Arts, Design and
Architecture of Aalto University (Helsinki), Luisa coordinated several projects
for the 150th anniversary of Politecnico di Milano and for the Universal Expo 2015, and
was a member of the Scientific Committee for the XXI Triennale
Internazionale held in Milan in
2016.
- Regitze Marianne Hess,
Architect MAA, Professor of Practice in Urbanism. Regitze is an
educator, writer, editor, and facilitator of knowledge exchange for
various international fora on cities and the built environment,
urban governance and design.
- José Allard, PhD, is a practicing Chilean designer,
Associate Professor at Pontifica Universidad Católica de
Chile, where he served as Director
of the School of Design.
- Francisca Astaburuaga is Architect UC at
London School of Economics; Director of
the Centre of Innovation in Cities at Universidad del Desarrollo,
chair of the Cities and Infrastructure Committee at the Council of
Infrastructure Policies of Chile.
- Karl Stocker, Ph.D., Head
of the Institute of Design & Communication at the FH Joanneum,
University of Applied Sciences in
Graz, Austria. Karl's most recent
project is Designing Sustainable Cities. Manageable Approaches to
Make Urban Spaces Better.
- Teresa Franqueira,
Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Teresa is Director and Scientific
Coordinator of the Design Factory Aveiro at the Creative Science
Park with focus on social innovation, circular economy and
alternative scenarios towards more sustainable economic and social
models.
- Praveen Nahar is
Director of National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad. With
over 23 years of experience in design teaching, consultancy, and
research, Nahar serves on the institute's Senate and Policy
Planning Committee.
- Vrouyr Joubanian is a designer and design
researcher, Head of Experimentation at the UNDP Lebanon's
Accelerator Lab. Vrouyr works on context specific and socially
conscious products and processes.
- Zhiyong Fu, Associate
Professor of Information Art and Design Department, Academy of Arts
and Design; Associate Dean of China-Italy Design Innovation Hub,
Tsinghua University, China.
Focuses his research on smart city, public service, urban
regeneration and community construction.
- Robin Turner is a
Johannesburg-based graphic and
multimedia designer with a passion for digital solutions. Robin
teaches at and heads the Graphic and Multimedia Design department
at the Greenside Design Center. Robin specialises in physical
computing.
- Thais Russomano, Prof. MD MSc PhD. Doctor Russomano has
a Master's Degree in Aerospace Medicine; and a PhD in Space
Physiology. Thais is an Elected Academician of the International
Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM), and the
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA).
- Michaël Demeyere, PhD, is head of the Design Team in the
New Business Development department at AGC Glass Europe, a
manufacturer of flat glass for the building and automotive
industries. His work is focused on human-centric design, he is a
member of a global project within AGC called "Smart and Sustainable
Cities".
All the stakeholders in this international competition programme
are positive that creativity, or design-thinking, is integral in
the shift to sustainable existence.
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