Design with potential in the educational sector

The Design Educates Awards (DEAwards) 2024 has announced its winners, honoring projects that blend design excellence with educational value. This prestigious award recognizes works that address complex social and environmental contexts, aiming to create lasting impacts on both users and the environment. NPO Aoyama Design Forum (ADF) proudly supports the Design Educates Awards 2023 as a media partner.

Award Overview

The 2024 edition saw entries from 50 countries, with a significant number of architectural projects, as well as increasing interest from product, installation, and service designers. The awards highlight projects that subtly yet meaningfully educate and inspire change.

Categories and Jury

This year’s esteemed jury included notable figures from the design and architecture world. Among them were Prof. Toyo Itō, Prof. Benedetta Tagliabue, Prof. Fuensanta Nieto, Prof. Rainer Mahlamäki, Prof. Kerstin Thompson, Prof. Thomas Schroepfer, Prof. Barbara Holzer, Julie Payette, David Basulto, Prof. Masayo Ave, Aidin Ardjomandi, Zhang Ke, Myeong-kyu, and Dr. Peter Kuczia. These distinguished judges evaluated submissions in the categories of architectural design, product design, and universal design. In addition to the general evaluation, the highest-scoring student project received the Emerging Designers label, and Solarlux representatives selected the Solarlux Choice laureates.

List of award winners

The list of DEAwards winners for 2024 can be found at the following URL

https://gallery.designeducates.com/

Architectural Design Category

Winner of the Year

• Gallery U/a - Satoshi Okada architects

Gallery U/a - facade photo by Satoshi Shigeta

Gold Prize

• Konzertsaal Haus Marteau - PETER HAIMERL . ARCHITEKTUR
• Busajo Campus - Studio Benaim

Edward Beierle/Peter Haimerl . Architektur

Pietro Savorelli

Silver Prize

• Sluishuis - Barcode Architects
• Twisted Brick Shell Concept Library - HCCH Studio

Ossip van Duivenbode

Qingyan Zhu

Bronze Prize

• Kloboucká lesní Headquarters - Mjölk s. r. o.
• La Cité - TAA (Taillandier Architectes Associés)
• Rapunzel Welt - haascookzemmrich STUDIO2050
• Lastu, STEP Professional Training Center - OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture
• Lam Son Community House - 1+1>2 International Construction Architecture JSC
• Essential Homes Research Project - Holcim and the Norman Foster Foundation

Product Design Category

Winner of the Year

• HOUSING ESTATE GAME, card game, board game - URBANMODEL research group

Tomasz Bradecki (urbanmodel.org)

Gold Prize

• ESCORT- Mobility solution for solo hospital patient - Yunlin University of Science and Technology

Silver Prize

• Collective Parts - Beta Realities

(C) Beta Realities, Morean

Bronze Prize

• O-oyster - DONU

Sin-Yu Lin

Universal Design Category

Winner of the Year

• TREE SEEK - Material Topology Research Lab, Technion

Material Topology Research Lab, Technion

Gold Prize

• Visualizing the Invisible - Harvard University

Chang Wu

Silver Prize

• FOSSIBILITIES - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia & Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche

Marta Flisykowska

Bronze Prize

• CreAct - Blanka Burgundi

Ceremony

The awards ceremony and Architecture in Foyer Conference will take place on September 19-20, 2024, at the Solarlux Campus in Germany (Melle, Lower Saxony). Hosted by Solarlux GmbH, the event will feature an exhibition of winning projects, lectures by distinguished designers, presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities. Participation is free with required registration. More details.

Benefits

Winners can exhibit their projects at the Solarlux Campus, gaining exposure to leading architects and designers. They will also be featured in an annual book that includes reflections from judges and mentors. Additionally, winners receive a lifetime title, label, certificate, and a gift certificate from v2com newswire.

About the Design Educates Awards

The Design Educates Awards is organized by Laka Foundation, a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization. The inspiration for the awards theme comes from the research called Educating Buildings (Bildende Bauten) by Dr. Peter Kuczia. The awards would not be possible without strategic partner Solarlux, the Architektur im Foyer conference, and Laka Perspectives. The media sponsors of the 2023 edition were ArchDaily and designboom. Media partners for the awards were the World Architecture Community, Architonic, TOPYS, world-architects.com, and ADF. The awards were also under Newswire Partnership from v2com.