Cosentino Design Challenge 2014 Winners
John Hill
29. de juny 2014
The jury and the winning designs. Photo courtesy of Cosentino Group
The jury for the Cosentino Design Challenge 2014 has announced the six winners – three in the architecture category and three in the design category – in the Cosentino Group's 8th international student competition.
The annual competition "aims to foster the talent of students, promoting research into the different conceptual approaches to the layout of spaces, materials and the construction systems that define them, using materials made by Cosentino Group." Over 200 entries were submitted for the 2014 competition, with 72 projects in the architecture category and 140 projects in the design category. From these the jury* selected three winners in each category who will receive €1,000 each.
Twelve schools actively participated in the Cosentino Design Challenge:
- University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
- Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy)
- Domus Academy (Italy)
- American Society of Interior Designers (USA), Escuela de artediez de Madrid (Spain)
- Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid (Spain)
- Escuela de Arquitectura de Sevilla (Spain)
- Escuela de Arte de Almería (Spain)
- Escuela Superior de Diseño de Alicante (Spain)
- Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain)
- Escuela Superior Técnica de Arquitectura de Barcelona (Spain)
First, the three winners in the architecture category.
“DEKTON SPACE INVADERS” from Samuel Gamez Garcia (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain):
“Mil Miradas” from Alberto Abia Cantero (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain):
“Casa de aire y sombra” from José Roldán Ballesteros and Laura García Corbalán (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada, Spain):
The jury also named three "acknowledgments" in the architecture category:
“Creando atmosferas” from Tamara Navarro Rodríguez (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain)
“Dekton It Yourself” from Patricia Moreno Ramos and Maricruz Pedrera Molina (Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Sevilla, Spain)
“San Lorenzo Florencia” from David García Muñoz (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain)
And the winners in the design category.
“INMORTAL” from Roberto Garcia Rebolledo (Escuela artediez de Madrid, Spain):
“Arte Sacro vs Cosentino” from Policarpo del Canto Baquera (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain):
“Refreshing Stones” from Michiel van Gageldonk (Design Academy Endhoven, Holland):
The jury also named four "acknowledgments" in the design category:
“Re: Build The Stage” (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain)
“PIXELSTONE” from Samuel Gámez García (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain)
“Mausolo” from David García Muñoz (Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Spain)
“Using Lines” from Luuk van Laarhoven (Design Academy Endhoven, Holland)
*The jury for the Cosentino Design Challenge 2014:
- Endriana Audisho from the Australian University of Technology Sydney
- Giacomo Bertolazzi from Istituto Europeo di Design
- Isabel Plaza de la Escuela artediez de Madrid
- Raúl Fraga from Escuela de Arquitectura de Madrid
- Carmen Galán from Escuela de Arquitectura de Sevilla
- Jose Ramón Gonzalez from Escuela de Arte de Almería
- Jorge Marín from Escuela Superior de Diseño de Alicante
- Taciana Laredo, from Universidad de Zaragoza
- Félix Arranz from Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona.
- Héctor Ruiz Velazquez, architect
- Santiago Alfonso, Director of Communication and Marketing for the Cosentino Group