For the 6th edition of the UIA Golden Cubes Awards, 227 projects were registered at national level from 29 countries. From these, 65 projects were submitted to the International Jury, and 60 projects were considered eligible for evaluation.

 

A total of 23 countries organized national nominations. In addition, 5 countries: Costa Rica, Peru, Egypt, Romania, and Sweden, hosted projects from proxy countries where the award was not organized. One country chose not to submit its awarded projects in the international phase for political reasons.

 

The International Jury was composed of:

 

• Takaharu Tezuka – architect - Japan (R4)

• Carolina Pizarro- architect- co director UIA Architecture & Children WP, the UIA representative, Costa Rica (R3)

• Salma Ben Tanfous- architect- Tunisia  (R5)

• Cătălina Ulrich Hygum - education specialist- Romania (R2)

• Suzanne de Laval - alternate member,  UIA representative,  –architect (former codirector of UIA Architecture & Children UIA Work Programme) -Sweden (R1).

 

 The jury members chose the President of the Jury - Salma Ben Tanfous.

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Category: Institution

 

Award

PERU- HUBLAB – Citizen Innovation Lab – 

entrant: CITE Ciudad Resiliente 

 

Special Mention 1

FRANCE –Larguer les Amarres / Set Sail

entrant: Sabine Thuilier & Alex Cubizolles – Pixel[13]

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Special Mention 2

JAPAN – A Private Toilet for Public Dignity – Children, Community, and Everyday Resilience

entrant: Daigo Ozawa, Representative Director, Ishiwa Setsubi Kogyo Co., Ltd. / KAWAYA-DESIGN

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Category: School

 

Award

FRANCE – Views from Here / Vues d’ici - S.P.E. Spatial Poetic Education / E.P.S. Éducation Poétique Spatiale

entrant: Cécile Collet, Lycée des métiers La Morlette / Sara Meunier, Arc en rêve centre d’architecture

 

Special Mention 1

ROMANIA – Same, Yet Different – Architecture and Built Environment Education

entrant: Getrix Comunitate

 

Special Mention 2

HUNGARY – Bazalt School

entrant: CAN Architects

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Category: Written Media

 

Award

TUNISIA – Play as an Urban Revealer: A Comparative Study of Two Cities

entrant: Layeb Sana

 

Special Mention 1

ITALY – CLASSE: Compiti Liberi Artistici Senza Scopi Ergonomici / CLASS: Free Artistic Homework With No Ergonomic Aims

entrant: Roberta Abeni

 

Special Mention 2

DENMARK – Arkitekturens Værksteder / Architecture Workshops

entrant: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art / Hanne Flarup

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Category: Audio-Visual Media

 

Award

ITALY – Building a World with Animals

entrant: Ordine Architetti P.P.C. di Modena

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Special Mention 1

ROMANIA – Voice Your Place

entrant: Iarina Tava

Special Mention 2

HUNGARY – With Children in All Spaces 2: Participatory Design Methods for Educators and Designers

entrant: KultúrAktív Association

 

Special Mention 3

SERBIA – Built Environment and Architecture Education for Children and Youth: An International Perspective on Theory and Practice

entrant: Marta Brković Dodig, NGO ARQubator, FMK / Angela Million, JAS, TU Berlin

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Special Award

This recognizes a project implemented in a context of significant societal disruption, such as war, natural disasters, climate change, or other crises that result in widespread human, material, or environmental losses. It highlights initiatives that respond to urgent global challenges through Built Environment Education.

 

Award

TURKEY – Perre Children and City Biennial – City Detective

City, Environment and Art Association
entrant: Team: Gizem Kıygı, İpek Kay, Elif Ertekin, Fatma Tülay Hazar, İsmet Elif Kılıç
Project Partner: Adıyaman Municipality

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