Honorable mention (ex aequo)

category: diploma design work
5000 zlotys

author
Katarzyna Janaszek

Title
"The use of biodegradable materials in architectural design. Laboratory of biogenic processes in a space of high natural value in a selected area of the right bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw"

university
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

promoter
Dr. Artur Jerzy Filip

jury's opinion

The distinction was awarded for a successful analysis of new generation biological materials used in the creation of public spaces, along with an example of its application. The project is supported by extensive analysis, the aim of the work is to find materials that are produced in the most environmentally friendly way possible, and after the end of the life of the materials back into circulation in the process of biodegradation, so that the theme of ecology andsustainability is not just based on reducing the activity of human activity, but the ecological problem is solved by finding a similar use of materials in the new economy, helps restore the balance between the natural world and human activity. The various forms of development proposed in the project open up the possibility of actively supplementing the volume with small architecture and landscaping made from recycled and reclaimed materials, generating social activity, which is also a response to the main idea of the competition Shared space is value.