The 12th Cosentino Design Challenge Reveals its Winners
Cosentino is delighted to announce the winners of its internationally recognised Cosentino Design Challenge, now in its 12th year. The Cosentino Design Challenge welcomes entries from architecture and design students from all over the world, judged by a prestigious panel of teachers from partner schools; the Spanish architect, Carlos Rubio and Cosentino’s vice-president of communications and marketing, Santiago Alfonso. This year, the Challenge received a total of 333 entries (141 for the architecture category and 192 for the design category), marking a 47% increase on the previous year and reflecting the growing momentum of this annual competition.
Architecture Category – Theme: “Cosentino and the Performing Arts”
Three winning projects, awarded €1,000 each
GEODA OF MARBLE by Laura García Navas (ESADA)
Stalactige by Miguel J. Martínez Peirotén (ETSAM)
DUTTILE by Estela Benito Molina (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Four runners-up
At the edge by Gema Barranco Martín (ESADA)
JUST AN ILLUSION by Charles Tutin and Gaspard Pellerin (École Camondo)
Block by Patricia Bintaned Trigo and Eduardo Fustero Jarque (Universidad de Zaragoza)
Darkness Lights by Silvia Franco Tarriño (ESADA)
Design Category – Theme: “Cosentino and Light”:
Three winning projects, awarded €1,000 each
Marble Origami by Sophie Perrier (ESAM Design)
Ascension by the Stones of Ulises Moya Rodríguez (ESADA)
Bajo la sombra de un árbol by David Hervás Rey (ETSAM)
Three runners-up
LascasLamp by Arturo Garrido Velilla (ETSAM)
Wink Light by Julie Lefranc (ESAM Design)
SUNSET by Cristina Moreno García (Escuela Politécnica Superior de Sevilla)
Cosentino Design Challenge coordinator, Adelina Salinas, says, «The quality of the submissions, especially in terms of design and presentation, has increased a great deal compared to previous years. The competition is strengthening its position and becoming increasingly recognised across universities and educational institutions.»
The jury deliberations for the 12th Cosentino Design Challenge took place at the Cosentino City Madrid, a showroom that since its opening one year ago, has become widely recognised as a centre for inspiration and creativity for architecture and design professionals. There, the members of the jury – five teachers from the competition’s partner schools, a guest architect and a representative of the Cosentino company – met:
- Chair: Santiago Alfonso, Cosentino vice-president of communications and marketing
- Board Members:
- Endriana Audisho, professor at the University of Technology Sydney, UTS (Australia)
- Olivier Vedrine of the École Supérieure des Arts Modernes, ESAM (France)
- Taciana Laredo from the Escuela de Arte de Teruel (Spain)
- Teresa Franqueira from the University of Aveiro (Portugal)
- José Antonio González from the Escuela Superior de Arte y Diseño de Andalucía, ESADA (Spain)
- Guest architect: Carlos Rubio Carvajal