Cosentino Design Challenge 17 announces its winners

• CDC 17 has the collaboration of more than 40 schools and universities around the world.

• This edition has received a total of 402 projects, 127 in the Architecture category and 265 in the Design category, from different countries in Europe, America and Asia.

Cosentino Group announces the jury's decision for the seventeenth edition of the Cosentino Design Challenge (CDC).

The meeting and the decision of the jury of this competition took place yesterday at Cosentino City Malaga (Spain). This year, the face-to-face jury was consisted of professors Juan L. Santos, from School of Art and Higher Design of Zamora (Spain); Itsaso Recalde Mugueta, School of Art and Design of Pamplona; Isik Ülkün Neusser, from Izmir Economy University (Turkey); Jorge Roa, Higher Technical School of Architecture of Sevilla (ETSAS); and Julián Galindo, from Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB).

Santiago Alfonso, Vice-president of Communication and Corporate Reputation of Cosentino Group, acted as president of the jury, which also had the outstanding participation of the architect and designer Paco Lago, from the Paco Lago Interioriza studio.

402 proposals submitted

CDC 17 received a total of 402 projects, 127 in the Architecture category and 265 in the Design category, from different countries in Europe, America and Asia.

6 projects have emerged as winners, 3 have been selected for the Design category and other three for the Architecture category, which will be awarded 1,000 euros each. Both Design and Architecture sections also has threes runners-up prizes severally, which will receive a diploma.

1. Architecture Section. Thematic "Green Architecture with Dekton® and stone".

Three winning projects, awarded €1,000 each

• Enlightened Horizons (Herriot-Watt University Dubai)
• Back to the roots (ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica Madrid)
• Torre Cosentino (ETSAM, Universidad Politécnica Madrid)

Three runners-up prizes, awarded with a diploma

• In-Out and Viceversa (Escuela Artediez Madrid)
• Pentadek (Escuela de Artes de Jerez)
• On Balance (ETS Arquitectura Zaragoza UNIZAR)

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     2. Design Section. Theme "Ephemeral vs. Permanent stores, and their approach towards sustainability”

Three winning projects, awarded €1,000 each

• Giant’s Highway (Universidad de Valladolid)
• Folding Fun (LA SALLE College of the Arts, Singapur)
• Elementary (Escuela de Arte Carlos Pérez Siquier, Almería)

Two runners-up prizes were awarded with diplomas.

• Efímero (Universidad de Valladolid)
• Dune (Universidad de Valladolid)
• Gêodês (Escuela de Arte Carlos Pérez Siquier, Almería)

Download Design HR Winners & runners-up prizes projects

Cosentino Design Challenge

CDC is a research and creative challenge for future architecture and design professionals from all over the world. It is a unique opportunity that unites students with Cosentino, a world leader in its sector, and with its innovative surfaces Dekton®, Silestone® and Sensa by Cosentino®. Both architecture and design are two disciplines that are totally aligned and related to the business and activity carried out by the Spanish company on five continents.

Cosentino Design Challenge 17 has the collaboration and support of more than 40 schools and universities around the world that include this great challenge in their academic calendar.