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The ‘Design that Educates Awards’ (DtEA) recognize, The ‘Design that Educates Awards’ are open to everyone.
showcase, and promote globally the best ideas and The winners, laureates of prizes, honorable mentions,
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THAT implementations of architecture and design that can educate. and nominations will be selected in each category:
EDUCATES The design itself may provide an informative and educational (1) architectural design, (2) product design, (3) universal
AWARDS layer that guides us through the increasing complexity design, and (4) responsive design. In addition to the general
2020 of our environment. It can showcase specific possibilities evaluation, the student project with the highest score will
and challenges, explain sociocultural factors and influences, be awarded with the label of Emerging Designers. Parallel
or even outline new scenarios for future development. Each to the jury’s evaluation, representatives of Solarlux will select
year, the esteemed panel of judges selects the outstanding the laureates of Solarlux Choice. Participants can submit
ideas and implementations in the categories of architectural multiple designs in the same category, multiple designs
design, product design, universal design, and responsive in different categories, or a single design in more than one
design. www.designeducates.com category, in teams or individually.

JURY C E RT I F I C AT E S
Category of architectural design
PROF. BEN VAN BERKEL (founder of UNStudio & UNSense, Winner for the year 2020 in architectural design
Kenzo Tange Visiting Professor at Harvard University’s GSD) Gold Prize in architectural design
S T E FA N B E H N I S C H (architect, philosopher, founding partner Silver Prize in architectural design
of Behnisch Architekten) Bronze Prize in architectural design
D R . M A RT I N B E C H T H O L D (architect, professor at Harvard Honorable mentions in architectural design
University Graduate School of Design (GSD))
DR. PETER KUCZIA (architect, founder of Kuczia Architects, Category of product design
initiator and curator of the ‘Design that Educates Awards’) Winner for the year 2020 in product design
J A N M U S I KO W S K I (architect, cofounder of Richter Gold Prize in product design
Musikowski Architekten PartGmbB) Silver Prize in product design
A R E T I M A R KO P O U L O U (architect, researcher, urban Bronze Prize in product design
technologist, academic director at IAAC in Barcelona) Honorable mentions in product design
ETHEL BARAONA POHL (critic, writer, curator; cofounder
of dpr-barcelona, editor at Quaderns) Category of universal design
C H R I S TO P H R I C H T E R (architect, cofounder of Richter Winner for the year 2020 in universal design
Musikowski Architekten PartGmbB) Gold Prize in universal design
A RT U R O V I T TO R I (designer, architect, artist, cofounder Silver Prize in universal design
of Architecture and Vision, CEO of Warka Water Inc.) Bronze Prize in universal design
P R O F. S H I N G O A N D O (designer, educator, professor at Kyoto Honorable mentions in universal design
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 Category of responsive design Exhibition & awards ceremony
Winner for the year 2020 in responsive design The projects of the winners and laureates of honorable
Gold Prize in responsive design mentions will be exhibited during the ‘Architecture in Foyer
Silver Prize in responsive design 2020’ conference at the Solarlux Campus in Germany
DESIGN
THAT Bronze Prize in responsive design on April 23–24, 2020. The laureates will be invited to present
EDUCATES Honorable mentions in responsive design their designs during the ceremony.
AWARDS
2020 Emerging Designer Catalog
Winner of Emerging Designer (additional label for students) All laureates will be included in the awards catalog, which
will be available at the awards ceremony and on the website
Solarlux Choice of the awards starting from the second quarter of 2020.
Winner of Solarlux Choice (will be selected by the
representatives of Solarlux and the independent group Marketing and press packages
of experts in architecture and design) Finalists and winners will be presented on the awards’
website. The organizer will send out a press release to
Nominations partners, media partners, and media sponsors after the
Nominations are an additional channel of access to the awards ceremony.
awards. Designers who receive a nomination are invited to
register for the awards and submit their projects. In this way, CEREMONY
the most interesting examples of design that educates are
already awarded the label of ‚nomination’ and moreover have The awards ceremony will take place during the ‘Architecture
a chance to compete for the main prizes in all categories of in Foyer 2020’ conference at the Solarlux Campus in
the awards. The nominations are sent out by the organizer Germany (Melle, Lower Saxony, Germany) on April 23–24, 2020.
until the deadline for registrations specified in the awards’ The conference will be hosted by Solarlux GmbH (the
schedule. partner of the awards) and will consist of an exhibition
of the results of the ‘Design that Educates Awards,’ lectures
Financial compensations by distinguished architects and designers, laureates’
1250 USD: Winner in the category of architectural design* presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities.
1250 USD: Winner in the category of product design* Participation in the awards ceremony is free of charge
1250 USD: Winner in the category of universal design* (registration is required).
1250 USD: Winner in the category of responsive design*
625 USD: Winner of Emerging designer**
1000 USD: Winner of Solarlux Choice
Organizer will pay the tax on awards in the country of its
business activity.
*Net values after taxation: *1000 USD, **500 USD.
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The awards are a multidisciplinary call for ideas and Registration opens in June 2019
implementations in the categories of (1) architectural design, Early registration: until August 1, 2019
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THAT (2) product design, (3) universal design, and (4) responsive Regular registration: until November 1, 2019
EDUCATES design. Entries will be evaluated based on the criteria Late registration: until February 1, 2020
AWARDS of the overall idea and implementation, the potential Project submission deadline: February 2, 2020
2020 of the educational influence of the submitted design, Jury deliberation: February 2020
the effectiveness and quality of the informative layer, Announcement of winners: March 1, 2020
aesthetics, the quality of presentation, visionary approach, Awards ceremony: April 23–24, 2020
originality, feasibility, and comprehensiveness. The theme UTC time zone for all dates.
of the awards has been inspired by the research called
‘Educating Buildings’ (‘Bildende Bauten’) by Dr. Peter Kuczia. ORGANIZER
The submitted ideas should refer to the competition theme
and underline the educational potential of design. [The new The host of the ‘Design that Educates Awards’ is Laka
category of responsive design is a result of collaboration Foundation (a nonprofit and nongovernmental organization,
between the ‘Design that Educates Awards’ and ‘Architecture EU VAT No. PL6381817438). Contact the organizer at
that Reacts Competition’ and is dedicated to ideas and [email protected]. Official website of the
implementations that are capable of dynamic interaction with awards: www.designeducates.com. The partner of the
their environment and develop through a process of changes awards is Solarlux GmbH, a German manufacturer of bi-
and adjustments; consider submitting your project to both folding glass doors, winter gardens, and façade solutions.
programs: www.lakareacts.com.] www.solarlux.com. The program is possible thanks to the kind
support of the members of the jury, advisers, participants,
Team of professionals: Early 125 USD; Regular 150 USD; partners, media sponsors, and media partners. All registration
Late 175 USD fees and donations are spent on the further development of
Individual professional: Early 75 USD; Regular 100 USD; the awards. Thank you!
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