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Curry Stone Design Prize Celebrates 11 Practitioners For Valuable Approaches to Public Space

The Curry Stone Design Prize has selected 11 honorees as part of June’s Social Design Circle, whose work responds to the question: Can Design Reclaim Public Space? From NGOs to design collectives across the globe, each winner addresses notions of usage, organization, and amenities within the realm of public space, and is featured on the prize’s website. In addition to a new circle of monthly winners, the prize hosts a weekly podcast, Social Design Insights, complimenting the featured work and expanding on the monthly themes with leading practitioners in social design.

Here are the 11 members of June’s Social Design Circle:

8 Excellent Examples of What Innovative 21st Century Schools Should Look Like

If we think about how the educational system worked in the past, we can quickly see that both the teaching style in schools as well as the school’s infrastructure were very different from the current system. The educational model of the twentieth century could be defined as being similar to the "spatial model of prisons, with no interest in stimulating a comprehensive, flexible and versatile education."

However, we are now at a time when social, economic and technological developments have created a more global society and where information and learning are becoming more affordable. This radical change has transformed the societies in which we live, leaving the current educational model based on a rigid and unidirectional teaching obsolete. 

As such, there are schools that have not only broken the mold of traditional teaching but have formed new educational standards, exploring new paradigms and opening up new possibilities within the design of educational spaces. Since architecture and educational models often reflect the ideology of a society, how is the school of 21st century defined? 

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Energy Carousel Dordrecht / Ecosistema Urbano Architects

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Ecopolis Plaza / Ecosistema Urbano

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Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain
  • Architects: Ecosistema Urbano
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  3000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010

Eco Boulevard in Vallecas / Ecosistema Urbano

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  • Architects: Ecosistema Urbano: Ecosistema Urbano - blog - Belinda Tato, Jose Luis Vallejo, Diego García-Setién
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2007