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Architects: HBG Arquitectos
- Area: 1022 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Dow Building Solutions, Mapei, Margres, VELUX Group, +19





The current COVID-19 pandemic and its response have raised critical questions about how we live and work. It has also led to a lot of us asking, ‘How can we improve our own neighbourhood?’

The city district of Zibo, the third largest by population within the Shandong province, has been a key stone mining location till recent years. The excavation activities, particularly focused on the Zichuan subdistrict, marked the rural areas of the province with invasive interventions and disruptions of the local ecosystem. The mountainous area is today characterized by woodlands, villages, mine pits in quarries and terraces built with stone. The extraction activities have been terminated, generating the need for new purpose and value in a location with unique cultural, ecological and social conditions.

The Covid-19 pandemic is far from being controlled and has already claimed over 600,000 deaths around the world. This incredible loss is compounded for many families who were not able to say goodbye to their loved ones in person due to hospital safety measures or hold proper funerals because of the incredible scale of the situation. In the face of these tragedies, how may a local community memorial honor those who have passed and bring solace to families?


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The Azcapotzalco Mayor's Office, through the Azcapotzalco Cultural Center, invites artists, architects, and creators to submit cultural projects for the "O’GORMAN O’GORMAN 1905-1982" exhibition, which will take place in February 2021.

Mexico is the world's second-largest oil importer, with an annual growth rate of 1.71%. Consequently, there is a need to increase storage capacity and protect new infrastructure with high-tech products, ensuring durability and enhancing asset value.

World Campus Masters Selective Graduation Design Program (short for "WCM Program”) is launched by an international design competition platform Young Bird Plan, and it is committed to recognizing the fresh blood of contemporary design through evaluating graduation designs from global young designers in different regions and cultures. It encourages original design and design thinking in campus to conduct a positive dialogue with global design industry and industrial development, bringing young designers and their graduation works to one of the world's most influential design platform and the cutting-edge design ecosystem.

In Conflict is the Portuguese Representation at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, taking place in 2021. The Portuguese Representation is commissioned by the Directorate-General for the Arts, with a curatorial team led by the collective depA architects, who are also responsible for the exhibition design.