LAB Architecture and Innovation Special Award

The jury reserves the right to select a project from among all the entries submitted in phase 2 that addresses one of the 3 themes (Sea, Space, Climate and rising sea levels) in terms of its ability to provide an experimental response in the near future (2050), and to be realized or prototyped, and will award it the Architecture and Innovation Lab Prize.

THEY BUILT THEIR DREAM THANKS TO THE FOUNDATION

EUROHAB | After walking on the moon, it may soon be possible for scientists and astronauts to stay there thanks to the Eurohab lunar hut designed by Peter Weiss and the start-up Spartan Space. Awarded the Jacques Rougerie Foundation’s Architecture Prize in 2020, this accompany project to future lunar exploration missions was able to build its prototype inflatable and mobile structure with the ESA-European Space Agency and Air Liquide thanks to the Foundation’s network.

BATHY REEF | Among the Foundation’s award-winning projects, the Bathy Reef artificial underwater and biomimetic reefs propose to shelter deep ocean organisms to regenerate marine biodiversity. Imagined by architect Olivier Bocquet, these prospective habitats have been able to find, thanks to the Foundation’s support, scientific and industrial partners such as Ifremer and VICAT, to build the first prototype and immerse it under 2,000 meters of water.

THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS SEAORBITER'S EDUCATIONAL SCIENCE PROGRAM

Imagined by Jacques Rougerie, this project, like the international space station ISS, is the first international station for the exploration and analysis of the ocean and its ecosystem, which is still poorly understood in many aspects. It is based on a unique operational principle and a strong symbolism that opens, for new generations, a field of scientific, educational and technological discoveries to refine the global knowledge of the oceans. It also represents a remarkable tool for improving predictive models. It will help respond in a better way to the current climate challenges and the impacts that this global change is having on our planet, its natural and socio-economic ecosystems.

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