The University’s Degree in Design wins the New European Bauhaus Award
Three other university projects were runners-up in the competition: the university campus, the Museum and the Master’s Degree in Environmental Design and Management of Buildings
PhotoCedida/The european commissioner, Mariya Gabriel, presents the NEB award to the director of the School of Architecture, Carlos Naya.
17 | 09 | 2021
The Degree in Design at the University of Navarra has been awarded the New European Bauhaus Award in the Interdisciplinary Education Models category, at an international prize-giving ceremony held in Brussels. The Degree in Design is one of four finalist projects from the University of Navarra in a competition that attracted more than 2,000 entries.
Accepting the award, Carlos Naya, the Director of the University's School of Architecture, pointed out that this recognition “validates our strategic commitment to training designers of wide-ranging vision, guided in their design work to take care of the environment and people. Professionals who can play a key role in the Europe of the 21st century, just as those who promoted the original Bauhaus did in the 20th century".
In addition to the Degree in Design, the University was nominated for awards with three other projects in different categories: the University campus, the Master’s in Environmental Design and Management of Buildings and the Museum University of Navarra.
In this regard, Carlos Naya stressed the significance of having reached the final stage of the competition with four such different projects which, at the same time, are all so deeply interwoven into the University enterprise as a whole. “This recognition will consolidate our line of work at the University of Navarra: centered on students and their holistic development, attentive to our environment so as to train future professionals for the challenges we face as a global society, enabling us to look to the future with the confidence of feeling supported by other European players”. This award also helps to reinforce the idea that the work begun so many years ago, and reaffirmed in the 2025 Strategy, is a long road that requires the perseverance and commitment of innovative, interdisciplinary and creative teams, open to working together to address the challenges of the future.
The winning project receives a €30,000 prize and a communication package.
The awards ceremony was also attended by Pilar Lostao, Vice President for International Relations at the University of Navarra; Cristina Muñoz Corsini, Director of Campus Planning and Design; and Guillermo García del Barrio, Director of Education at the University’s Innovation Factory.
The University of Navarra is a European partner of the New European Bauhaus and acts at European level as such with the other partners, as well as being an agent in the Navarre Bauhaus Lighthouse Region project, which is being implemented by the Regional Government of Navarre and coordinated by Nasuvinsa.
The New European Bauhaus initiative is one of the major European efforts to promote shared and sustainable development, through the circular economy, a return to the founding principles of the European Bauhaus and its updating through the collaboration and know-how of the various public and private actors in Europe.
