"Target Issues"
Innovation & Transferability – Progress
Definition – Innovation and transferability – Progress
Projects must demonstrate innovative approaches to sustainable development, pushing the envelope of practice and exploring new disciplinary frontiers. Breakthroughs and trend-setting discoveries must be transferable to a range of other applications. Materials should be recyclable and integrated within circular economies. The production of waste should be avoided throughout a structure’s use-cycle. Overall, the project should demonstrate an awareness of the climate impact of construction.
- Innovative concepts regarding design, integration of materials and methods, structure, enclosure and mechanical systems.
- Outstanding contributions to construction technologies and building processes, operation and maintenance.
- Advancements in the disciplines of architecture, urban design, landscape design, and territorial planning; civil, urban, and environmental engineering; materials science; digital manufacturing; and other associated fields involved in the production of the built environment.
- Long-term monitoring methods to evaluate whether expectations and goals have been met.
- Dissemination of knowledge, including project documentation, communication, education and training.