Regional winners

The regional winners of International VELUX Award 2020 were elected after a jury review of all submitted projects in each of the two categories “Daylight in buildings” and “Daylight investigations”.

The project consists in reconditioning the subway’s spaces through a fiber optic roots system that directs the external light into the station in order to generate a more luminous and...

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Daylight in Buildings

Bright Roots

The project consists in reconditioning the subway’s spaces through a fiber optic roots system that directs the external light into the station in order to generate a more luminous and...

Currently South Africa faces a growing housing crisis forcing large portions of the population to create informal houses as their homes. This project seeks to solve the issues that...

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Daylight in Buildings

A Million Little Lights

Currently South Africa faces a growing housing crisis forcing large portions of the population to create informal houses as their homes. This project seeks to solve the issues that...

An architectural response: Thanks to light, natural as well as artificial, words are restored and given back to those who need them most. The light becomes words, bearer of the message....

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Daylight Investigations

Words to Light - Lucioles [fireflies]

An architectural response: Thanks to light, natural as well as artificial, words are restored and given back to those who need them most. The light becomes words, bearer of the message....

Concrete waste, a global problem. Only in China,2.4 billion tons of concrete waste is tore down each year. Concrete is a kind of building material with the largest consumption at...

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Daylight Investigations

Light Therapy

Concrete waste, a global problem. Only in China,2.4 billion tons of concrete waste is tore down each year. Concrete is a kind of building material with the largest consumption at...

'A holistic approach to providing Chile’s coastal informal settlements with water, light and energy. The prototype utilises Chile’s abundance of solar energy and seawater to create a...

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Daylight in Buildings

Solar Desalination Skylight

'A holistic approach to providing Chile’s coastal informal settlements with water, light and energy. The prototype utilises Chile’s abundance of solar energy and seawater to create a...

The forest of steles located in the ancient city of Xi'an is famous for its countless calligraphy and painting inscriptions. But recently, the quaint forest of steles will undergo a lot...

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Daylight in Buildings

Ink and Light

The forest of steles located in the ancient city of Xi'an is famous for its countless calligraphy and painting inscriptions. But recently, the quaint forest of steles will undergo a lot...

Artiﬁcial light pollution is a huge problem in the modern world. Every day we turn night into a day thanks to technology. But on the other hand, due to it the whole diurnal cycle is...

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Daylight Investigations

The Theater of Light - Conceptual design of land art in the Izera Mountains

Artiﬁcial light pollution is a huge problem in the modern world. Every day we turn night into a day thanks to technology. But on the other hand, due to it the whole diurnal cycle is...

The project begins with the story of children in Casablanca. They play by garbage dumps because they have nowhere else to play. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening and...

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Daylight in Buildings - Honourable mention

Melody of The Light Weaving

The project begins with the story of children in Casablanca. They play by garbage dumps because they have nowhere else to play. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening and...

Communication between the world and the sun, the most ancient friendship, is hampered by human and human productions. New urbanization methods and architectural researches should be...

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Daylight in Buildings

Suncity

Communication between the world and the sun, the most ancient friendship, is hampered by human and human productions. New urbanization methods and architectural researches should be...

The tragedy of climate change is that it alters our environment so slowly that we become comfortable with it. We fail to recognize that the whole earth shares a single breath. Upon...

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Daylight Investigations

AQIP - Air Quality Index Pavilion

The tragedy of climate change is that it alters our environment so slowly that we become comfortable with it. We fail to recognize that the whole earth shares a single breath. Upon...

The design aims at providing an ambient, sustainable lighting solution that improves visibility at night time in riverine communities, restoring the community life, spark and happiness...

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Daylight Investigations

Let there be light

The design aims at providing an ambient, sustainable lighting solution that improves visibility at night time in riverine communities, restoring the community life, spark and happiness...