Winners announced for the 12th international student competition Cosentino Design Challenge

Cosentino Design Challenge encourages the creativity and talent of architecture and design students from all over the world

The 12th Annual Cosentino Design Challenge received a total of 333 entries (141 for the architecture category and 192 for the design category), a 47% increase on the previous year. Submissions may come from up to four continents: Europe, America, Asia and Oceania.

the winners of the international 12th Annual Cosentino Design Challenge are:

Architecture Category - Theme: “Cosentino and the Performing Arts”

Three winning projects, awarded €1,000 each

GEODA OF MARBLE of Laura García Navas (ESADA)

Stalactige of Miguel J. Martínez Peirotén (ETSAM)

DUTTILE of Estela Benito Molina (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Four runners-up, awarded a certificate

At the edge of Gema Barranco Martín (ESADA)

JUST AN ILLUSION of Charles Tutin y Gaspard Pellerin (École Camondo)

Block of Patricia Bintaned Trigo y Eduardo Fustero Jarque (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Darkness Lights of Silvia Franco Tarriño (ESADA)

Design Category - Theme: “Cosentino and light”:

Three winning projects, awarded €1,000 each

Marble Origami of Sophie Perrier (ESAM Design)

Ascension of the Stones of Ulises Moya Rodríguez (ESADA)

Bajo la sombra de un árbol of David Hervás Rey (ETSAM)

Three runners-up, awarded a certificate

LascasLamp of Arturo Garrido Velilla (ETSAM)

Wink Light of Julie Lefranc (ESAM Design)

SUNSET of Cristina Moreno García (Escuela Politécnica Superior de Sevilla)

Adelina Salinas, Cosentino Design Challenge coordinator: “The quality of the submissions, especially in terms of design and presentation, has increased a great deal compared to previous years. The competition is strengthening its position and becoming more accepted across universities and educational institutions.”

The jury deliberations for the Cosentino Design Challenge 12th edition took place at the Cosentino City Madrid, a showroom that since its opening one year ago, has become a world leader, especially for architecture and design professionals. There, the members of the jury - five teachers from the competition's partner schools, a guest architect and a representative of the Cosentino company - met:

• Chair: Santiago Alfonso, Cosentino Vice-President of Communications and Marketing.
• Board Members:
  • Endriana Audisho, professor at the University of Technology Sydney, UTS (Australia)
  • Olivier Vedrine of the École Supérieure des Arts Modernes, ESAM (France)
  • Taciana Laredo from the Escuela de Arte de Teruel (Spain)
  • Teresa Franqueira from the University of Aveiro (Portugal)
  • José Antonio González from the Escuela Superior de Arte y Diseño de Andalucía, ESADA (Spain)
• Guest architect: Carlos Rubio Carvajal.

The Cosentino Design Challenge is a competition promoted by the global company Cosentino to encourage the talent of architecture and design students from all over the world.

Source: Cosentino Group
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