JURY

Allan Mensah lives and works between Lyon and Paris. He graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon in 2022. He is developing a personal practice between the architectural project and artistic creation. His multidisciplinary work mixes eclectic mediums: video, publishing, installation, constructed projects as well as research projects.Allan Mensah has presented his work at the Villa Noailles (Hyères) and at the Driving the Human and Forecast art festivals (Berlin). He has also completed a research residency at the Lisbon Triennial, and presented a short film at the Museo Nazionale MAXXI (Rome) as part of the MAFL program. In 2023, he was one of the 25 emerging European practices, fellow of the LINA architecture platform.He is currently working on reuse at a metropolitan scale as an architect in l’AUC (Paris while teaching in masters studio at ENSA Lyon.

Residential and Commercial Design

Cen Shen graduated from Columbia University and has over seven years of experience in architecture, working across architectural design, building envelope design, and architectural research. Her work has received international recognition, and she has won more than ten design awards, including the iF Design Award, MUSE Design Awards Platinum, and the Architectural MasterPrize. She is also the founder of CSLab, a design and research platform focused on the intersection of future architectural design and industrial production, exploring how design can better respond to functional and environmental challenges through new biological materials, advanced building materials, and emerging production methods.In her professional practice at Elicc Group, a facade and architectural design company contributing to the New York skyline, she collaborates with leading architectural offices such as SHoP, BIG, and Handel in the development of building envelopes. Her work focuses not only on facade design, but also on improving architectural performance, environmental response, and facade feasibility through envelope design. This experience allows her to understand the logic behind architectural design and evaluate projects not only by their appearance, but by their environmental, social, and architectural value. When reviewing projects, she focuses on the underlying design ideas, spatial logic, and environmental strategies rather than only the visual outcome.

Studio AVT, a Design Consultancy Firm with a passionate approach to nurturing new paradigms of Architectural & Interior Designs, started in 2011 as a 2 person practice working out of a garage. Through the decade, the Studio has evolved as a Contemporary Design Practice with numerous Projects of diverse nature, scale & sizes in its strong portfolio of works including Private Residences, Schools, Office Spaces, Healthcare Projects, etc spread across the country.

Cultural Projects:Museums, Libraries, Music Venues, Universities, Recreation Centers, Galleries, Community Centers, etc.Addtl. special interest in residences, especially contemporary renovations of historic structures

Obytné stavby, občanská vybavenost, urbanismus

architecture and urban design

Urban Design, Landscape design, Environmental design

Jako autorizovaný architekt České komory architektů a Švýcarské společnosti inženýrů a architektů se ve své praxi zaměřuji na mezinárodní architekturu s důrazem na kontext, kvalitu zpracování a dlouhodobou udržitelnost. Zkušenosti jsem získal v architektonických ateliérech v Česku, Německu a Švýcarsku a studoval jsem architekturu na školách v České republice, Německu a Singapuru, což mi umožňuje přistupovat k projektům s otevřenou perspektivou a hlubokým porozuměním různorodým kulturním i technickým kontextům. Specializuji se na návrhy ze dřeva a ekologicky šetrné konstrukce, kde kombinuji tradiční materiály s inovativními řešeními. Své odborné zájmy rozvíjím také mimo ateliér — jsem autorem podcastu věnovaného architektuře, designu a umění, ve kterém otevírám témata přesahující běžnou praxi. V současnosti působím jako architekt ve společnosti UBM Development, se sídlem v Praze. Jsem součástí mezinárodního týmu navrhujícího projekty v Rakousku, Česku a Německu, přičemž cílem mého působení je přebírat vedoucí role na rezidenčních projektech a podílet se na formování moderní městské výstavby v evropském kontextu.

Sustainability in use of locally available materials especially plant based.

Freelance Artist/Art and architecture historyHistory of art and architecture, vizual art for architecture, preparation architecture competition

Architect and Interior Designer

Practicing architect, pedagogue working at the Department of Architecture of SvF STU in Bratislava, founding member of PRAKS and lecturer of practical workshops for architecture and construction students "PRAKS". As part of his research, he focuses on embodied emissions, low-emission materials and climate change mitigation in the construction sector. He designed and built several small-scale objects, mainly made of wood, clay and various other natural materials.