2015 Active Design Excellence Awards Expand Focus on Innovation in Research
Last year’s inaugural Center for Active Design: Excellence Awards began as an effort to recognize and bring awareness to the transformative role that the design of buildings and public spaces plays in addressing the ongoing chronic disease epidemic. In providing transparent guidelines for entrants to follow and rational juror decisions that correlate clearly with those guidelines, the Excellence Awards proved to rise above a sea of superfluous design competitions. Read officeinsight’s coverage of the first competition at https://officeinsight.com/2137. This year’s Excellence Awards expanded to include a category for research, recognizing the essential role of evidence in active design. Many of this year’s design and research submissions received from around the world identified active design as the key priority of their work. “Regardless of the size, location, or use, the Excellence award winners serve as catalysts for broad-based community transformation, maximizing their impact by embracing a cross discipline approach to the …
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