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Milan Navigli 
Canal Challenge
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Milan Navigli 
Canal Challenge
Milan Navigli 
Canal Challenge

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of the Milan Navigli Canal Challenge! 

Participants were tasked with conceiving the Milan of the future by envisioning a symbiotic relationship between the city and its historic Navigli canal. Projects were asked to focus on ​​environmental aspects of design for improved urban sustainability - friendly design, mobility, and the relationships between water and urban spaces.

The Milan Navigli Canal Challenge was run in collaboration with Riaprire i Navigli Association – "Reopen the Navigli Association'' – and Primitivo studio Milan, who are proposing a complete renovation of the existing canal. The goal of these groups is to create a new way for the city to operate, with competition entries performing as a potential means to inspiring the general public.

Buildner worked with a fantastic regional and international jury to evaluate entries received from around the globe: James Biber, an architect and partner of Biber Architects, based in New York, which has completed projects including the USA Pavilion for Expo Milano 2015; Grazia Comai is a Senior Landscape Architect at London-based Townshend Landscape Architects and is a registered landscape architect with over ten years’ experience working on a diverse range of public realm projects; Carola Enrich, a Senior Associate also of Townshend Landscape Architects; Samista Jugwanth is an Associate at Zutari, with over a decade of experience in engineering design in public infrastructure, commercial and industrial projects, project management and construction management in Africa; Silvana Ordinas, Founder and Partner of Peter Pichler Architecture, based in Milan, a studio that has completed projects such as the Future Space Pavilion for the 2018 Salone del mobile in Milan; Lukas Rungger, a founder of noa* network of architecture, based in Bolzano, Italy and Berlin, Germany; Sean Shen, a lead architect at Shanghai-based ZJJZ Atelier; and Rituparna Simlai is the founding principal of Studio Arth, a Landscape Architecture design firm based in Coconut Grove, Miami.

Buildner and its jury thank all participants and congratulate the winning submissions for their refreshing and outstanding ideas and work!

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Grazia Comai

Townshend Landscape Architects

United Kingdom

Carola Enrich

Townshend Landscape Architects

United Kingdom

Lukas Rungger

noa* network of architecture

Italy

Silvana Ordinas

Founder and Partner, Peter Pichler Architecture

Italy

Rituparna Simlai

Principal of Studio Arth LLC

USA

Samista Jugwanth

Associate and shareholder

Zutari

James Biber

Biber Architects

USA

Sean Shen

architect at ZJJZ Atelier

China

1st Prize Winner

Project name

RE-CONNECT: Re-opening the Navigli for Milan

We participate in competitions to get out of the comfort zone. Competitions are always good opportunities to learn about other places and to extend our knowledge. They are challenging ourselves with contemporary issues and new ideas all over the world. 

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Authors
Shuangyun Chen
Stefano Agliati
Raul Martinez Medina
Country
Netherlands

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

NAVIGLI WATER STORIES

For us, architecture competitions are a challenge and an opportunity to understand different contexts, cultures, landscapes and societies. We develop them with the aim of acquiring experiences through the process of creating and conceptualizing ideas.

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Company
Bemaarch
Author
BEMAARCH
Country
Colombia

3rd Prize Winner +
BUILDNER SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Project name

Revamping the Artery of Milan

Here at Hortian Consultancy, we are constantly looking for opportunities to challenge ourselves, and to test ideas for its novelty and feasibility. By participating in architecture competition, we can also expand our view and perception on how different solutions are considered by different culture and society.

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Authors
Xin Kai Tham
Ahrum Oh
Jason Ng
Jianyu Lou
Country
Singapore

ARCHHIVE STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Ride with the Flow

I think architecture competitions provide chance for me to explore new things and challenge myself.

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Author
Chun Wang
Country
China
+72 points Buildner University Rankings

Client Favorite

Project name

Galleria dei Navigli

We participate in architecture competitions because they provide a democratic instance for projects development. At the same time they give us the opportunity to learn, experiment and apply innovative solutions.

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Authors
Matías Salas Ramírez
Miled Lahoud
Francisca Lopez Gonzales
Country
Italy

Honorable Mentions

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Canale della vita

Project name

The flowing city

Authors
Davide Caccia
Giulio Maria Rindi
Francesco Caputo
Andrea Cervi
Country
Italy
Project name

Ciao! Old friend

Project name

Water Belt of Milan

Project name

Milan Navigli Canal Challenge

Authors
Vishal Shah
Prakruti Desai
Vishal Desai
Country
India
Project name

BORDO D'ACQUA

Authors
Matteo Fraticelli
Motomi Morii
Martin Lee
Country
United States

Shortlisted projects

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CURVA DELL’ACQUA

Université laval – École d’architecture (Laurianne Boulanger)

Canada

Drylands

Dinah Dupiton
Adèle Zgainski

Université Laval School of Architecture, École d'architecture de l'Université Laval

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Canada

Milan a glance into the future

María fernanda Serna entzana
Joel Rodriguez hilario
José antonio Rodríguez aguilar
María Fernanda Serna Entzana

Faculty of Architecture (Facultad de Arquitectura UNAM)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Mexico

Back to the city of water

Yunuo Wu

Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, BUCEA

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
China

Rhythm of The Naviglo

Mohamed Shahwan
Sherifa El-haggan
Toka Hassan
Merna Genina
Egypt

Ride with the Flow

Chun Wang
China

Flow- Canal Navigli

Kacper Ławniczek

Poznan University of Technology , Politechnika Poznańska

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

A WALK THROUGH THE CULTURE

Justyna Dmytryk
Maja Klawitter

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Politechnika Wrocławska)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Ciao! Old friend

Zhuo Yang

Sichuan Agricultural University

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
China

The Story of Navigli

John Edmonds
Martyna Idasiak
Ralph Frühwirth
Annika Enzinger

Faculty of Engineering, LTH , Lund University

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Sweden

Water Belt of Milan

Daria Bal
Klaudia Elsner
Marta Sanigórska

Silesian University of Technology , Politechnika Śląska

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Modern Navigli

Isaac Laker
Ryan Small

The University of Melbourne

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Australia

SPETTACOLO D’ ACQUA

Yuyang Liu
Sichong Shan

The University of Melbourne

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Australia

Parco delle isole

Megan Chen
Rachael Li

The University of Melbourne

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Australia

Rebirth of Navigli canal

Lin Mu
Yaoxuan Wang

Politecnico di Milano / Polytechnic University of Milan

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Italy

Galleria dei Navigli

Matías Salas Ramírez
Miled Lahoud
Francisca Lopez Gonzales
Italy

Water's vocation, the navigli connections plan: Connecting a missing part of Milano

Melanie Lindemann
Xuedi Lu

Leibniz University Hannover, Leibniz Universität Hannover

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Germany

NAVIGLI WATER STORIES

BEMAARCH

Bemaarch

Colombia

New geographies in the urban landscape

Letizia Melano
Maddalena Silva
Maddalena flavia Trojsi
Elisabetta Comini
Italy

Navigli making

Mariya Romanosova
Fedor Torgashev
Russian Federation

The Time Travelling Navigli - End of the Carnival

Chong ieng Lao
Chien Ping Hu
Chiang Yi Ching
Macao

Milan Navigli Canal Challenge

Vishal Shah
Prakruti Desai
Vishal Desai

Aangan Architects

India

REFLECTIONS

Olga Rolff

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Sweden

RE-CONNECT: Re-opening the Navigli for Milan

Shuangyun Chen
Stefano Agliati
Raul Martinez Medina
Netherlands

Nature and Nurture

Kathrine Vand
Maximilian Cooke
Australia

BORDO D'ACQUA

Matteo Fraticelli
Motomi Morii
Martin Lee
United States

S(P)EEDS OF FUTURE

Lucas mariano Fernandez
Alessandro Lorefice
Laura Bassi
Andrea Bertassi
Italy

Canale della vita

Michal Galuszka
Agata Golesna

Silesian University of Technology , Politechnika Śląska

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Navigli RE-V.I.B.E.

Emerson Ramos
Carmichael Castillo
Edmon Mendoza
Shelly Gelito
Australia

CHIATTA TRAPEZIO - Barge City in Milan

Sanny Ng
Liyu Xue
Iris Lee
Marvin Cheung
United States

Slow trip to Milan

Jae hyuk Choi
Sun woo Choi
South Korea

Milan is for Dreamers: A Vision for the Navigli Boardwalk

Tiffany Agam
Michelle Wright
United States

The flowing city

Davide Caccia
Giulio Maria Rindi
Francesco Caputo
Andrea Cervi
Italy

MILAN NAVIGLI CANAL CHALLENGE

Dania Wahsheh
Simone Kiswani

CDP International

Jordan

Re-Shape Anew: Redescovery of Milan's Historical Riverfront

Alessandro Re
Italy

Project ID 69165

Sabin andrei Zapareniuc
France

MILANESENSES

Cemre Korkut
Sima Muhammetli
Aybüke Tufan
Samet Arslan
Turkey

Dew Drops

Trina Listanco
Lealyn San juan
Lilian Wang

S.P.A. Aqua Prima

Canada

I Navigli e l'archeologia dell'acqua

Daniela González oyola
María inés Reyes padilla
Sergio Gómez mejía
Daniel elías De la ossa rivero

GE & Partners

Colombia

Revamping the Artery of Milan

Xin Kai Tham
Ahrum Oh
Jason Ng
Jianyu Lou

Hortian Consultancy Pte. Ltd.

Singapore