You win some, you lose some.
We congratulate landscape architects Juurlink & Geluk with their award for a happy marriage between a campus and a pastoral landscape and designer Daan Roosegaarde with his award for an interactive wind machine.
Observatorium is genomineerd voor twee Dutch Design Awards in de categoriën Best Autonoom Ruimtelijk Ontwerp (Epicentrum, Krasnoyarsk) en Beste Publiek Exterieur (Zollverein Pavillon, Essen)
Awardshow op 17 oktober, Fits Philips Muziekcentrum, Eindhoven. De ontwerpen van alle finalisten en winnaars worden aansluitend één week geëxposeerd in de Brainport Greenhouse op het Stadhuisplein in Eindhoven tijdens de Dutch Design Week.
www.Dutchdesignawards.nl
Two projects of Observatorium have been nominated for a Dutch Design Award.
The Awardshow will take place Saturday, October 17, 2009 in the Frits Philips Music Centre. The designs of all finalists and winners are subsequently showcased for one week during the Dutch Design Week. The exhibition of the Dutch Design Awards is on view in the Brainport Greenhouse on the Stadhuisplein in Eindhoven.
best public exteriorZollverein Pavilion, Essen



A spatial/architectonic design for the layout of a square, public park, street, or other part of the public space.
Products: park, square, street, crossroads, market, playground, traffic spaces of trains, buses, metros, trams and airports, etc.
Criteria: concept, design, innovation, identity, emotional value, safety, functionality, ease of use, social relevance, symbolic and emotional impact, technical execution, sustainability, environmental value, use of colour and material, architecture, relation to the surroundings.
best autonomous spatial designEpicentrum, Krasnoyarsk


The design of a space in the broadest sense of the word. This design does not have to be realised (yet). It should be a study that clearly defines the contemporary approach of the spatial designer. A visionary outline of the future.
Products: internal and external spaces, etc.
Criteria: concept, innovation, vision, social relevance, visual impact, contemporary look & feel, signature, personal themes.