L to R > Anousheh Ansari, X-PRIZE; Konstantina Rappou, Technical Director Camper & Nicholsons Marinas; Minister for National Development Planning/Head of the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro; Adi Neuman + Hugo Shelley + Charly Karamanian of Team 1; Cherie Nursalim, Vice Chairman GITI; Elena Crete, Manager UNSDSN; Anna Miles of Team 2; I Gede Ardhika, President Director of Kura Kura Island.
Kura Kura Bali is pleased to share with the HeroX community the winners of the Coastal Design Challenge Final Prize: Team 1 Adi Neuman (ECOncrete), Hugo Shelley (Iota technologies) and Charly Karamanian (BioInspired Argentina).
The announcement was made on 9 October 2018 during the welcoming dinner organized as part for the second Tri Hita Karana Forum, 10-11 October 2018, in Bali.
Congratulations to Team 1 for winning the Grand Prize US$ 25,000 and special thanks to Anna Miles ( Team 2) for her hard work and commitment.
The winning solution bridges the gap between development and sustainability by providing a robust coastal defense solution reviving ecology while inviting and connecting local communities to the shoreline.
The seawall embraces the water, facilitating public engagement with the marine ecosystem and provides enhanced physical and visual access to the bay.
The design represents an environmentally sensitive solution that meets coastal defense needs, while upholding the commitment to sustain and enhance coastal resources.
As we dive into the final round of solving the Coastal Design Competition, the two finalist teams are actively working on getting their final submission ready. Here’s the latest update:
TEAM 1 > Adi Neuman from ECOncrete along with Hugo Shelley and the Bionspired Argentina duo, Charly Karamanian and Alejandro Bollano, are a testimony to the strength of open innovation through team work.
TEAM 2 > Anna Miles and Mario Valente during a work session unlocking sustainable sea wall edge treatment.
We look forward to welcome both teams to Kura Kura Bali.
PETER DIAMANDIS
Founder & Chairman of XPrize Foundation
Co-founder & Director of HeroX
We are proud to announce details on the two teams who have advanced into the PROTOTYPE FINAL STAGE of the Island of Happiness Coastal Design Competition.
Among the competing teams are marine engineers, landscape architects, top- tier innovative companies, and startups-all who are working toward breakthrough in the seawall design.
The two winning teams are one step closer in having the prototype development of the ecological sea wall ready. Both teams comprises professionals with a passion for environmentally friendly solutions to sea wall designs.
Team 1 has three industry professionals Adi Neuman ECOncrete (Israel), Hugo Shelley (UK) and BioInspired Argentina duo: Alejandro Bollano and Charly Karamanian.
Team 2 has a landscape engineer and civil engineer, both from UAE and Power Cem Technologies a company from The Netherlands that specializes in sustainable materials.
INTRODUCTION
The team got its start in March this year, when the ideation phase of the Coastal Design Challenge was announced. Adi Neuman from ECOncrete along with Hugo Shelley and the Bionspired Argentinian duo Charly Karamanian and Alejandro Bollano together have a diverse background and expertise in different industries.
Adi Neuman is the Designer & Project Coordinator of ECOncrete, a company that develops, produces and supports implementation of innovative concrete products designed for enhancing the biological and ecological value of coastal and marine infrastructure. Adi is an industrial designer with over 7 years of experience in large scale design projects in the public domain. In the past 5 years, Adi has worked on the design and implementation of environmentally-friendly marine and coastal infrastructure, adapting mass manufacturing processes to specific biological and ecological needs. Adi is a lecturer at the Industrial Design bachelor’s program at the Holon Institute of Technology. Adi holds a B.Des. in Industrial Design from Hadassah College Jerusalem and a Masters degree in Environmental Studies from Tel-Aviv University.
Originally from Scotland, Hugo studied Physics and Philosophy at Oxford University and Kings College London. He completed his postgraduate at St Andrews and is the recipient of a NESTA award for creative entrepreneurship. After leaving university he worked as a prop designer for some of the world’s leading illusionists before founding Iota Technology, a design and prototyping company in London. Since then he has worked on a diverse range of projects, from industrial sensors to educational robots for children. He is especially interested in the application of new technology to ecological and humanitarian challenges.
co-founders of Bionspired Argentina
Charly Karamanian is the Director of Entrepreneurship at Buenos Aires Province Government, Argentina. Charly is Certified Public Accountant with a master in communications management and information technologies. Charly is a post-graduate degree in Innovation Strategies and Technology foresight. Member of the first cohort of The Exponential Foundation Series at Singularity University. His expertise is focused in open innovation, positive impact business development and sustainability. He excels in leading and mentoring of individuals and multidisciplinary teams. Creative thinker, serial entrepreneur and speaker. Finding simple solutions to complex challenges is his drive in life. He is passionate about solving the global grand challenges: energy, environment, food, shelter, space, water, disaster resilience, governance, health, learning, prosperity & security.
Alejandro Bollano is an industrial designer who graduated from the Facultad de Arquitectura Diseño y Urbanismo (F.A.D.U.) of the Universidad de Buenos Aires (U.B.A.) – 2008. Alejandro is an entrepreneur, passionate about innovation and evolution. Understanding the problems deeply, approach them with solid concepts and delving into the details, are his premises for the search for innovation and value.
Together with Charly Karamanian he formed BIO Inspired, a strategic innovation and research team. They apply biomimicry as a disruptive tool to approach responsible solutions with the environment.
Alejandro is associated with several companies, startups and independent researchers in the strategic planning of projects of high innovative impact (social, economic and environmental) with the aim of creating the most diverse R + D + i services network on the region. He worked for the Undersecretary of Innovation and Smart City of the Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires as a project manager in the development of predictive solutions and connectivity.
INTRODUCTION
With combined experience in civil engineering, landscape architecture and environmental solutions in construction materials, Team 2 has joined forces to push the innovation towards a concept that will provide a truly ecological sea wall prototype.
Professionally, Anna Miles is a Chartered Landscape Architect specializing in public realm and landscape design for urban, commercial and residential projects of all sizes around the world. She improves outdoor environments through creative and sustainable design solutions to design briefs; or establishes the project brief and vision based on the parameters and problems of different project sites and different stakeholder requirements.
Personally, Anna is a fierce and (mostly) fearless globe trotter and passionate wildlife photographer who needs to be outdoors. She has a passion for self-development by experiencing the unknown, confronting unforeseen challenges, getting to know unfamiliar cultures and ways of life, getting lost in wilderness; and creating memories from travel. In addition to being a UK Chartered professional, Anna holds a BSc in Landscape Design and Ecology from Sheffield University in the UK; has over 16 years of experience in the field of landscape design, planning, management and urban design; and is a trained Pilates instructor.
Mario Valente is a Civil Engineer with 17 years of experience. As a Projects Director based in the Middle East for the past 10 years, Mario has developed a broad understanding of multiple engineering disciplines specializing in engineering and design management of coastal development projects from feasibility stage up to construction.
PowerCem Technologies (PCT) is a company that specializes the modification of cement bound materials and as such participates in complex projects worldwide as an invisible but technical key component in cement based materials and constructions. PowerCem Technologies was established in 1996 an is situated in Moerdijk near the port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The company has executed successful projects in more than 40 countries, and has proven its ability to provide for infrastructural constructions and environmental solutions that are in line with the demands of the 21st century, with continuous scientific exploration for the future. The company is an expert in sustainable and economic in-situ soil stabilizations for road infrastructure, ports, storage- parking areas, container terminals, windmill parks etc., and immobilization of (severely) contaminated soils so these do not constitute any danger anymore for the environment and population.
Welcome to the Island of Happiness Challenge, a global competition inviting creators and innovators from around the world to partake in the unique eco-development of Kura Kura Bali, a project premised on the concept of Tri Hita Karana for sustainable development and happiness.
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In keeping with Balinese culture, Kura Kura Bali is looking for ideas in the co-creation of the island’s development aligned with the Tri Hita Karana philosophy:
The first challenge launched through the Hero X platform is the Coastal Design Competition, and it will be followed by a series of sustainability initiatives planned for the Kura Kura Bali Island of Happiness. The Costal Design Competition seeks sustainable, original and mold-breaking designs for sea edge treatments.
The search for harmony between people and their environment is timeless, but our successes have traditionally come with a negative impact on the environment. Seawalls have been no exception to this legacy, but their function of protection from storms and erosion remains a vital need. That’s why Kura Kura Bali Island of Happiness is looking to bridge the gap in sustainable seawalls, and that’s where we need new innovative designs.
There has yet to exist a treatment for the sea edge that is sustainably designed without sacrificing an elegant aesthetic. We’re looking to you to propose a new kind of sea edge treatment that can be created first for the Island of Happiness. This may become the new standard for sea edge treatments in the rest of Indonesian archipelago in collaboration with the United Nations global initiative Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Indonesian Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs, that are invited to take part in the judging process. There will also be great visibility globally for this competition.
Other prizes may include:
Recognition at the United Nations global initiative Sustainable Development Solutions Network.
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Recognition in the Shanghai Gallery of Art at Three on the Bund.
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Potential happiness job in the Island of Happiness, based on availability.
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Scholarship (subject to meeting admission criteria) to enroll in UID’s flagship leadership development course conducted in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management, or other courses at our partners Tsinghua University, Bandung Institute of Technology, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Udayana University, Paramadina University and University of Indonesia. Potential happiness job in the Island of Happiness, based on availability.
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The opportunity to apply your solution to seawalls in different parts of the Indonesian archipelago.
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