From Brazilian recording artist Rodrigo Amarante’s forthcoming album, Drama (out 16 July on Polyvinyl), “I Can’t Wait”—a track both gentle and urgent—beguiles with harpsichord woven into guitar, synth and percussion. The accompanying music video commences with the chirping of birds and a jangling wind chime that wake Amarante from a dream and project him into intimate moments of lovelorn reflection. It’s a beautiful character study with a particularly cinematic repose.

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Strategy & Research category honors projects or products that predominantly utilize design research and strategy. Examples include: brand strategies, product and project strategies, research methodologies such as surveys, interviews, studies, observations, varied research throughout projects, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Strategy & Research team was led by Emily Privot McNamara, Senior Researcher of Industrial Design at Amazon. Joining Emily on the panel was Charles Erdman, Head of Product Design at Small Planet, Karina Totah, Chief of Staff to the President & CMO at Thyme Care, Michal Levin, Vice President of Product at Hero and designer Parul Vora.

The Strategy & Research honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

The 2021 Core77 Design Awards Sports & Recreation category honors consumer products or services created to encourage play, movement or learning. Examples include toys, games, athletic equipment, athletic wear and accessories, outdoor gear and equipment, etc.

This year’s Core77 Design Awards Sports & Recreation team was led by Katie Becker, Vice President of Creative at Arc’teryx. Joining Katie on the panel was Ashley Anson, Senior Design Director of Advanced Concepts Apparel at Adidas, Ricardo Camargo, Creative Director and Owner at Vapor Studio and Matthew Dainty, Vice President of Creative at Salomon.

The Sports & Recreation honorees are as follows:

Congratulations to all of this year’s honorees! You can view the honorees in all 18 categories on the Core77 Design Awards website.

Check out all the 2021 Core77 Design Awards honorees by category:

Built Environment | Commercial Equipment | Consumer Technology | Design Education Initiative | Design for Social Impact | Furniture & Lighting | Health & Wellness | Home & Living | Interaction | Packaging | Personal Accessory | Service Design | Speculative Design | Sports & Recreation | Strategy & Research | Tools & Work | Transportation | Visual Communication

UK manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles has designed a hybrid-electric version of Airlander 10, an airship that could provide a less carbon-intensive alternative to short-haul flights.

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), which is based in Bedford, has designed a dirigible that could take 100 passengers on popular, short routes such as Liverpool to Belfast.

The company calculates that using their airship would produce “75 per cent fewer emissions than conventional aircraft in similar roles”.

The Airlander 10 went viral in 2016 when photographs released of its test flight earned it the nickname of the “flying bum”.  Subsequent redesigns have made it svelter and less peach-shaped.

The hybrid-electric Airlander 10 would be filled with helium and propelled by two electric motors powered by hydrogen fuel cells at the front and two combustion engines at the rear.

“Using lighter-than-air technology means that Airlander 10 requires significantly less power to generate lift and fly,” a spokesperson for HAV told Dezeen.

“Airlander 10, therefore, produces far fewer emissions even before electrification.”

HAV calculates that a passenger’s individual carbon impact for a flight between Barcelona and Palma de Mallorca would be 4.5 kilograms on an Airlander 10, versus 53 kilograms taking the same trip on a traditional aeroplane.

Although airships are slower than traditional fixed-wing aeroplanes, HAV pointed out that they can deliver passengers closer to their final destination as they can take off and land on any flat surface – including water.

“Over shorter routes, this is balanced by Airlander 10’s ability to operate much closer to the final destination and fly point-to-point,” said HAV.

“In some cases, this makes the total journal time very similar or only slightly longer but with all the benefits of comfortable travel with very low emissions.”

Aeroplanes power their engines by burning aviation fuel, which is typically petroleum-based. Jet fuel, for example, uses kerosene – a combustible hydrocarbon made from petroleum.

Filling airships with helium makes them light enough to float, as helium is lighter than air, so the engines are only required to direct the craft rather than keep it airborne.

Although helium is the second-most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen, it is a finite resource on earth because it floats away out of the atmosphere.

It is the only element on Earth that is completely non-renewable and is only generated deep underground via the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium.

However, HAV claims that Airlander 10 would not significantly deplete the planet’s resources.

“Although helium is a finite resource, there are ample reserves and new helium fields are being identified now,” said the company.

“Even with 600 aircraft in use in the world, Airlander 10s would make up just 1 per cent of the world’s annual helium consumption.”

HAV is partnering with British aviation business 2Excel Aviation to offer Airlander 10 to airlines and cruise companies.

“It is HAV’s plan to produce at least 12 aircraft per year,” said the company.

More low-emissions aircraft design includes these three concepts for zero-emission commercial aircraft by Airbus and a V-shaped aircraft by Dutch airline KLM and TU Delft.

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An aquarium designed to protect marine biodiversity and a healing centre using horticultural techniques to help treat mental illness are included in our latest school show by architecture students at the Academy of Art University.

Other projects include a “public living room” that blends neighbourhood life with areas for privacy and a residential hub designed to enable economic self-sufficiency for residents.

Academy of Art University

School: Academy of Art University, School of Architecture
Courses: M.Arch M.Arch2 B.Arch MA and BA
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim, David Gill, Nicole Lambrou, Sameena Sitabkhan, Eoanna Harrison, Philip Ra and Mini Chu

School statement:

“We are a progressive design laboratory of highly passionate students and a distinguished faculty of practising architects who work together to explore the boundaries of architecture. Our interactive onsite and online studio experience harnesses digital tools to mentor students throughout our rigorous curriculum.

“We offer an excellent design education by developing each student’s capacity to synthesise critical thought, architectural vision, and technical comprehension. Our programmes engage with current global issues, empowering students to be change-makers and leaders advocating for social equity. Our diverse international community enables us to propagate a unique cultural response to build a better world.”

Outer Mission Ramp Library – a knowledge connector for rapidly changing communities by Yi Hsien Rachel Wang

“The typology of library buildings has evolved throughout history, reflecting the changes in information systems and learning activities. By combining social, functional and environmental benefits, the thesis is projecting a new sustainable library typology as a prototype for a public learning infrastructure.

“The main conceptual idea is to design the library as a continuous ramp, connecting previously separated areas in the diverse local city fabric. The architectural intervention shortens the neighbourhood’s physical and social distances by combining pedestrian bridges, casual and formal learning infrastructure as a public living room for residents to gather, work, exercise and entertain.”

Student: Yi Hsien Rachel Wang
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim

Self-generating Architecture: Pier 28 by Valeryia Haletskaya

“The design for a hybrid aquarium and research-development centre at Pier 28 on the San Francisco waterfront employs organic, metabolic and self-generating materials. Artificial organisms – protocells that in time grow into artificial limestone – help to decrease levels of carbon dioxide while reinforcing the existing structure and building its sea-wall reef, skeleton, and envelope.

“Researchers, students and visitors share spaces for learning, interaction, and collaboration. The scheme offers protection for marine species and enhances biodiversity. The living architectural intervention is aimed as a long-term solution for coastal cities and other areas at risk from storms surges due to climate change.”

Student: Valeryia Haletskaya
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis M.Arch
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim

Outer Mix Investigating mixed-use development as a means to fostering a healthy year-round community on the Outer Cape by Christian Fish

“A lack of affordable, year-round housing has become an urgent crisis on Cape Cod, afflicting low and middle-income families depending on a largely seasonal economy. Outer Mix imagines a new residential, social and economic hub on a 10-acre area in the Eastham Corridor Special District.

“Organised into four blocks repeated throughout the site, 95 residential units are combined with nearly 30,000 square feet of economic and social programming. This includes artist studios, co-working spaces, cafes, a library, daycare and community greenhouse. This programme mix enables economic and sustainable self-sufficiency and a community for residents.”

Student: Christian Fish
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Nicole Lambrou

Eco-Tecture – Unifying Ecology with Architecture by Kevin Brady

“How can architecture enhance, improve and support educational and public awareness of the conservation and preservation of our local natural resources? Exposure and access to the elements of nature enliven the spirit, inspire curiosity, and encourages a ‘critical thinking’ response while promoting a healthy interactive lifestyle.

“This thesis seeks to determine how architecture could positively impact an ecological setting that strengthens community health, productivity, conservation and ecological awareness. This design approach engages user groups with the natural environment while preserving the ecological habitat.”

Student: Kevin Brady
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: David Gill

A Living Architecture by Aishwarya Naidu Bobbili

“This project is a healing centre incorporating earth and plants into its form and structure to create a holistic, sustainable space for wellness and rehabilitation. Farming, nature and architecture form a dialectic relationship. Horticultural techniques such as pleaching aid in the treatment of mental illness and serve as a therapeutic strategy.

“Located in Bakersfield, near Oil City in Kern County, California, the site is near the highest polluted city in the United States. The project aims to aid in healing people with a tranquil environment that incorporates sustainable and biophilic design.”

Student: Aishwarya Naidu Bobbili
Course: Master of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Mark Mueckenheim

Unity Pavilion for Northridge Cooperative Housing by Naomi Rojas, Shunyi Yang, Dylan Ingle, Rhonuel Domingcil, Fabio Lemos, Corona Xiaohuan Gao, Malak Bellajdel, Kenta Oye, Jacob Delaney, Harikrishna Patel and Daniel Cervantes

“A design-build project by the B.Lab group, the pavilion fosters cooking, eating and storytelling within a community garden in the Hunters Point neighbourhood of San Francisco.

“Due to a lack of access to healthy, affordable food in the area, the pavilion integrates counters, benches, and a movable kitchen table for cooking demonstrations using produce directly from the garden, while a series of frames offer shade and a vista of the bay.

“The design was derived from several communities and youth workshops together with feedback from garden volunteers, and the pavilion was measured and tested on full-scale prototypes before construction.”

Student: Naomi Rojas, Shunyi Yang, Dylan Ingle, Rhonuel Domingcil, Fabio Lemos, Corona Xiaohuan Gao, Malak Bellajdel, Kenta Oye, Jacob Delaney, Harikrishna Patel and Daniel Cervantes
Course: B Arch Collaborative Project / Building Lab – b.Lab / ARH 498
Tutor: Sameena Sitabkhan, NOMA and Eoanna Harrison, AIA

Sign-Up Sheet by Daniel Joonhee Lee

“The project investigates the relationship between the sacred and the political, and the role of the autonomous citizen therein. Sign-up sheets are simple yet contractual.

“Where public services are exchanged, they are activating devices bringing citizens together to achieve common goals. Sacred architecture has been a beacon of alternative governance by becoming places of refuge and political action.

“This thesis frames those events as distinct from the economic agenda of neoliberalism. Sign-Up Sheet reimagines the site with an urban sanctuary in San Francisco’s Tenderloin where non-profit staffs and community members live and work in a hub of collective activity.”

Student: Daniel Joonhee Lee
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Philip Ra and Mini Chu

Kid of Parts for the Bayview Commons Apartments by Adam Nuru, Markish Siojo, Dylan Ingle, Fabio Lemos, Xiaohuan Corona Gao

“Through a series of community events at the Bayview Commons Apartments, an affordable housing community in San Francisco, we learned that residents wanted an active, intergenerational, and flexible space that allowed for relaxation, interactive play and community events.

“Our final design incorporates a set of flexible, movable furniture that can be set up in different configurations. Intergenerational play, imagination, and socializing are emphasized through the design of different panels on the modular pieces. The colourful groundscape is coded to give clues for spatial use and provide a vibrant surface that complements the colours of the wall mural.”

Student: Adam Nuru, Markish Siojo, Dylan Ingle, Fabio Lemos, Xiaohuan Corona Gao
Course: B Arch Collaborative Project / Building Lab b.Lab / ARH 498
Tutor: Sameena Sitabkhan, NOMA

Infilling the Void by Kenta Oye

“Urban planning in San Francisco has confined ethnic neighbourhoods to inhuman spaces. My ancestral heritage includes the repeated displacement of the Japanese community to unwanted or forgotten territories.

“The design reveals the lost layers of the site – where the first Japan town took root in 1900 – by activating the alleys, offering a cultural centre that borrows from museum and immigration centre programmes.

“The act of making was the catharsis that enabled this community to cope creatively. Ceramic, wood, and sewing galleries are paired with adjacent workshops, providing spaces to congregate, exchange ideas and share experiences through craft.”

Student: Kenta Oye
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Philip Ra and Mini Chu

Urban Living Room by Zoe Qiaoyu Zheng

“The project brings neighbourhood life into public space while blurring boundaries and creating conditions of privacy. Public programmes and varied open spaces blend traditional library and private spaces with adjacent buildings.

“The design responds to natural light, wind, and views but also create opportunities to block visual contact with adjacent residences. People are welcome to celebrate their time here, and the architecture makes invisible boundaries to protect their personal space as needed.

“This is not just a library or another place to hang out; the proposal also provides opportunities for people to safely interact in acceptable proximities.”

Student: Zoe Qiaoyu Zheng
Course: Bachelor of Architecture Thesis
Tutor: Philip Ra and Mini Chu

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