Rönesans is a world-leading project development and construction group, building for a better society.
Primarily in Turkey and the Netherlands, but also in other European countries, CIS countries, the Far East, and the Caribbean,
we operate as a main contractor and investor in the construction, real estate, health, energy, and petrochemistry sectors.
We believe the only way to ensure a sustainable future is to work constructively with future generations.
With the ‘Design the Sustainable Future’ competition, our aim is to develop common ideas to build a viable future together with university students who represent the next generation of professionals by focusing on sustainability.
Our aims:
To spread a 'sustainability' culture among university students to ensure that future generations live in healthier, more environmentally friendly buildings
To guarantee that the project requirements related to waste reduction are correctly determined, along with standardized techniques and methods
To enable students from different departments to come together to work as a team and share ideas
To raise awareness about R&D projects related to innovation, sustainable technologies, lean construction, and green systems
To create alternative solutions by developing different perspectives to fight against global problems such as the climate crisis
Subject and Theme of the Competition
The subject of the ‘Design the Sustainable Future’ competition is ‘Biomimicry Designs Inspired by Nature.’
Biomimicry
Biomimicry is a practice where we examine and mimic nature, emulating its time-tested patterns and strategies, models, systems, processes, and elements to solve human problems. Animals, plants, and microorganisms are experienced engineers; they know what works and how to survive on this planet.
The features developed by organisms to combat problems are similar to the features we employ to tackle the significant issues we currently face. The necessity of taking precautions against problems such as climate change, natural disasters, and environmental effects caused by population growth is now an indisputable fact. When we look at nature, we believe we can produce workable solutions to our problems using methods developed by organisms as references.
Competition Categories
Building Design Category: Building projects are required to be designed with the Biomimicry principle, provided that they meet at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Product Design Category: Product designs need to be inspired by nature, with the Biomimicry approach, which don’t harm the environment and society while fulfilling our needs and meeting at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Social Innovation Category: Regardless of your department or year, we are eagerly waiting to receive your ideas for solving social and environmental problems. For example, you can participate in the competition by developing an idea or a new system to improve an application method or process for social sustainability and environmental and social conditions.
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