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May 12, 2025
At the fair in Düsseldorf, the winning projects of the 8th EPSE Award Competition were announced. Since 2007, this competition has been contested by the best projects made of Polycarbonate sheets.
The invited speakers included British designer and artist Alex Kinnek, who gave an inspiring speech, highlighting how often he uses Polycarbonate sheets in his artworks and how versatile Polycarbonate sheets is, such as excellent impact resistance, lightweight properties and aesthetics. The ceremony ended with a speech by Daher, one of the winners in the Innovation category, who explained in detail the benefits of using Polycarbonate sheets to produce air freight containers for transporting fragile materials.
A total of 14 projects were submitted for this year's edition in 3 categories: 4 in Sustainability, 3 in Innovation and 7 in the Design category. View the gallery. Among the 2016 nominees, a wide range of applications for Polycarbonate sheets can be found. There are public buildings, hotels and conference centers and artworks. Two new types of projects were submitted in the Innovation category: an air freight container and a Breathing Skin Showroom. Especially in this year's edition, 4 winners and 2 runners-up were chosen, as there were two winners in the Innovation category.
Shopping Center Architect: Michele de Luchi
The project was inspired by the geometric features of the traditional northern Italian architecture known as "Corti Lombarde" (ancient courts of Lombardy), which involved peroglas, arcades and squares. The building is roofed by a magnificent translucent Polycarbonate sheets panels that make the huge hall look lighter.
The Polycarbonate sheets panels reduce the radiation usually caused by transparent surfaces while promoting light diffusion. In addition, a special infrared surface treatment on the outer wall of the panels allows blocking the passage of infrared rays, which would cause an increase in temperature inside the building.
