Teams announced for final stage of Reinventing Cities competition

The teams selected to go through to the final of Reinventing Cities have been announced — the competition, organised by C40 and EIT Climate-KIC, aims to transform under-used city spaces into beacons of sustainability. 

Eighty-two teams from Auckland, Chicago, Houston, Madrid, Milan, Montréal, Oslo, Paris, Reykjavik, Salvador, San Francisco and Vancouver were selected from more than 230 expressions of interest from 1,200 companies and organisations across the globe. 

Hundreds of innovative solutions have been proposed, including creative solutions for energy; new types of material for construction; solutions to implement the circular economy and zero-waste approaches; urban farming and local food production ideas; and many new services to engage citizens and communities toward greener ways of living.

These teams of architects, urban planners, entrepreneurs and neighbourhood collectives will compete in the final round of the competition to transform empty plots and abandoned buildings, historical mansions, underused car parks, and former industrial sites into new beacons of sustainability and resilience.

Sean Lockie, Director of Urban Transitions, EIT Climate-KIC said: “It has been fantastic to see such a broad and exciting range of entries to this city-led programme. We are looking forward to continuing our work with the C40 team and the cities that are participating to catalyse real change on the ground.”

Reinventing Cities, an unprecedented global competition to drive carbon neutral and resilient urban regeneration was launched in November 2017. The competition is designed to serve as a model for cities around the world, demonstrating how the alliance between cities and business can shape the future delivering healthier, greener and economically viable urban development.

Led by C40 and supported by EIT Climate-KIC, the competition saw each participating city organise a selection committee, based on common selection criteria, which favoured creative teams and ambitious climate solutions. In addition to funding support, EIT Climate-KIC helped shape the design of the international competition and supported C40 in attracting project partners, as well as utilise its network to help mobilise interest from the private sector.

C40 and 12 participating cities now announce the shortlisted teams that have been selected to participate in the final phase of the Reinventing Cities competition.

“The response to the Reinventing Cities competition has been incredible, with architects, designers, community and citizen groups submitting some truly thrilling proposals,” said, Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40. “The shortlisted teams will now develop detailed proposals and we can soon look forward to the sustainable reinvention of these sites in cities around the world.”

The final submissions are expected early 2019 and the winning team for each site will be announced by May 2019.

Below you can find the full list of the selected teams. 

Reinventing Cities Results Phase 1 – list of the finalist teams

The list below displays for each city and site the teams that have been shortlisted to participate in the final phase of the Reinventing Cities competition.

This list does not indicate all the members of the teams. It only discloses the names of team/project and the names of the team representative, of the architect(s) and of the environmental expert(s).

Auckland

Site: Alderman Carpark

TE TIRA NGAKAUNUI
Team representative: OCKHAM GROUP
Architect(s): JACOB + MACFARLANE + CHESHIRE ARCHITECTS + BOFFA MISKELL
Environmental expert(s): ECUBED

TE KOPUA
Team representative: PROVINCE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Architect(s): SILLS VAN BOHEMEN ARCHITECTS / NORD STUDIO / RESILIO STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): EVIDENT / TRICIA LOVE CONSULTANTS

TAUPAE COMMONS
Team representative: CENTRAL ELEMENT GROUP
Architect(s): NICOLAS LAISNÉ ARCHITECTES / ROTUNNO JUSTMAN
Environmental expert(s): TRANSSOLAR

TIRIWA COLLECTIVE
Team representative: AHHA STUDIO LTD
Architects(s): AHHA STUDIO LTD / REAL (REAL ESTATE ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY LTD) / DESIGN TRIBE
Environmental expert(s): HIP V. HYPE SUSTAINABILITY PTY LTD

Site: Falls Carpark

FALLS COLLABORATION
Team representative: ISTHMUS GROUP LTD
Architects: ISTHMUS GROUP LTD
Environmental expert(s): MICHELLE JOHANSSON

TE TIRA NGAKAUNUI
Team representative: OCKHAM GROUP
Architect(s): JACOB + MACFARLANE + CHESHIRE ARCHITECTS + BOFFA MISKELL
Environmental expert(s): ECUBED

TE KOPUA
Team representative: PROVINCE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
Architect(s): SILLS VAN BOHEMEN ARCHITECTS / NORD STUDIO / RESILIO STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): EVIDENT / TRICIA LOVE CONSULTANTS

TAUPAE COMMONS
Team representative: CENTRAL ELEMENT GROUP
Architect(s): NICOLAS LAISNÉ ARCHITECTES / ROTUNNO JUSTMAN
Environmental expert(s): TRANSSOLAR

TIRIWA COLLECTIVE
Team representative: AHHA STUDIO LTD
Architects(s): AHHA STUDIO LTD / REAL (REAL ESTATE ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY LTD) / DESIGN TRIBE
Environmental expert(s): HIP V. HYPE SUSTAINABILITY PTY LTD

Chicago

Site: East Garfield Park

GARFIELD GREEN
Team representative: POAH PRESERVATION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INC.
Architect(s): PERKINS+WILL, INC. / NIA ARCHITECTS, INC.
Environmental expert(s): TERRA ENGINEERING, LTD.

5TH & KEDZIE COLLABORATIVE
Team representative: HEARTLAND HOUSING
Architect(s): VALERIO DEWALT TRAIN ASSOCIATES / SITE DESIGN GROUP
Environmental expert(s): GUTTMANN & BLAEVOET

KEDZIE TERMINAL
Team representative: EVERGREEN REAL ESTATE GROUP
Architect(s): JOHN RONAN ARCHITECTS
Environmental expert(s): TRANSSOLAR

Site: Pershing Road Buildings

CIVIC SOLUTIONS
Team representative: WASHINGTON PARK DEVELOPMENT GROUP/ BLDWORKS LLC
Architect(s): CLEMENT BLANCHET ARCHITECTURE / CIVIC PROJECTS ARCHITECTURE LLC /
NO ARCHITECTURE / SITE DESIGN GROUP LTD
Environmental expert(s): ECO ACHIEVERS

TEAM PERSHING
Team representative: URBAN INTERSECTION PARTNERS / THE STREET SOCIETY
Architect(s): JLK ARCHITECTS / ARUP
Environmental expert(s): ARUP

Houston

Site: Holmes Road Landfill

CITIZENS HOLMES ROAD LANDFILL
Team representative: CITIZENS ENTERPRISES CORPORATION
Architect(s): DEPCOM POWER, INC
Environmental expert(s): HDR ENGINEERING, INC

SUNNYSIDE ENERGY
Team representative: WOLFE ENERGY LLC
Architect(s) / EPC: EDF RENEWABLES DISTRIBUTED SOLUTIONS INC
Environmental expert(s): IKON ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS, LP

YES, IN MY BACKYARD!
Team representative: PATTERN DEVELOPMENT
Environmental expert(s): PATTERN RENEWABLES 2 LP

ENGIE
Team representative: ENGIE DEVELOPMENT, LLC

STRATA
Team representative: TVK
Architect(s): TVK / TOLILA + GILLILAND / D.I.R.T. STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): TRANSSOLAR INC

Site: Velasco Incinerator

TEXAS INNOVATES
Team representative: TEXAS INNOVATES
Architect(s): CUBOID GLOBAL LLC
Environmental expert(s): REACTWELL LLC

CYCLUS
Team representative: TVK
Architect(s): TVK / TOLILA + GILLILAND / D.I.R.T. STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): TRANSSOLAR INC

Madrid

Site: Mercado de Orcasur

PROYECTO U-SERA
Team representative: AZOOTEA / ICATALIST
Architect(s): LOCUS-UPM / ICATALIST / ELISA RODRIGUEZ LAVAL CONSULTORA / VIVID STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): ICATALIST

LABORATORIO-SUR
Team representative: LABORATORIO DE CUIDADOS URBANOS
Architect(s): SENSUAL CITY STUDIO / E. BARDAJÍ Y ASOCIADOS / PERIFERIA / ARQUITECTURA
DISEÑO Y CONSTRUCCIÓN
Environmental expert(s): ZERO-CONSULTING

Site: Vallecas

CAMPUS FOR LIVING CITIES
Team representative: FEGAUNION / UNEXUM
Architect(s): AMBITARE ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES
Environmental expert(s): AMBITARE ARCHITECTURAL STRATEGIES / SEO BIRDLIFE

ARBOLEDA CLIMATECOLAB
Team representative: AZOOTEA / ICATALIST
Architect(s): LOCUS-UPM / ICATALIST / ELISA RODRIGUEZ LAVAL CONSULTORA / VIVID STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): ICATALIST

KPF-LAA
Team representative: LORENZO ALONSO ARQUITECTOS
Architect(s): LORENZO ALONSO ARQUITECTOS / KOHN PEDERSON FOX ASSOCIATES
Environmental expert(s): ATELIER TEN

MEDEA
Team representative: SIC ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO
Architect(s): SIC ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO
Environmental expert(s): GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL ESPAÑA

Site: Vicálvaro

URBAN BATTERY
Team representative: SIC ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO
Architect(s): SIC ARQUITECTURA Y URBANISMO
Environmental expert(s): GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL ESPAÑA

URBANREG VICALVARO
Team representative: GREAT ECOLOGY
Architect(s): KLOROFILA / LATITUD 40° / LLURIGA COOPERATIVA / URURU
Environmental expert(s): GREAT ECOLOGY / IBERO-REST / GRUPO DE AGROENERGETICA UPM /
UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICA COMILLAS

///DYNAMO MADRID EAST/// PRODUCTIVE PROTOTYPE
Team representative: Jacques Ferrier Architecture
Architect(s): JACQUES FERRIER ARCHITECTURE / RUIZ PARDO & NEBREDA ARCHITECTURE
/ AGENCE TER / HAWKINS BROWN ARCHITECTS
Environmental expert(s): OVE ARUP & PARTNERS / LATERAL THINKING FACTORY

Site: Villaverde

LABORATORIO‐SUR
Team representative: SENSUAL CITY STUDIO
Architect(s): SENSUAL CITY STUDIO / LABORATORIO DE CUIDADOS URBANOS / E.BARDAJÍ Y ASOCIADOS /
PERIFERIA
Environmental expert(s): ZERO-CONSULTING

LA CIUDAD MUSICAL
Team representative: METRA ET ASSOCIES
Architect(s): METRA ET ASSOCIES / DOBLE A AROSTEGUI ARCHITECTURE
Environmental expert(s): OTEIS ITF

Milan

Site: Doria

COLABDORIA
Team representative: GEFIM SPA
Architect(s): KING ROSELLI ARCHITETTI / ARCHITETTO FABRIZIO BONATTI
Environmental Expert(s): AIRIS SRL / ARCHITETTO GIULIA PENTELLA

CO-INVENTING DORIA
Team representative: RETE FRA INPRESE “B SMART”
Architect(s): GIANLUCA BRANDIS (MILANO ARCHITETTURA) / B2B ARQUITECTES S.L.P. /
ROY EMILIANO NASH
Environmental Expert(s): POLITECNICO DI MILANO, DIPARTIMENTO DI ENERGIA/ LEGAMBIENTE
LOMBARDIA ONLUS

LO-DO
Team representative: ATI BORIO MANGIAROTTI SPA + DOFAMA SRL
Architect(s): STUDIO DI ARCHITETTURA FRANCESCO PRADERIO / CONSALEZ ROSSI ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
Environmental Expert(s): PROF.ARCH. TAGLIABUE / ING.ZICHI / ING. SPERONI / BIOBYTE SRL /
ARCH. KOŠIR / ING. KHAYATIAN

Site: Mercato Gorla

AL MERCAA DE GORLA
Team representative: ALBERTO FRATERRIGO GAROFALO ARCHITETTO
Architect(s): ALBERTO FRATERRIGO Garofalo ARCHITECT / VINCENZO DONADIO
Environmental expert(s): SACEE SRL

NUT – NEW URBAN TOAST
Team representative: KCITY RIGENERAZIONE URBANA
Architect(s): FRESH ARCHITECTURES / AUGE ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
Environmental expert(s): MAGNOLI & PARTNERS

NEW GORLA MARKET
Team representative: STUDIO TOGNON
Architect(s): STUDIO TOGNON
Environmental expert(s): SANDRINI GREEN ARCHITECTURE S.R.L.

Site: Scalo Greco Breda

L’INNESTO
Team representative: INVESTIRE SGR SPA
Architect(s): BARRECA & LA VARRA
Environmental expert(s): ARUP ITALIA SRL / STANTEC SPA / POLITCNICO MILANO, DIP ENERGIA

MILAN RE-INVENTORS
Team representative: COIMA SGR SPA
Architect(s): A.26 ARCHITECTURES
Environmental expert(s): DEERNS ITALIA

GREENGATE
Team representative: NAVARRA INIZIATIVE IMMOBILIARI SRL
Architect(s): ATELIER(S) ALFONSO FEMIA S.R.L. / AAVP ARCHITECTURE / PRINCIPIOATTIVO
ARCHITECTURE GROUP S.R.L. / PROJET BASE
Environmental expert(s): LAB INGÉNIERIE / NUOVA MALEGORI SRL

Site: Scuderie de Montel

P.M.G.L.T.
Team representative: PESSINA COSTRUZIONI SPA
Architect(s): MENOMENOPIU ARCHITECTS / GTRF GIOVANNI TORTELLI ROBERTO FRASSONI
ARCHITETTI ASSOCIATI
Environmental expert(s): TRANSSOLAR ENERGIETECHNIK

TEATRO DELLE TERME
Team representative: ARCHITETTO GIANCARLO MARZORATI
Architect(s): ARCHITETTO GIANCARLO MARZORATI / J+S SRL
Environmental expert(s): PROGETTISTI ASSOCIATI TECNARC SRL

Site: Serio

PROXIMA
Team representative: ENERGA GROUP S.R.L.
Architect(s): AM PROJECT JOSEPH DI PASQUALE ARCHITECTS SRL / IED ‐ ISTITUTO EUROPEO
DI DESIGN S.P.A / ARCHITETTURA LAMELLARE S.R.L.
Environmental Expert(s): DIPARTIMENTO DI ARCHITETTURA INGEGNERIA DELLE COSTRUZIONI
E AMBIENTE COSTRUITO, POLITECNICO DI MILANO

VITAE
Team representative: BENI STABILI DEVELOPMENT SPA SIINQ
Architect(s): CARLORATTIASSOCIATI SRL / X-LAM DOLOMITI S.R.L. / POLITECNICO DI MILANO –
DIPARTIMENTO DI ARCHITETTURA E STUDI URBANI
Environmental Expert(s): HABITECH / DISTRETTO TECNOLOGICO TRENTINO S.C.A R.L. /
CIA AGRICOLTORI ITALIANI CENTRO LOMBARDIA

ATELIER SERIO
Team representative: QUARTUS
Architect(s): BECKMANN N’THÉPÉ / NICOLA SPINETTO ARCHITECTES / ARCH. MATTEO GATTO /
LAND ITALIA SRL / SNAIK
Environmental Expert(s): FOR ENGINEERING ARCHITECTURE

ANTHROPOLIS
Team representative: INVESTIRE SOCIETÀ DI GESTIONE DEL RISPARMIO S.P.A.
Architect(s): FRESH ARCHITECTURES / OBR OPEN BUILDING RESEARCH SRL / OPENFABRIC
Environmental Expert(s): LE SOMMER ENVIRONNEMENT

Montréal

Site: Cour de voirie de la Commune

CANOE
Team representative: RACHEL JULIEN
Architect(s): WHITE ARKITEKTER AB / RUBIN & ROTMAN ARCHITECTE
Environmental expert(s): ARUP CANADA INC

UPDATE MONTREAL
Team representative: MVRDV
Architect(s): MVRDV / KANVA ARCHITECTURE INC.
Environmental expert(s): ELLIO

DEMAIN MONTRÉAL
Team representative: IVANHOÉ CAMBRIDGE
Architect(s): GENSLER ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN CANADA / ACDF* ARCHITECTURE
Environmental Expert(s): L’OEUF (L’OFFICE DE L’ÉCLECTISME URBAIN ET FONCTIONNEL)

LE GRAND COLLISIONNEUR
Team representative: GROUPE MONTONI
Architect(s): SID LEE ARCHITECTURE
Environmental Expert(s): VERTIMA

Oslo

Site: Bygata Furuset

Control Green Group
Team representative: Control AS
Architect(s): Kaden+Lager GmbH
Environmental expert(s): Control AS

Future Homes Norge
Team representative: OCM AS
Architect(s): HAUSCHILD + SIEGEL ARCHITECTURE

Urban Village Team
Team representative: OBOS NYE HJEM AS
Architect(s): LPO Architects / SLA
Environmental expert(s): BOLLINGER + GROHMANN

Site: Fossumdumpa

CO-LIFE
Team representative: RE-VIVE NV
Architect(s): BOGDAN & VAN BROECK ARCHITECTS / A-LAB / KRAGH & BERGLUND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS A/S
Environmental expert(s): 3E

Recipe for future living
Team representative: INEO EIENDOM AS
Architect(s): MAD STAVANGER AS / MAD OSLO AS / LANDSKAP+
Environmental expert(s): VILL URBANISME AS BY VIL ENERGI AS

REINVENTING THE VILLAGE
Team representative: NORSKE HELSEHUS AS
Architect(s): WHITE ARKITEKTER AB / WORKSONLAND ARKITEKTUR OG LANDSKAP AS
Environmental expert(s): COWI AS

Paris

Site: Hall de décuvage, Saint Denis

LEVEL UP PLEYEL
Team representative: OSKAPROD / NOVAXIA
Architects: EXPLORATIONS ARCHITECTURE
Environmental Expert(s): DREES AND SOMMER

PLEYEL MUSIC HALL
Team representative: CULTURE ET PATRIMOINE
Architect(s): NICOLA SPINETTO ARCHITECTES
Environmental expert(s): ETAMINE

HALL 140
Team representative: FREY
Architect(s): MVRDV / BOND SOCIETY (ARCHITECTE) / AM ENVIRONNEMENT
Environmental expert(s): SINTEO

ODYSSEE PLEYEL
Team representative: RAIM REAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGERS
Architect(s): JAKOB+MACFARLANE / NAIK
Environmental expert(s): SETEC BÂTIMENT

Site: MBK, Canal de l’Ourcq, Bobigny

MBK2
Team representative: DEMATHIEU BARD IMMOBILIER
Architect(s): COBE ARCHITECTURE ET PAYSAGE / TATIANA BILBAO ESTUDIO / ENIA ARCHITECTES / READYMAKE
Environmental expert(s): RAMBOLL / ARP ASTRANCE

VINCI IMMOBILIER
Team representative: VINCI IMMOBILIER RESIDENTIEL
Architect(s): BOND SOCIETY / ATELIER KEMPE THILL / PATRIARCHE / TN+
Environmental expert(s): INDDIGO

MKNO
Team representative: NODI
Architect(s): ATELIER D’ARCHITECTURE TRIPTYQUE / SO-IL OFFICE LTD / COLDEFY ASSOCIES ARCHITECTES URBANISTES/ MOZ PAYSAGE
Environmental expert(s): ZEFCO

Site: Porte de Montreuil, Paris

THE COLLECTIVE
Team representative: NEXITY
Architect(s): ATELIER GEORGES / TATIANA BILBAO ESTUDIO / SERIE ARCHITECTS / BOND SOCIETY
Environmental expert(s): GREENAFFAIR / OCTOPUS LAB / SUEZ

LE VILLAGE URBAIN
Team representative: ICADE PROMOTION / REI
Architect(s): DANIEL VANISH ARCHITECTE DVA / WAUGH THISTELTON ARCHITECTS / DNA DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE / ATELIER ROBERTA
Environmental expert(s): ETAMINE / CDC BIODIVERCITE

“21”
Team representative: QUARTUS / NOVAXIA
Architect(s): OMA – OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE / STUDIO MUOTO / SUPERTROPIC / MICHEL DESVIGNES
Environmental expert(s): ALTO STEP / QUATTROLIBRI

PU(L)CES
Team representative: BNP PARIBAS REAL ESTATE / WOODEUM / SEMPARISEINE
Architect(s): JACQUES FERRIER / B720 ARQUITECTURA / ARCHIKUBIK / GRÜNTUCH ERNST ARCHITEKTEN / COLOCO
Environmental expert(s): ELIOTH / Egis Concept / LATERAL THINKING FACTORY / EVERGREEN

Reykjavik

Site: Lagmuli

POSITIVE ENERGY
Team representative: MAUD CAUBET ARCHITECTES
Architect(s): MAUD CAUBET ARCHITECTES / TEIKNISTOFAN TRÖÐ EHF
Environmental expert(s): VERKIS / OASIIS / CANNDIE MAGDELENAT

FABRIC
Team representative: MTHØJGAARD
Architect(s): BASALT ARCHITECTS / LANDMÓTUN
Environmental expert(s): EFLA CONSULTING ENGINEERS

Site: Frakkastitur

KANVA
Team representative: K ANVA ARCHITECTURE
Architect(s): KANVA ARCHITECTURE
Environmental expert(s): ELLIO

REYKJAVIK COLLECTIVE
Team representative: SUNDABORH EHF
Environmental expert(s): VSO CONSULTING EHF

GRAENT PEBBLE
Team representative: MAUD CAUBET ARCHITECTES
Architect(s): MAUD CAUBET ARCHITECTES / TEIKNISTOFAN TRÖD EHF
Environmental expert(s): VERKIS / CANDDIE MAGDELENAT

Site: Artun

URBAN DELTA
Team representative: VSO RAÐJÖF
Architect(s): VSO RAÐJÖF
Environmental expert(s): VSO RADGJOF

SAMRAEKT – GROWING TOGETHER
Team representative: SAMRAEKT EHF
Environmental expert(s): LANDING AQUACULTURE

LIFANDI LANDSLAG
Team representative: UPPHAF / HEILD
Architect(s): JAKOB+MACFARLANE / T.ARK ARKITEKTAR / LANDSLAG
Environmental expert(s): EFLA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD

San Francisco

Site: Civic Center Site

MCV CAPITAL LLC
Team representative: MCV CAPITAL LLC
Architect(s): EHDD
Environmental expert(s): EHDD, POINT ENERGY INNOVATIONS

BUILD, INC
Team representative: BUILD, INC.
Architect(s): MARK CAVAGNERO ASSOCIATES
Environmental expert(s): ATELIER TEN USA LLC

SEVEN HILLS PROPERTIES
Team representative: SEVEN HILLS PROPERTIES
Architect(s): WRNS STUDIO
Environmental expert(s): WRNS STUDIO

TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Team representative: TENDERLOIN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (TNDC)
Architect(s): MITHUN
Environmental expert(s): THORNTON TOMASETTI / SHERWOOD DESIGN ENGINEERS / INTEGRAL GROUP

Site: Hallidie Plazza

STOK INVESTMENT GROUP
Team representative: STOK INVESTMENT GROUP
Architect(s): VAN METER WILLIAMS POLLACK (VMWP)
Environmental expert(s): STOK

Salvador

Site: Vale Dos Barris

ECOVALLEY
Team representative: TRIPTYQUE PROJETOS LTDA
Architect(s): TRIPTYQUE PROJETOS LTDA / ANMA (AGENCE NICOLAS MICHELIN & ASSOCIES) / ATELIER KRAUSS / READYMAKE / ESTUDIO +1 / JANSANA, DE LA VILLA, DE PAAUW ARQUITETOS LTDA
Environmental expert(s): CTE CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIA DE EDIFICAÇÕES