On 12 December 2024 at the Order of PPC Architects in Milan, the prizes for the 2024 edition of the Neolaureati Award were awarded, focused on the best architecture degree theses by students of the Polytechnic of Milan. The main themes addressed by the awarded theses were the role of museum institutions, the recovery of resources in fragile territories, marginality in the context of an Italian island

1° Prize: € 1.000,00 + 4 books selected by the OAMI Foundation
Atelier des Pièces Détachées: a pedestals depot in the new KANAL-Centre Pompidou, by Francesca De Santis, supervisor Jacopo Leveratto, Aslı Çiçek. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.

Motivation of the jury: "For the originality of the proposal and the reflection on the theme of conservation and valorization of the ephemeral, in this case in the museum and exhibition context. For the capacity for synthesis and communication of the thesis, for the graphic quality of the works and for the 'interesting idea of reusing the pedestals of the works indicating the resulting transposition (from support to work) which significantly calls into question the boundary between art and architecture, between project and curatorship, between exhibition device and work The project is therefore extremely mature and cultured and opens up to a broader discussion on the role of museum institutions today".

2° Prize: € 500,00 + 3 books selected by the OAMI Foundation
Aqua manifesta: an experimental theatre dealing with water in Levanzo (TP), by Pietro Dallera, Andrea Frontani, Alessandro Ricci, supervisor Jacopo Leveratto. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.

Motivation of the jury: "For having addressed the topicality and urgency of the theme of the recovery of resources and territory, with a view to a virtuous process in contexts of fragility. The theme is articulated through an effective representation that alternates technical drawings and three-dimensional physical models, establishing a suggestive dichotomy between poetic and expressive representation on the one hand and constructive in-depth analysis on the other. Starting from an ecological and environmental interest (and therefore working in the context of urgency and necessity) the project does not give up care and attention for the spatiality of the interventions and for the relationship they establish with the landscape".

3° Prize: € 250,00 + 2 books selected by the OAMI Foundation
Comunità d'interspecie. Lampedusa come avamposto di flussi interspecifici, by Paolo Grossi, supervisor Davide Fabio Colaci. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.

Motivation of the jury: "Starting from a non-trivial observation, the candidate defines an area of intervention in a symbolic context such as the island of Lampedusa, intelligently shifting attention to the marginal and fragile condition of the island's fauna, rather than thinking about the issue of migrants. Consequently, the architectural program is inserted and developed within a broader scenario with references to environmental issues and in a broader territorial perspective. The project relies on ephemeral and reversible structures to make the activities defined in the program. The thesis is very well represented from the point of view of both graphics and clarity and immediacy of communication".

SPECIAL MENTION
"Scripta manent. La riscoperta delle riviste. I casi Superfici e In", by Francesco Belluati, supervisor Marco Stefano Biraghi. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.

Motivation of the jury: "For the ability to express intellectual and critical work in a radical way. An acute analytical ability with numerous references is evident, testimony to extensive research that manages to contextualize the magazines analyzed in their specific historical moment."