The Student Award (SA) addresses a bachelor and/or master student or student-group with outstanding results in a related field to urban and regional planning. As a form of ISOCARP’s recognition of the efforts by future planning professionals, the award is bestowed for the final design projects, theses, studio projects, etc. In 2021, a record number of 36 SA entries covering various aspects related to the broad field of spatial and urban planning were submitted:

1. Impact of land-cover on the local climate: case of four urban areas in the Czech Republic, by Swati Surampally
2. Assessing the use of heritage websites as heritage planning tools: A case study of Singapore, by Osten Mah
3. Correlating Multipurpose Use & Interactive Urban Space: A Journey of Adaptability, by Faozia Ferdoush
4. Garden City in Ningbo, China, by Lizhu Pan, Ziyi Sun, Xinyi Huang, Yuang Zhang and Nicholas Venieris
5. Drug and The Youth. An urban design approach to mitigate the epidemic of drug addiction and crime in the city: Case of Amritsar, Punjab, by Ranjit Singh
6. Spatial Development of Rural Areas in the Municipality of Škofja Loka, by Zan Stojanovic
7. A Place for Belonging. The Role of Neighborhoods and Spaces of Encounters in Developing
   Syrian Refugees’ Sense of Belonging: A Case Study of Ar-Ramtha, by Anwar Khweleh
8. Empowering Marginalized Identities: Guiding urbanization to promote inclusive development and strengthen the identity of communities. Case: Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, by Olivia Jacob
9. River-City-Valley. Complex regeneration of Nemunas riverfront in Kaunas central part, by Simona Reiciunaite
10. Fostering symbiosis between ecology, community, and urban development: water systems as primary determinants of eco-sensitive urbanism, by Munawar Irfaan
11. Accessibility of Movement-Challenged Persons During Earthquake Evacuation and Their Earthquake Risk Perception and Response, by Md Musfiqur Rahman Bhuiya
12. Restructuring the spatiality of performative culture: manifesting the expression of work-based clusters on the case of Kumortuli, Kolkata, by Abhishek Dey
13. Re-imagining the socio-spatial conditions of the Urban Poor in Railway Precincts, A case of North-West Delhi (India), by Aditya Kushwaha
14. Customized community regeneration: improving spatial diversity based on digital portraits of population, case of Yuejianglou community in Nanjing, China, by Xun Zhang, Shunyao Yin and Yuyue Huang
15. [Untitled] re-establishing urban dialogues in complex cityscapes, by Emma Anzolin
16. Hayy: rethinking Qatari neighbourhoods and dwellings, by Moza Abhad Alobadian
17. Beyond survival: building resilient communities through co-creation for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, by Mariia Smoliakova and Lamia Ahmed
18. Finding Our Roots: Urban design for coexistence of natural and human worlds, by Rudra Sharma
19. Where does the Village Meet the City?, by Hari Krishnan
20. Envisioning Urban Eco-scapes for Healthy Urban Environments: A future to identify the past through passive measures, by Saisha Matto
21. Grontho Arot – Rethinking Nilkhet Market, by Albira Islam
22. From Fortification to Innovation: Integration of Kaunas Fortress Elements into the Urban Fabric, by Junda Auguste Andriuskeviciute
23. Subtracted Cities – necessity has no law. Socio-economic investigations into the spatial vocabulary and (un)systematic exodus of a missing demographic strata. Case: South-east Delhi, by Shinjini Saha
24. Taipu Canal as a Regional Spine (Yangtze River Delta, China), by Yating Zhu
25. An Inclusive Self-sufficient Neighbourhood in Lucknow, by Eilaaf Fatima
26. The integration of Urban Planning and Urban Ecology: Investigating multi-functionality and ecosystem services, by Burné van Zyl
27. Opar Polli. A Low-Cost Housing for Climate Refugees, by Junaed Md Abu Saif, Nusrat Nahar Toma, Sanjida Jahan and Subrina Priya
28. Historical Suburbs: A Spatial Manifesto for the Aftermath of Globalisation, by Reda Petraviciute
29. Friendly Borders. Urban Design as a bridge to connect Border Cities. The case of North-Eastern Indian Cities/Towns (Assam-Meghalaya Border), by John Sumer
30. Redevelopment of Dumar Talab slum with incremental housing solutions: the urban housing challenge (a case of Raipur, India), by Afia Siddiqui
31. Guiding the conflict afflicted city of Kabul towards an era of socio-cultural and economic inclusivity, by Omid Shams
32. Urban Re- Construction. Re-uniting fragmented communities in the valley through spatial design strategies, by Ambica Wakhlu
33. Connecting Public Realm to Urban Hydrology, A case of Dhaka’s Buriganga River, Bangladesh, by Fahim Ahmed
34. An Urban Design Approach to Democratize New Delhi, by Anavil Ahluwalia
35. ‘The Second Sex’ in Recreation: Decoding the ‘Socio-Cultural dialectics’ of ‘Equity in Leisure’ to re-define the Peripheries of Kolkata, by Ankita Karmakar
36. Belongingness and urban form. Spatial and behavioural approach towards renewed place association, by Tarang Matia

The jury composed of two young planners, an experienced ISOCARP member, a Board member and a Scientific Committee member, i.e. Tjark Gall (France) and Divya Chopra (India) as YPPs, Fernando Brandao Alves (Portugal), Zeynep Gunay (Turkey) as the Board member, and Nasim Iranmanesh (Iran), the SC member, elected the following entries as the winners.

We express our gratitude to all the applicants and look forward to numerous SA submissions in a year to come.

This is an impressive presentation whose research topic is very pertinent, especially regarding the intersection of several contemporary challenges. Local issues are explored in-depth, and the solutions enunciated reveal contextual and innovative concepts, essential today concerning the intense need for decision between conflict and consensus: for example, the incorporation of negotiation and consultancy, which is very relevant for a conflict context; or, the reuse of elements in a context of scarcity. In combining pressing social, environmental, and economic issues in a coherent, locally adapted, multi-disciplinary, and cross-scalar manner, the proposal’s functioning appears logical, realistic, and innovative. Finally, the clear and convincing visual and written communication and qualitative representation for a challenging socio-political challenge complement the proposal.

The proposal conducts in-depth research of a globally recognised challenge of housing provision, testing it on the case of India as one of the densely populated world areas. Its module solution is exciting and meets the established aims while also referring to the social outcomes of the proposed incremental housing solutions.

The proposal conducts in-depth research of a globally recognised challenge of housing provision, testing it on the case of India as one of the densely populated world areas. Its module solution is exciting and meets the established aims while also referring to the social outcomes of the proposed incremental housing solutions.

The project offers a comprehensive view of housing in Qatar concerning its traditional architecture and urban planning. It has a timely, justified, and locally adapted character. More precisely, with well-defined concerns and in-depth exploration of local context and identity, this proposal keeps in mind contemporary challenges related to thermal comfort. The analysis, justification of choices, and detailed architectural proposals are convincing and provide an interesting and realistic alternative to current urban planning practice in the Middle East. Finally, the idea has been presented clearly and professionally.

This is a relevant proposal that responds to today’s contemporary challenges and seeks to mitigate flood risks. The methodology and context are well explained. Several innovative key concepts have been incorporated, which solidly distinguishes this study.

Backed up by the implicit methodological strategy, the proposal delves deeper into the relationship between the local culture and its spatial manifestation, hence, addressing the relevant need for applying a place-based approach to solving local problems.