Announcing Nominations for Coliving Awards 2021

Coliving Awards announced the finalists for each of the 11 categories, and is now opening the public votes through LinkedIn polls, which will be opened from the 30th of March to the 13th of April, 2021, and which accounts for 35% of the ruling in addition to 35% from the Lead Judges’ vote and 30% from our Jury Panel.  

We have received over 100 submissions  from countries all around the globe for our very first edition of coliving companies showing their achievements within the industry.  After a thorough process of evaluating, our Lead Judges chose two to four nominated projects as well as one or two honourables mentions for each of the 11 categories. 

Building & Architecture:     

• OurDomain Amsterdam South East (East House) by OZ 
• High Street House by Noiascape
• THE FIZZ Utrecht - The Cube by THE FIZZ Europe / International Campus 
• HIVE JVC by Hive Coliv

Our lead judge for this category, Matthias Hollwich, also wants to acknowledge the 'Colivia - Coliving & Offices in French Brittany' project by HARDEL LE BIHAN ARCHITECTES as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Interior & Furniture Design: 

• Flatmates by Cutwork
• High Street House by Noiascape
• The Italian Building by Mason & Fifth
• Resa San Mamés by Greystar Europe 

Our lead judge for this category, Piotr Kalinowski, also wants to acknowledge Co-Living Space 12OS by Co-Living Spaces project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Branding & Marketing: 

• Noiascape by Peter & Paul Communication Agency
• COCO by COCO & The Letter O.
• OurDomain by Greystar Netherlands
• Neighbourgood

Our lead judge for this category, Barbara Iwanicka, also wants to acknowledge The Italian Building by Mason & Fifth project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Community & User Experience:

• Sun and Co. Community Method by Sun and Co.
• Urban Campus
• LOKAL Tbilisi
• MyTown by Philippines Urban Living Solutions

Our lead judge for this category, Gui Perdrix, also wants to acknowledge Starcity project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Impact & Sustainability:

• MyTown by Philippines Urban Living Solutions
• Melnica Space
• CoImpact Coliving - Social Impact Program by Sweet Accommodations

Our lead judge, Matt Lesniak, also wants to acknowledge Westpoint by Manchester Apartments project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

PropTech & ConTech:

• RE:Core, RE:Ops, RE:Xp by TheHouseMonk
• res:harmonics - using innovative tech to create, multi-stay length coliving concept by res:harmonics
• Hmlet Coliving Software by Hmlet
• Creating digital experiences to enable better life in buildings by Spaceflow

Our lead judge, Christian Schmitz, also wants to acknowledge Eagle Eye Networks X Basecamp project by Eagle Eye Networks, as well as Room Area Network (RAN) by Wifirst as Honourable Mentions for this category.

Best Blended Living Project:

• The Collective Canary Wharf by The Collective
• OurDomain by Greystar Netherlands
• C1 by CLG and Starcity
• The Spot - Spotty Bogota Centro by Smart Rooms Company

Our lead judge, Eveline Zoutewelle, also wants to acknowledge Intellectual Coliving by Stockholm Studios project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Best Coliving Operator of The Year:

• Gravity Co. by Gravity Co-Living
• The Collective Canary Wharf and The Collective Old Oak by The Collective
• Urban Campus by Urban Campus
• Episode by D&D Property Management Inc. 디앤디프라퍼티매니지먼트(주)

Our lead judge Claire Flurin Bellec also wants to acknowledge LifeX Family-Style Coliving Homes by LifeX Aps project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Best Thought Leadership Piece:

• The Community Facilitation Handbook by Conscious Coliving and Art of Co
• Coliving Doesn’t Have To Be A ‘Big Deal’ by Matt Baker of Scott Baker Properties

Best Initiative Fostering Coliving:

• Co-Liv Ambassador Program by Co-Liv
• The Conscious Coliving Manifesto by Conscious Coliving
• Together Co-Living Melbourne by Together Co-Living
• Convivo by Convivir Ventures

Our lead judge Rich James (Lustigman) also wants to acknowledge Outpost by Destination-outpost project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

Academia (Students & PhDs): 

• KumbaPod by Nyasha Harper-Michon (Academy of Architecture Amsterdam)
• Continua_ by Elisa Peruch, Evelyn Baruffaldi, Giuditta Fucchi, Ludovica Richiello (students from Politecnico di Milano)
• The Space by Mariano Garcia Orgiles
• Par.Co by Lorenzo Aloi, Ludovica Cogotzi, Elisa Pellegatta and Sara Vallar (students from Politecnico di Milano)

Our lead judge Virginia Scapinelli also wants to acknowledge The co-living business model by Matthijs Zaadnoordijk project as an Honourable Mention for this category.

We want to congratulate all of the finalists and honourable mentions for their amazing work, as well as all of the individuals behind those companies - advocating for better ways of living, thriving communities and impact-driven coliving. 

We also want the opportunity to thank all of the participants who are making the industry a better place and will inspire the next generation of real estate market players with their disruptive solutions and state-of-the-art concepts.

We will announce the winners of each category during the Coliving Awards ceremony, on the 6th of May, 2021, 17:00 - 20:00 (CEST).

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Coliving Awards and Coliving Insights are managed by Coliving Ventures, a platform dedicated to encouraging innovation, sustainable business development and impactful growth within the coliving industry.