Roca Around the World Roca One Day Design Challenge returns to Portugal with a successful digital edition 300 participants from all over the country tackled the challenge of redesigning the urinal for safe and hygienic use by any citizen regardless of age and gender In March 2020, Portugal hosted the last edition of and function, as well as its ergonomic and adjustable Roca One Day Design Challenge, before the impact shape and its sustainable and innovative character. of the Covid19 pandemic, which led to the cancel In addition to Portugal, Poland, Russia, Argentina, lation of the planned editions in all countries in the Bulgaria, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, following months. Oman, United Arab Emirates and Spain (Madrid and One year later, in March 2021 and also in Portugal, Barcelona) will also host the event. the competition was put in motion again in a special With this competition, Roca strengthens its commit online edition, the first of the thirteen that will take ment to the promotion of creativity and young tal place throughout the year and which will be held on ent, providing visibility to young architects and de line or inperson depending on the health situation in signers in their early careers and fostering each different country. innovation in the bathroom space. As in previous editions, participants were asked to design a product related to the bathroom in just one The jury's deliberation took place at the Roca Lisboa Gallery day. On this occasion, the young participants faced the task of redesigning the urinal for safe and hygienic use, regardless of the age or gender of the user, tak ing into account the fact that, throughout history, the improvements in the ergonomics of urinals have mainly focused on male users. Another current problem is related to sustainability. For that reason, Roca One Day Design Challenge, which is aligned with the United Nations Sustain able Development Goals, asked participants to take into account saving water and taking care of the planet. All projects were assessed by a jury made up of re nowned professionals from the world of design and architecture: the architect Filipa Robina Pontes de Sá, collaborating partner of the interior designer Nini Andrade Silva; Bruno Saraiva, architect and associate director of the studio S + A; Patrícia Santos Pedrosa, architect, researcher and founderpresident of the Association Women in Architecture (Portugal); Bár bara Gomes and Luís Melo, winners of the previous Portuguese edition of the Roca One Day Design Challenge; and Jorge Vieira, general manager of Roca in Portugal. Of all the projects submitted, “Up & Down” was chosen as the winner. The jury chose this design due to its 1st prize winner designed by Sofia and Beatriz Filipe original and functional shape, because it guarantees hygiene and cleaning and can be adjusted to every user. The innovative urinal was designed by Sofia Vasco, a graduate in Fine Arts and studies in the School of Design of Lisbon and Beatriz Filipe, student of the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. The second prize was awarded to “Wavy”, by João Barrulas and João Marques, both students of the University of Evora. The jury chose this project for its design potential, for being original and adjustable en suring the quality of the pieces. The project “Peefree”, created by Vitória Melo Alves (School of Architecture, University of Lisbon) and Luís Coutinho (Instituto Superior Técnico) was awarded the third prize. The jury highlighted its versatile finish 2nd prize winner designed by João Barrulas and João Marques 3rd prize winner designed by Vitória Melo Alves and Luís Coutinho 6