InterCIDEC Awards 2021 Jury Meeting

Jury Day of the 6th edition of the InterCIDEC Awards 2021

Pedro Valadés, president of the jury “Interior design plays a very relevant role in giving security to clients when they return to hotels” The meeting of the Jury of the InterCIDEC Contract Environment Design Awards took place last Thursday, October 21 at the Beltá Frajumar facilities in Yecla (Murcia) where the main management figures from the hotel and interior design sectors met to evaluate the participating projects and choose the winners. This year, in its 6th edition, a very special contest was presented, focused on the reinvention of hotel spaces with a theme based on the design of a multifunctional space for a hotel, offering new solutions to help the sector after the crisis suffered by the pandemic.

The committee was made up of internationally renowned hotel professionals and managers such as the president of the jury Pedro Valadés, CEO of Valnest Luxury Hotels; Juan Zapata, manager of Puerto Antilla Grand Hotel and president of the Andalusian Hoteliers Association; Jose Manuel Díaz manager of Leo Apartments; Borja Herrero, director of purchasing and investments at the Be Cordial hotel chain.

Juan Zapata, President of the Hoteliers Association of Andalusia commented: “In our hotels and establishments we sell exclusive experiences and environments. In this differentiation, design plays a very important role”Prestigious international figures in architecture and interior design such as Manuel Clavel, CEO at Clavel Arquitectos; Michele Corbani, from the Italian studio Ilmio Design; the designer Mouna Nouidir, founder of the Nouidir Interiores Paco Lago studio, of the Paco Lago Interioriza interior design studio, the co-founder of the LeMobba studio Víctor Medina and Pedro José Martínez from the LLanes Granados Arquitectos studio.

The co-founder of the Ilmio Design studio highlighted “This Contest offers many people the opportunity to make themselves known, especially if their projects are among the winners.” The main objective of the InterCIDEC Awards as a Corporate Social Responsibility platform is to discover new design talents. of interiors and architecture and also become a bank of ideas and proposals that help the hotel sector to find innovative solutions for their projects. With numerous international participation from different countries such as Spain, France, Mexico, Italy, Australia, etc., InterCIDEC is consolidated as a reference initiative in the Contract channel. The criteria for evaluating the projects presented was based on 6 fundamental aspects: Conceptual proposal, level of innovation, added and differential value, accessibility, level of aesthetics and products used. Finally, based on the idea of ​​a social and cultural reference space for the environment and optimal execution and design, the jury named one winning project and three second prizes that will be made public on the day of the awards ceremony.

Awards ceremony on November 4 in Malaga

On November 4, the Awards Ceremony of the 6th edition of the InterCIDEC Contract International Environment Design Competition will be held at the Official College of Architects of Malaga, where the name of the winning projects will be officially announced and the the awards ceremony. This event will be attended by important personalities from the hotel sector and architecture and interior design.