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Puerto Rico’s Youth Promote CEMEX’s City of the Future - Puerto Rico’s Youth Promote CEMEX’s City of the Future

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Puerto Rico’s Youth Promote CEMEX’s City of the Future

July 1, 2016

On its fifth anniversary, a CEMEX design contest for high school seniors in Puerto Rico continues to raise awareness regarding the preservation of the environment.


"Everyone who drove here, who arrived late, was late thanks to the famous traffic jams. How many of you recently had your running water shut off? How many of you have to deal with the issue of garbage too? How many of you have to deal with efficient use of energy? We must find efficient ways to deal with these problems, and the ones that solve them will be you: the young people, new people".

The 2016 1st Place Winner is the Dra. Conchita Cuevas de Gurabo School with their project “Ode to What Proceeds”

Those were the words of Enrique A. Garcia, the President of CEMEX’s operations in Puerto Rico, during the Recicl-Arte 2016 awards ceremony. Recicl-Arte, which literally means “recycled art”, is a design competition that for 5 editions has sought to raise awareness in Puerto Rico’s youth about environmental preservation. The concept is simple: every year, an invitation to create a model using recycled materials and compete for a $5,000 prize is extended to high school seniors.

"The competition was developed in 2012 with the aim to position CEMEX as a leader in environmental preservation and awareness in Puerto Rico", says Marie Nydin Watlington, CEMEX Legal and Public Affairs Manager in Puerto Rico. Since then, the initiative has been a resounding success, with a total $49,000 awarded to 17 senior classes of different schools on the island. Though initially the program was open only to public schools, in its fifth edition the competition featured 37 teams from both public and private schools.

According to Watlington, CEMEX chooses a different theme each year and, "The themes of the Recicl-Arte contest have continued to evolve with each passing year to help it become what it is today, a forum for the exchange of ideas where students present sustainable and ingenious solutions with the aspiration to reduce ecological footprints”. The theme that the students developed this year is "The City of the Future and Sustainable Construction. Urban Design and Mobility". CEMEX, as a worldwide leader in facing the challenges of urban cities, contributed information to support the students in their design and development of each project.

Once CEMEX certifies a school’s participation, the teams proceed to the 2-week, interactive phase of the contest, where the public votes for their favorite piece in the Recicl-Arte CEMEX Facebook page. The top 10 projects with the most “Likes” become finalists. They then have the opportunity to personally present and explain their work to a panel of judges.

The students have to show how they implemented recycled materials and included CEMEX elements in their model. Watlington recalls that in the early years of the contest, only the models were evaluated. "Last year was the first time that teams of finalists presented their projects live to the judges. It was the students themselves who insisted that they wanted that opportunity", she explained.

On the day of the 2016 awards ceremony and exhibition of models, the architect Pilarín Ferrer, President of the College of Architects and Landscape Architects of Puerto Rico, and one of the contest judges, movingly addressed all contestants reminding them of all they had accomplished. "You have to realize that you are, today, more educated and aware of what our country is, what our built heritage is, our nature, our landscape, and I hope that you take that message to your peers".

The President of CEMEX’s operations in Puerto Rico said he was very proud of the students who participated. "The students showed their talent addressing a problem that is no longer a problem for the future. It's amazing how creative they are and I think we're in good hands".

 

CEMEX is a global company of materials for the construction industry offering high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities in more than 50 countries worldwide services. Celebrating its 110th anniversary, CEMEX has a rich history of improving those it serves through the constant search for innovative solutions for industry, improvements in efficiency and promoting a sustainable future.

FIRST PLACE
Dra. Conchita Cuevas de Gurabo School
Project: “Ode to What Proceeds”

SECOND PLACE
Superior Jardines de Ponce
Project: "Harmonious Progress with our Identity and Natural Surroundings"

THIRD PLACE
José Felipe Zayas de Coamo School
Project: "Self-sufficient City of the Future"

HONORABLE MENTION
Superior Eugenio María de Hostos Mayagüez
Project: "Chlorophyll City"

FINALIST
Superior Juan Serrallés de Ponce
Project: "ECOPOLIS"

FINALIST
Manuela Toro Morice de Caguas School
Project: "Millenium City"

FINALIST
Superior Vocacional Bernardino Cordero Bernard de Ponce
Project: "Connecting Metropolis with the Environment"

FINALIST
Superior Segundo Ruiz Belvis de Hormigueros
Project: "Tomorrow’s Caribbean Island"

FINALIST
Benito Cerezo Vázquez de Aguadilla School
Project: "The City of the Future..."

FINALIST
Heriberto Domenech de Isabela School
Project: "Road to Utopia"

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