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12 June 2026

The project “SOLEA”, by Interior Design students Mahé Goutard and Noor Benhima, has reached the final of the 38th edition of the awards organised by ARQUIN-FAD

The creative sector continues to recognise projects conceived by the new generation of designers trained at IED Barcelona.

The 38th Habitácola Awards have selected “SOLEA”, by Interior Design students Mahé Goutard and Noor Benhima, as one of this year's finalists. Their proposal transforms Plaça del Sol, in Barcelona's Gràcia neighbourhood, into an open-air community kitchen that reuses solar energy to create a new form of shared use of the public space.

 

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