The Cities for our Future judges have assessed the regional shortlists to decide the winners, and the two best runners-up from around the world.
The shortlisted projects will now be paired with a relevant RICS professional who will mentor them and help develop their idea ready for the global judging process, which commences in October.
Winners
East Asia and China: Katia Sqir
A spider-web-like network of plants, which hangs between homes.
Europe: Tijman Dekkers
An idea for a new system to capture and filter rainwater in urban areas.
Middle East and Northern Africa: Jianwei Li, Yicheng Xu, Yinzhu Shen & Shuting Han
A new water infrastructure system, to improve water scarcity and inequality in Jordan.
North America: Cheyenne Lau
A scheme to help regenerate Coney Island, New York, by creating a Canal City, to help prevent flooding, revitalize the local economy and attract tourists.
Oceania: Pamela Larocca
A new prototypical home offered to people living in coastal cities, who face the dangers of rising sea levels.
South and Central America: James Browning
Towers that would provide water, sustainable energy and infrastructure to the community in Caracas.
South Asia: Sayali Virulkar
Urban farming, an agricultural and urban co-habitation approach.
South East Asia: Earl Patrick Forlales
A low-cost, modular, and expandable house of up to three storeys, inspired by the Bahay Kubo of the Philippines.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Heat Island
An idea to retrofit existing buildings in cities across Africa with 3D-printed porous insulation panels to improve liveability and reduce energy consumption for cooling and ventilation.
UK: Soran Shangapour
An idea to address homelessness in Glasgow by converting car parks into overnight homeless shelters.
Runners-up
Middle East and Northern Africa: Engineering for Social Good
An Internet of Things water control management system: although it is applicable to numerous countries across the world, it was originally developed to address problems with water reliability in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan.
UK: Megan Burke
A discount on commercial business rates to incentivise businesses to install air purification towers in London.
