2025 John P. Eberhard Student Design Competition

We proudly present the winning projects from the 2025 Eberhard Student Design Competition. These entries demonstrate how neuroscience and architecture combine to improve human experience and well-being.
The competition invited students worldwide to design environments that support neurodivergent well-being, early childhood development, and sensory-balanced learning spaces — continuing ANFA’s mission to bridge neuroscience and the built environment.
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Winners

1st Prize

The Equilibrium - Balancing Sensory Environments for Neurodivergent Well-Being

Cristhabel Agatha Marcia

2nd Prize

Kinder GARDEN

Team Shiraz University — Fatemeh (Dorsa) Tankarami Bagherinezhad

3rd Prize

Neuronautas

Team Neuronautas — Jessenia Resendiz, Ehécatl Moreno, Fernanda Rodriguez, Fernanda Sánchez Ángel Márquez

Honorable Mentions

Honorable Mention

GLOWTH - Daycare Where Light Nurtures

Team AETLS - Kyunghyun Min, Hyungseok Han

Honorable Mention — Patcraft Award

GLOW & GROW — Architectural Journey Through Layers of Light

Team JUINNIM — Seungju Lee, Namhong In

Honorable Mention

Neuroscapes for Children

Team ZweiTakt — Alissa Schulteß

Honorable Mention

Guided Path Kindergarten

Team Guided Path — Vincent Xiao

Judges

Thomas D. Albright, PhD

Professor and Director
Vision Center Laboratory
Conrad T. Prebys Chair in Vision Research
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Isabella Bower

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
(Justice and Society)
University of South Australia

Elisabetta Canepa, PhD

Architect and Researcher
Department of Cognitive Science
University of California, San Diego

Miranda Diaz

Executive Coordinator
World Design Capital
San Diego Tijuana 2024

Megan A. Doczi, PhD.

Chair, Department of Biology
Neuroscience Program Coordinator
Professor
Norwich University

Sarah Williams Goldhagen

Author, Architecture Critic

Sarah Robinson

Architect, Writer, Educator