Dear Reader, As this What’s Neof vaccination programs around the world, which should allow us to rews goes to press, we are hopeful about the progress Contents P. cover a certain degree of peace of mind very soon. Recent events have highlighted one of our historic operational principles: constant innovation in the development of solutions that meet the real needs of consumers. This vocation attains a unique relevance in the Highlights current context of accelerating digital transformation, sustainability awareness and the concern for health and hygiene. InWash InTank, a new era in hygiene and technology® ® 3 In this edition of What’s News, we have compiled several success stories of our capacity to adapt and redefine our activities to our changing Roca Around the World environment. A good example is the evolution of the international design The new challenge for jumpthegap: solutions to the call to action® competition jumpthegap , which now focuses on projects that effect® of the 2030 Agenda 4 ively contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Roca One Day Design Challenge returns to Portugal with a successful Nations. digital edition 6 Our latest product launches include a new smart toilet with new inte Annual program of roadshows to promote the Cratos shower grated flushing technology, called Inwash Intank, two complete® ® tray manufactured in Senceramic® 7 new faucet collections Cala and Alfa, new bath and shower solutions Roca’s Horizon basins receive recognition for their design 7 in Stonex and Surfex and the Proton urinal, which offers an extra® ® level of hygiene in public spaces. The most important international New Products design awards (iF Design and Red Dot) received for the Brazilian washbasin collection Horizon confirm our commitment to the develo Pyros, new shower tray in Stonex with integrated drain® 8 pment of innovative and aesthetically appealing products. Meeting Baths in Stonex and Surfex, baths with personality® ® 9 the growing expectations of end users improving their private homes. Proton, the new generation of Rimless public urinals 10 The Roca Gallery ecosystem plays an increasingly relevant role in the The Gap DTrit, a WC with integrated waste macerator 10 task of monitoring trends, always in collaboration with thoughtleading Cala and Alfa, balance between elegance and sustainability 11 architects and designers, including the latest winner of the Pritzker Prize, Anne Lacaton. Roca Gallery I would like to thank you for your trust in a period as complex as the one Rocagallery.com, a critical, crosscutting view of the new we are experiencing. The support and commitment of all of us is more challenges for architecture and design 12 essential than ever to successfully tackle present and future challenges. Gender barriers in architecture, a discussion at rocagallery.com 13 Best regards, Zaha Hadid Design and Soul Arquitectura Interior, among others, participate in #RocaGalleryConnects 13 Marc Viardot Virtual meeting about coliving spaces and communities 14 Corporate Marketing and Design Director Experts examine the modern digital realities of design 14 Roca Group The interior designer Patricia Bustos analyses home trends for millennials 15 The present and future of the retail environment, under discussion 15 RIBA China presents a program to support women in architecture 16 Ma Yansong, Wan Hugand yant u pacipae in “Architecture Perspectives” 17 A digital exhibition explores the relationship with nature 17 We Are Water Foundation Water is not enough in India 18 Four stories for one water 19 Featured Personality Pepe Gimeno, 2020 National Design Award 20