Formats of Participations
Becoming explores the transformation of existing reality, understanding time as a design tool and addressing the relationship between the urgency of contemporary challenges and a long-term perspective, through six research lines: More-than-human, Attuned, Embodied, Interdependent, Hyper-Conscious, and Circular.
International Student Competition
The UIA International Student Competition is a prestigious global platform that challenges architecture students to tackle urgent architectural and urban issues through innovative design. Endorsed by the International Union of Architects (UIA), it fosters creativity, sustainability, and forward-thinking solutions.
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Call for participants
This Call for Participants invites contributions to the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona, aligning with the Becoming. Architectures for a planet in transition, research lines in three different formats: Critical Design, Critical Essay, Critical Image.
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International Emerging Workshop
A Wicked Laboratory will unfold across Barcelona for one week, bringing together twelve emerging architectural practices, each leading a studio with students and young architects. In the face of planetary transition, the workshop will turn the city into a space for collective inquiry, design speculation, and transformative spatial thinking.
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