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UIA International Student Competition

Competition
Higher Council of the Orders of Architects of Spain (CSCAE) and the Architect’s Association of Catalonia (COAC) Barcelona, Spain 2026

Information

An international, single-stage student ideas competition organised as part of the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 Barcelona. Students are invited to design time-based spatial interventions addressing resilience, including resistance and adaptation to political, social and climate-related threats. Proposals must be represented as a sequence of three drawings showing found sites, short-term proposals and long-term developments. An international jury will evaluate submissions for conceptual coherence, contextual sensitivity and transformative potential.

Eligibility

Students from around the world are invited to participate.

Application

Single-stage submission of a proposal represented through a sequence of three single drawings (found sites, short-term proposals, long-term developments).

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