Young Architects Competitions

University of Bologna, in partnership with the IUAV of Venice, the UNL of  Santa Fé and the La Sapienza of Rome, has supported some interesting architectural competitions open to students and young designers, aimed to involve the academic world to interesting and actual topics of planning.

The actual project is coordinated by YAC –Young Architects Competitions- a group that, since 2013, has been organized six important architectural contests which involved many prestigious and international institutions, like Foster + Partners, Shigeruban Architects, Crab Studio, Snohetta, Bjarke Inglers Group and many others.

In the next months (since March to June) in partnership with the Italian Government, YAC will promote an interesting call for ideas for designers: “University Island”, aiming to transform Poveglia Island (Venice) in an international campus of excellence with 20.000 € cash prize for the designers worthy of it.

Our jury gathers Peter Cook -from Crab Studio- Iannis Kandilyaris -from Bjarke Ingles Group- Patrick Luth –from Snohetta- Francesco Dal Co –director of Casabella and Venice Biennale- and the dean of IUAV university, Alberto Ferlenga.

This project represents for the students an occasion to deal with stimulating and actual topics of planning.

For further information go to:

www.youngarchitectescompetitions.com

Here a clip of the island:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to6Ghf8UL7o