Presentation of the UNESCO-UIA WC 2026 student contest

Activity finished

Where
The Barcelona Pavilion
Adress
Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, 7 (08038)
Schedule
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The UNESCO-UIA student competition encourages students to participate, and invites global educational institutions to integrate research on Becoming, the theme of the UIA International Congress Barcelona 2026, into their teaching programmes for the 2024-2025 academic year. The contest focuses on proposals in free locations in their respective environments. However, students will be able to present academic projects regardless of whether they have been carried out under associated educational programmes. The contest will feature six different categories, which will reflect the six lines of work inherent in each Becoming. Architecture Week will serve as a launching pad for this contest.

The curatorship team of the UIA Barcelona 2026 International Congress will briefly present the UNESCO-UIA student competition, and will include the presence of all local and international universities, also through a live broadcast of the event. This activity includes a meeting with educational institutions, students and relevant people from the architectural and cultural context in order to be able to present and debate the main theme of the contest and to kick off all the activities prior to the 2026 International UIA Congress in Barcelona, which are expected to take place in Barcelona during the months before the congress.

The event will take place in the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion, and the main part will last between 60 and 90 minutes and will take shape in several phases: (1) brief presentation of the curators of the 2026 International UIA Congress in Barcelona and its main theme, Becoming; (2) presentation of the call for the UNESCO-UIA student contest; (3) lecture by one of the speakers of the Congress in order to exemplify the content, and (4) finally, the end of the event featuring a cultural/musical action to be determined, accompanied by a celebratory drink to close out the public presentation meeting of the 2026 International UIA Congress in Barcelona.

The event is expected to include between 100 and 300 audience members. This will be the first event open to the public about the UIA Barcelona 2026 International Congress and will mark the beginning of more meetings related to the congress.
 

Afternoon

Type of activity
Debates and conferences
Festivities
Awards and contests
Organizing entity
UIA World Congress Barcelona 2026
Organizing entity
Mies van der Rohe Foundation
Coorganitzadors
Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España - CSCAE
Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya - COAC
Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana
Generalitat de Catalunya
Ajuntament de Barcelona
District
Sants-Montjuïc
Event type
Hybrid
Type of ticket
Free entrance with prior registration

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