Bucharest, October 18, 2023 – by rbj – The VELUX Group invites students from architecture faculties in Romania to register for the International VELUX Award 2024 competition, organized on the theme “Light of Tomorrow”. The competition registration period is open until April 1, 2024. The competition organized in 2024 will reach its 11th edition, and previous editions have featured projects received from over 6,000 architecture students from around the world.
Since its first edition in 2004, the International VELUX Award has become a reference competition for students, and future architects, who will shape the buildings of the future. The competition invites students to explore the role of natural light in architecture and aims to stimulate innovation in this field. At the same time, the purpose of this competition is to encourage and challenge them to develop interesting projects that contribute to the development of a deeper understanding of the essential role that natural light has in our lives.
In this competition, students will organize themselves into several teams and work on their projects in one of the two available categories: “Natural light in buildings” or “Natural light research”.
To enter the competition, the first step for students is to register with an email address and phone number. After completing the registration process, they are encouraged by the organizers to form teams, connect with the mentor teacher and start working on the project. Thus, students have a few months to develop their ideas into innovative and creative projects. Registration for the contest is done through the following link.
Key data for the competition
As of September 1, 2023, registrations are open for the competition scheduled to take place in 2024. The deadline for registrations is April 1, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Later, on April 15, 2024, the platform for uploading projects will open, thus providing the opportunity for participants to present their creations. The deadline for uploading projects is May 30, 2024, 11:59 p.m. In the summer of 2024, the jury will meet to evaluate the projects and announce the regional winners. Later, in the autumn or winter of the following year, the regional finalists will participate in a dedicated workshop, where they will give their presentations in front of the jury. At the end of the workshop, the global winners will be announced.
Detailed information about the award and participation in the International VELUX Award 2024 can be found here. Also, for all news and updates related to the competition, you can follow the International VELUX Award Instagram and Facebook pages.
The International VELUX Award is an action that is part of the Daylight and Architecture community, initiated by VELUX. Complementing a diverse range of unique content created by architects, journalists and researchers, daylightandarchitecture.com offers a rich library of filmed conferences, daylight discussions and relevant articles. These materials are especially valuable to students participating in the competition, both for inspiration and to expand their knowledge of the importance of natural light to life on Earth.
The general theme of the International VELUX Award 2024 for architecture students is “Light of Tomorrow”. Launched in 2004 and held every two years, the competition aims to question the future of natural light in the built environment by encouraging creative explorations of natural light in buildings and natural light research from the world’s leading future architects.
The competition is organized in close collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA) and is recognized by the following educational organizations: European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE), American Institute of Architectural Students (AIAS), Architectural Research Consortium (ARCC) and Association of University Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
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