The Fundació Mies van der Rohe has announced a list of 40 projects that will compete for the Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) 2018. The award was established in 2016 to “support the talent of recently graduated Architects, Urban Planners and Landscape Architects who will be responsible for transforming our environment in the future,” and joins the Foundation’s European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award “in promoting high quality work amongst emerging and established architects through the acknowledgement of the value of good buildings.”
More than 330 projects were submitted from over 118 European, Chinese, and Korean architecture schools, which were narrowed down to a shortlist of 40 projects by an esteemed jury of architects and curators. The YTAA 2018 exhibition is a collateral event at the Venice Biennale, opening on May 24th at the Palazzo Mora, where 12 finalists will be announced. The names of the four winning schemes will become known on June 28th.
Agua Espraida Urban Integration / Beatrice Gevi from University of Genoa
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Agua Espraida Urban Integration / Beatrice Gevi from University of Genoa. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Benevolent Scarring / Sean William Murphy from University of Limerick
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Benevolent Scarring / Sean William Murphy from University of Limerick. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Between the Limit and the Trench / Margarita Zakynthinou-Xanthi, Elena Mylona, Zoi Tzoundidou from National Technical University of Athens
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Between the Limit and the Trench / Margarita Zakynthinou-Xanthi, Elena Mylona, Zoi Tzoundidou from National Technical University of Athens. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Build to make a change / Francesca Vittorini from Marche Polytechnic University
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Build to make a change / Francesca Vittorini from Marche Polytechnic University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Ceramics – Design of a factory / Sina Pauline Riedlinger, Franziska Kauferle from Technical University of Berlin
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Ceramics – Design of a factory / Sina Pauline Riedlinger, Franziska Kauferle from Technical University of Berlin. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
City of Fatigue / Joon II Myeong from Hanyang University
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City of Fatigue / Joon II Myeong from Hanyang University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Civic Games / Maeve Curley from University of Limerick
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Civic Games / Maeve Curley from University of Limerick. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Confluence / Joshua Penk from the Architectural Association School of Architecture
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Confluence / Joshua Penk from the Architectural Association School of Architecture. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Crafting the disused / Frederice Koch from Delft University of Technology
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Crafting the disused / Frederice Koch from Delft University of Technology. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Deplorable Framework / Matthew Gregorowski from London Metropolitan University
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Deplorable Framework / Matthew Gregorowski from London Metropolitan University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Forms of defence / Enrico Miglietta from Polytechnic of Milan
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Forms of defence / Enrico Miglietta from Polytechnic of Milan. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Hong Kong – New New Territories / Caterina Barbon, Tommaso Petrosino, Matteo Vianello from IUAV University of Venice
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Hong Kong – New New Territories / Caterina Barbon, Tommaso Petrosino, Matteo Vianello from IUAV University of Venice. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
House, Kitchen, Garden in Alcacer do Sal / Pedro Frade from Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa
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House, Kitchen, Garden in Alcacer do Sal / Pedro Frade from Universidade Autonoma de Lisboa . Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Interstices of Urban Dualism in Maputo / Joao Pedro de Brito Oliveira from University of Lisbon
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Interstices of Urban Dualism in Maputo / Joao Pedro de Brito Oliveira from University of Lisbon. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Kifufu Integrative School / Michael Schwarz, Paul Grofler from Vienna University of Technology
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Kifufu Integrative School / Michael Schwarz, Paul Grofler from Vienna University of Technology. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Last Landscape / Simone Marchetti, Sofia Paoli, Beatrice Maria Rogantini Picco from Polytechnic of Milan
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Last Landscape / Simone Marchetti, Sofia Paoli, Beatrice Maria Rogantini Picco from Polytechnic of Milan. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Lasvit flagship store / Filip Galko from Czech Technical University
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Lasvit flagship store / Filip Galko from Czech Technical University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Manufaktur Schloss Welsberg / Stegan Prattes from Graz University of Technology
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Manufaktur Schloss Welsberg / Stegan Prattes from Graz University of Technology. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
May I use the front/backdoor? / Nele Bergmans from Catholic University of Leuven
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May I use the front/backdoor? / Nele Bergmans from Catholic University of Leuven. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Media Monastery / Christopher Weir from Ulster University
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Media Monastery / Christopher Weir from Ulster University . Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
NEUE BAUIAKADEMIE BERLIN – a club for the former & future architecture / Hendrick Brinkmann from Berlin University of the Arts
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NEUE BAUIAKADEMIE BERLIN – a club for the former & future architecture / Hendrick Brinkmann from Berlin University of the Arts. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Old Brickyard – Landbad Bordenau / Nick Chadde from Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar
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Old Brickyard – Landbad Bordenau / Nick Chadde from Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Perdido (Lost) –P.R.U.S. of Madrid / Julio Gotor Valcarcel from Polytechnic University of Madrid
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Perdido (Lost) –P.R.U.S. of Madrid / Julio Gotor Valcarcel from Polytechnic University of Madrid. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Powerful spaces / Diogo Veiga from Porto University
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Powerful spaces / Diogo Veiga from Porto University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Public Bath / Leslie Rahel Majer from Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar
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Public Bath / Leslie Rahel Majer from Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Rhizome / Arianna Fornasiero, Paolo Turconi from Delft University of Technology
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Rhizome / Arianna Fornasiero, Paolo Turconi from Delft University of Technology. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
San Junipero / Ara Gonzalez Cabrera from Polytechnic University of Madrid
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San Junipero / Ara Gonzalez Cabrera from Polytechnic University of Madrid. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Sominedepotet, As Found / Greta Caterina Malavolti from Polytechnic of Milan
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Sominedepotet, As Found / Greta Caterina Malavolti from Polytechnic of Milan. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Stadium Strahov / Veronika Indrova from Czech Technical University
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Stadium Strahov / Veronika Indrova from Czech Technical University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Symbiosis in Hutong: Community Center in Historic District / Mengjia Liu from Tsinghua University
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Symbiosis in Hutong: Community Center in Historic District / Mengjia Liu from Tsinghua University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
The Agonistic City / Benjamin Wells from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
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The Agonistic City / Benjamin Wells from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts . Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
The Bank of England: a dialectical project / Leod Stolte from Delft University of Technology
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The Bank of England: a dialectical project / Leod Stolte from Delft University of Technology. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
THE CITADEL OF TIDES / Marie Moors from Hasselt University
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THE CITADEL OF TIDES / Marie Moors from Hasselt University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
The Common House / Jacob Hoppner from University of Stuttgart
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The Common House / Jacob Hoppner from University of Stuttgart. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
The Fallen Monuments of Egerkingen / Eva Lanter from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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The Fallen Monuments of Egerkingen / Eva Lanter from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
The Permanently Temporary / Viktória Sándor from University of Applied Arts Vienna
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The Permanently Temporary / Viktória Sándor . Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Thick brick building in Munich / Mari Brorsen, Max Panhans, Vanessa Salm from Technical University of Munich
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Thick brick building in Munich / Mari Brorsen, Max Panhans, Vanessa Salm from Technical University of Munich. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Towards a new individual place: A self-sufficient community / Guillem Pascual Perello from Polytechnic University of Catalonia
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Towards a new individual place: A self-sufficient community / Guillem Pascual Perello from Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
TRIADI / Paul Thynell from Aalto University
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TRIADI / Paul Thynell from Aalto University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
Urban Safari / Sungbum Heo from Hanyang University
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Urban Safari / Sungbum Heo from Hanyang University. Image via YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award
This year’s jury included:
Salomon Frausto, Director of Studies at the Berlage, Delft
Martina Bauer, Architect and Senior Associate at Barkow, Leibinger, Berlin
Ana Betancour, Researcher, Professor, and Rector at UMA School of Architecture
Matilde Cassani, Architect on the border between architecture, installation and event design, Milan
Rainer Mahlamaki, Architect and Founder of Lahdelma & Mahlamaki Architects
More information can be found on the award website, here.