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Launch of the 2020 edition of YTAA

25.11.2019

The Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) 2020 has been launched on the occasion of « Perspectives: Young Architects’ Forum » organised by the Architects' Council  of Europe in Barcelona. 

 
On November 23rd, the 2020 edition of YTAA has been presented on the occasion of « Perspectives: Young Architects’ Forum » organised by the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) Barcelona as part of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award (EU Mies Award). 


YTAA is organised by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, in collaboration with the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) and the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE-CAE); World Architects as founding partner; the European Cultural Centre as a partner in Venice; the sponsorship of Jung, Jansen and Regent; and the support of USM.  YTAA recognises the talent of recently graduated architects, urbanists and landscape architects, and facilitates their interaction with the sector’s main stakeholders in Europe, providing the opportunity to develop synergies and complementarities with the architecture offices and institutions of their choice. 


YTAA is open for graduation projects presented by students between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2019 by students from schools throughout Europe and, in order to promote global exchange, it also includes schools from a selected number of other countries. Following the successful participation of China and South Korea in 2018, for the YTAA 2020 edition the guest countries will be Brazil, Chile and Mexico. In the first two editions (2016 and 2018), more than 545 projects were submitted from 138 Schools  in 113 cities.   YTAA encourages exchange between Schools and seeks to improve  the skills of architects from the beginning of their professional careers while  also learning about the differences and similarities in the teaching of architecture worldwide.


To analyse and discuss the projects designed by these recently graduated architects, the following jury has been invited: 
Chairwoman: Martine de Maeseneer,Vicedean international  affairs faculty of Architecture, KU Leuven, Brussels 
Oleg Drozdov,drozdov&partners and co-founder of the Kharkiv  School of Architecture,
Kharkiv 
Juliet Leach, Head of Marketing, RIBA awards, London  

Rosario Talevi,Curator Making Futures Bauhaus+ and Associate Researcher Universität der Künste, Berlin  Bet Capdeferro, bosch.capdeferro architecture, Girona  (Winner EU Mies Award for Emerging Architects 2011)   

The jury will shortlist a group of works in order to illustrate different ways  of working, designing and communicating. It will also select 12 finalist projects among which it will choose the four winners.

The award has  helped the Winners from the previous editions to set out their careers in consolidated architecture offices, set their own practices and share their knowledge in universities.

YTAA 2020 Calendar 2019
November 23→ Launch YTAA 2020 2020   
February 24→ Deadline for school's submissions        
March 23→ Deadline for student's submissions
April→ Shortlist and Finalists announcement
May 23→ Exhibition Opening in Venice, in the context of  La Biennale di Venezia 
June 23→ Announcement of the 4 Winners
September→ Awards ceremony in Venice, in the context of La Biennale di Venezia 

To know more about YTAA:
www.ytaaward.com
www.eumiesaward.com


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