Deadline: April 1, 2018 00:00 CEST
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Eligibility: open to any registered student of architecture backed by a teacher from a school of architecture.
Prizes: The total prize money is EUR 30,000,-

International VELUX Award 2018

Every second year since 2004, the VELUX Group has invited students of architecture to participate in the International VELUX Award.

The award seeks to challenge the students to explore the role of daylight in architecture and inspire new thinking.

The aim of the award is to engage with students of architecture about how to use sunlight and daylight as main sources of energy and light and how to ensure health and well-being of the people who live and work in buildings.

With the International VELUX Award 2018 for Students of Architecture, the VELUX Group wants to pay tribute to daylight and to strengthen the role of daylight in building design according to our vision of promoting daylight, fresh air and quality of life.

Light of Tomorrow

“Light of Tomorrow” is the overall theme of the International VELUX Award. The award seeks to challenge the future of daylight in the built environment with an open-minded and experimental approach.

Therefore, the award seeks to widen the boundaries of daylight in architecture, including aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and the interaction between buildings and environment.

• Daylight in buildings

Projects that demonstrate applicable principles for providing daylight and sunlight into buildings – including the effects of building construction and context of the site, shape and dimensions, window openings, screens, shadings, interior divisions, materials and external conditions.

Specific focus on architecture for health and well-being and projects that address challenges faced by cities, communities and modern societies, and where daylight and architecture can help create change through better and healthier living environments.

• Daylight investigations

Projects that look at the physical properties of light, basics of optics and materials, as well as technological developments, new materials, storage or transportation of daylight.

The use of daylight in public space for functional, recreational, cultural or spiritual use and the effect of daylight on state of mind, health and well-being as well as the dynamics and temporal quality of daylight and its effects on behaviour and spaces over time and seasons.

Criteria

The jury will evaluate the projects in accordance with the following criteria:

• The work with daylighting as a premise for architecture
• How the project is researched and documented
• How the project addresses contemporary and future challenges
• The level of experimentation and innovation
• The overall graphic presentation of the project, how the project presents itself.

Eligibilities

• Participant has to be a registered student of architecture.
• Individual or team participation are allowed.
• Multi-disciplinary teams including e.g. engineering, design and landscaping are encouraged.
• Every student or student team must be backed and granted submission by a teacher from a school of architecture

Prizes

• The total prize money is up to 30,000 €.
• Depending on the results of the international jury, a Grand Prize of 5,000 € per category will be awarded (4,000 € to the student and 1,000 € to the teacher) for the most outstanding projects.
• Depending on the results for each region, a prize of 1,250 € per category will be awarded for the best projects (1,000 € to the student and 250 € to the teacher).
• The jury will be allowed to award a number of special prizes, including prizes for innovative use of VELUX products.

Interested in applying fro the International VELUX Award 2018? Register your participation by following the registration link and taking the suggested steps.

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