Drawing Competition for Architecture Students with 5000€ Prize from Aarhus School
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Aarhus School of Architecture is inviting architecture students to participate in the “Drawing of the Year” Competition. The competition is a joint collaboration with Schmidt, Hammer, Lassen Architects, Vola, and The Danish Arts Foundation. In the light of the global Corona crisis, Aarhus School of Architecture encourages architecture students worldwide to submit proposals that not only revives the hand drawing but also proposals that contribute to knowledge on how the world moves on from here.
About the Competition:
The aim of the competition is to celebrate the architect’s oldest and most important tool, and to continuously explore new tendencies in architecture through architectural drawing.
The drawing process eventually leads to new thinking and to development of ideas for the one who draws. Furthermore, it is a valuable medium that disseminates thoughts and ideas to colleagues, clients, and a broader audience. The drawing enables the architect to communicate, seduce, convince, and initiate a dialogue.
This year's competition treasures handmade entries only, celebrating the art and skill of traditional representation methods. Aarhus School wants to encourage mastering of hand drawing, and emphasize the relevancy of communicating ideas through hand drawing.
Eligibility:
The competition is open for students of architecture worldwide, including graduates from spring 2020.
Submissions Specifications:
The drawing can either be an initial sketch (dream), a project drawing (process), or a definitive drawing (reality).
An initial sketch is one of the purest forms of architectural drawing and could be a simple design concept, or lots of details concerning a much bigger composition.
The project drawing holds all the reflections, trials, and errors of the process, where the definitive drawing is an elaborated drawing, close to reality.
The drawing must describe the unique process or moments that a computer is unable to create.
The drawing must be scanned in high quality, 300 DPI, and uploaded as PDF, maximum 100 MB.
Judgment Criteria:
- Entries will be judged on originality and artistic expression, architectural composition, technical skill, and success in communicating an idea.
- The drawing must be followed by a short text and a title.
Prizes:
- 1st prize 5000€.
- 2nd prize 2000€.
- 3rd prize 1000€.
About Aarhus School of Architecture:
The Aarhus School of Architecture was founded in 1965 in Aarhus, Denmark. Along with the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen, it is responsible for the education of architects in Denmark. The school believes that architecture should influence the world and create sustainable settings for people who live in it. This is why it educates architects who, through new ideas and relevant solutions, can create value for the community in a changing world.
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