International Awards for Students of Architecture with Prizes of up to 30,000 € from Velux

The International Velux Award is now available for the Students of Architecture all over the world. The International VELUX Award 2022 for Students of Architecture wants to encourage and challenge students of architecture to explore the theme of daylight - and to create a deeper understanding of this specific and ever-relevant source of energy, light and life. The award celebrates and promotes excellence in completed study works. The award wants to acknowledge not only the students but their teachers as well. Therefore, teachers of the projects are also awarded.

Competition Theme:-

“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.

Competition Categories:-

• 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 behavior and spaces over time and seasons.

• 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.

• The award is open to any registered student of architecture – individual or team – all over the world. 
• Multi-disciplinary teams are also encouraged including e.g. engineering, design and landscaping. 
• Every student or student team must be backed and granted submission by a teacher from a school of architecture.
• The award welcomes projects from individuals or groups of students, who are students during the study year 2021/22.
• There is no limit to the number of entries from each school, but participating schools should ensure the quality of submitted study projects, e.g. by making a prejudgment. 
• VELUX employees cannot participate.

About Velux:-

Velux is a manufacturing company that specializes in roof windows, skylights, sun tunnels and related accessories. Velux has 27 production sites in 11 countries and sales companies in 40 countries. In addition to roof windows for flat roofs and pitched roofs, Velux offers many other types of products like: blinds, roller shutters, and smart home products for easier operation. Velux provides the International Velux Award for students of architecture, which runs every second year and offers money prizes of 30,000 euros for the winning projects.

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