100% SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
WE OFFER ONE FULL SCHOLARSHIP FOR OUR PROGRAMMES IN 2023
OUTSTANDING RUNNERS-UP MAY ALSO RECEIVE A PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIP

SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION:
SUBMIT your PROJECT and WIN FULL SCHOLARSHIP
ECA has a strong connection with the Venice Biennale of Architecture. This year's theme will be the "Laboratory of the Future" with a focus on Africa, decarbonisation , climate justice and architecture's ability to negotiate between and across boundaries in a world that is beginning the feel the effects of climate change.

Sustainability will be integral to all future proposals in architecture. Early-years professionals and students will need to build it in to the heart of their practice. In response, ECA is offering a scholarship in 2023 to participants presenting the best project ideas for our "Sustainability Competition". The prize is a full scholarship for our "Sustainable Healthy Cities: building for the future" course taking place in Venice on June 19-30, 2023. The course is created in collaboration with Kellogg College, University of Oxford and The Prince's Foundation.

SCHOLARSHIP: Full scholarship for the 2-week course in Venice

COMPETITION DATES: January 31 - March 14, 2023

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 14, 2023

WHO CAN APPLY: Students, researchers, architects, urban studies professionals, artists and creatives from all fields and backgrounds are welcome

FORMAT: Open format. Stand-alone text descriptions limited to 2000 words but feel free to upload your portfolio in any common format that help you to best present your project.

ENTRY FEE: FREE

CALL OR WHATSAPP US: +39 328 858 6087
EMAIL US: study@eca.art

ABOUT the COURSE
"Sustainable Healthy Cities. Building for the Future", in collaboration with Kellogg College, University of Oxford and The Prince's Foundation offers our participants ideas and tools to design healthier cities for the future; to rethink urban spaces in response to the emerging environmental, social and economic challenges, using Venice as a unique case-study."

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SUBMIT your SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Please send us either a previous project (from university, professional life etc) or a new proposal for the future where sustainability will be integral to its success. Projects can range from a small-scale domestic or local proposals, to rethinking an entire regional strategy. The scholarship will be awarded for innovation, originality, creativity and depth, and not for the scale of the proposal.

Format: Open format. Stand-alone text descriptions limited to 2000 words but feel free to upload your portfolio in any common format that help you to best present your project.
Please upload a current CV, a pdf portfolio (if you have one) and a description of your interest in sustainability (Max 1 page A4).
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**Participants are responsible for their own flights and accommodations in Venice. The European Cultural Academy provides a comprehensive list of affordable accommodations and other student resources on their website.

JUDGES
  • Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at the Prince's Foundation for Building Community
    Matthew works at the intersection of urbanism, urban morphology, architectural history, and climate change. He teaches at Oxford on the Sustainable Urban Development programme.
  • Director of the Sustainable Urban Development Programme at the University of Oxford
    David Howard is Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford and Co-Director of the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College.
  • UNIVERSITY COLLABORATIONS MANAGER
    Alan is in charge of university partnerships at ECA, building from his work in multi-agency collaborations as Executive Director of the b-side festival and Arts Development Officer for the Maritime Mix Cultural Olympiad at the London 2012 Sailing Events.

TIMELINE
1
January 31
Applications open
2
March 14
Applications deadline
3
March 20
Results announced
4
June 19-30
Programme dates
CONTACT US:
Phone: +39 328 858 6087
Email: study@eca.art
Castello 6668, 30122 Venice (VE)