The Deluge, William Turner, 1805
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Stand out your imagination!
Create an architectural object designed to represent a community reborn within water — transforming the deluge into a framework for sustainability, coexistence, and the future
Genius Disloci, Valerio Recchioni, 2017
Designed for a sustainable future
Executed accordingly to SDG 11 — Sustainable Cities and Communities
Angsila Oyster Scaffolding Pavilion, CHAT Architects, 2023
Made for students. Open to all.
Participate individually or with your friends in teams up to 3 elements
The Floating Piers, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2016 photo: mi chenxing
Any Place. Real or Surreal.
Participants have complete freedom to choose a location — real or fictional.
The voyage of life (youth), Thomas Cole, 1842
€350
prize pool.
Leça Swiming Pools, Álvaro Siza, 1966
A calendar made for you!
Registration and Submissions: March 23, 2026 — July 1, 2026
We know your time is valuable. That's why participants can register at any time and submit their work whenever they choose within the competition period.
The Ninth Wave, Hovhannes Aivazovsky, 1850
"And rain came down on the earth for forty days and forty nights"
Scroll down to meet the competition jury, and to download the brief!
After the Deluge, George Frederic Watts, 1886
The Jury
Eduardo Antunes
Eduardo Antunes developed a PhD in Architecture from the Lisbon School of Architecture (FA-ULisboa), with the thesis "Three-dimensional reconstruction within the Crypto-History of Architecture", and Master graduated in Architecture since 2015 from the same institute. Currently, he's a Guest Assistant Professor in the Integrated Master in Architecture of FA-ULisboa, and is a researcher of the Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, where he has been participating in diverse research projects, studies and activities under the development of "sustainable design", and as an executive member of international seminars' committees and book editorial boards.
Eduardo Antunes
Wim Wambecq
Wim Wambecq completed his education as engineering-architect (KU Leuven, 2007) with a Master in Urbanism and Spatial Planning (KU Leuven, 2009) and his PhD in Engineering Science, Architecture with research on Forest Urbanism in Flanders (KU Leuven, 2019). For this research he was awarded the third Manuel De Solà-Morales European Award (2021). With past experience teaching at KU Leuven, he currently teaches urban design and architecture at Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa. He is co-founder of the design office MIDI, based in Lisbon and Brussels, that works on the systemic functioning between architecture, landscape, and urban design.
Wim Wambecq
Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi
Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi is an Assistant Professor (ricercatore RTT) in Architectural and Urban Design at the Politecnico di Milano. He is an Italian PhD architect working on urban design projects and/as research. He encompasses and tackles the complex ambiguity of ambassadorial roles and architectural practices, drawing on key historical-theoretical references and encouraging innovative approaches. He graduated from PoliMI, PoliTO, and A.S.P. Alta Scuola Politecnica. He received his PhD from IUAV and TU Delft Universities as part of a joint doctorate program, researching "The Heart of the City" (published by Routledge in 2018).
Leonardo Zuccaro Marchi
Calendar and entry fees
All dates are limited to 23:59 (GMT; Lisbon, London) on the indicated day and all registration fees are per team.
Are you ready?
Registration is now closed. The competition has ended and submissions are under evaluation.