YAC (Young Architects Competitions) — in cooperation with Manni Group — has launched the Ghana Innovation Farm, a competition which invites architects to design a technological and cultural hub in Ghana that will address the global challenges of food supply chains. YAC aims to promote contemporary projects that embody a temporal and personal approach to architectural space. Idea is the keyword, Architecture is the answer and project is the medium through which intuition transforms into concrete reality. A total of 20,000 Euro will be awarded in cash prizes. The first prize is 10,000 Euro, the second prize — 4,000 Euro and the third prize — 2,000 Euro.

Read more about Ghana Innovation Farm – Young Architects Competitions on Contest Watchers.

YAC (Young Architects Competitions) — in cooperation with Craco Ricerche — launches Ghost Town Refuge, a competition which invites architects to design a dispersed system of contemporary refuges among the ruins of the ancient Craco. This system will enable visitors to live a sublime experience: living among ruins and falling asleep under the uncovered vaults of a ghost town. A total of 15,000 Euro will be awarded in cash prizes. The first prize is 8,000 Euro, the second prize — 4,000 Euro and the third prize — 2,000 Euro.

Read more about Ghost Town Refuge – Young Architects Competitions on Contest Watchers.

YAC – Young Architects Competitions – in cooperation with the Italian Government launches Observatory Houses, a competition of ideas to design a housing complex looking at the stars in the medieval fortress of Roccascalegna. An international jury panel gathering, among others, Enrique Sobejano, Rodrigo Duque Motta, Simon Frommenwiler, Pippo Ciorra will assess the submissions. A total amount of 20,000 Euro in money prize will be awarded.

Read more about Observatory Houses – Young Architects Competitions on Contest Watchers.

Young Architects Competitions (YAC) is inviting architecture enthusiasts, professionals and students to enter the “Post-Quake Visions” design competition. This is YAC’s second competition, initiated with the aims to offer participants a chance of practicing solid, refined research in of post-seismic design. The competition will result in giving out three (3) main prizes and twelve (12) honorable mentions. The first prize includes 3000 Euro, publication on architectural magazines and websites and an exhibition. With “Post-Quake Visions”, YAC aims to rethink and redesign the quake-inflicted gaps left inside ancient urban tissues. This endeavor pints to revamp such scarred ecosystem undercultural and economical keys, with the goal of finding out urban perspectives and social possibilities once undisclosed or inconceivable. YAC also aims to base this research firstly on reading the wounds the quake left on cities, communities and architectures. By focusing on such vacant spaces, the goal is to insert brand new architecture able to blend ancient heritage with contemporary pace.

Read more about Post-Quake Visions – Young Architects Competitions on Contest Watchers.