International Student Competition
On the occasion of its 100th anniversary in 2022, IB launched a student ideas competition for the benefit of the next generation of architects – UTOPIA.
The goal of the competition is to provide students with a platform for future-related topics.
The competition will be held every two years.
Focus of the second run is on contemporary architectural discourse – the extensive subject area of sufficiency and specifically on the question of LESS.
The jury met to assess the submitted projects on May 30, 2024.
JURY
Vanessa Billy Artist, Zurich
Sabine von Fischer Architect, Agentur für Architexte, Zurich
Pascal Flammer Architect, Pascal Flammer Architekten, Zurich
Chrissie Muhr Architect, Researcher and Curator, Basel
Andreas Ruby Director S AM, Basel
Henning Weiss (Young) Architect, Basel
Not entitled to vote:
Karina Hüssner Architect, Business Development, IB Atelier
Daniel Blum Architect, IB Atelier
Jürg Toffol Architect, IB Basel
PRIZES I AWARDS
To honor the diversity of the approaches evident in the projects submitted, the jury agrees unanimously in the third round to distribute equivalent prizes and awards among the seven remaining projects, ensuring that all prizes and awards are identical.
A sum of CHF 10,000 was available to the jury as prize money for the competition for students. This sum is split into three prizes of equal value and four awards of equal value.
PRIZES
TO CUT COME SLACK - CHF 2'000
Sven Reber; Tim Schwander; Felix von Overbeck
Technik & Architektur, HSLU, Luzern
ANOMÀLI - CHF 2'000
Polina Blinova; Francesco Sbrighi; Lanhua Weng
Technische Universität Berlin
FRAGMENTS - CHF 2'000
Carole Rossetti
Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Geomatik FHNW, Muttenz
FENSTERGONDEL - CHF 1'000
Santiago Madueño; Freddy Vetter
Accademia di Architettura Mendiriso, Università Svizzera Italiana
THE PEOPLE VS. THE CARELESS STATE - CHF 1'000
Adam-Joseph Ghadi-Delgado; Natalie Marj; Laure Melati
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
IMAGINATION - CHF 1'000
Nicola Roner
Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Geomatik FHNW, Muttenz
ROOFTOPIA BERLIN - CHF 1'000
Gabriel Banks; Sophie Blochwitz; Feia Nehl; Elena Wünschmann
Technische Universität Berlin
UTOPIA Juryreport 2024_EN (75,4 MB)