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The Architect’s Stair, International Competition
International ideas competition inviting architects and designers to reinterpret the stair as an architectural concept, testing spatial narrative beyond function.
This international ideas competition calls for a conceptual rethinking of the stair as an architectural device rather than a technical or regulatory solution. Participants are invited to use the stair as a medium for spatial, cultural and philosophical expression, free from constraints of site, scale, budget or buildability.
The brief tests how movement, verticality and sequence can be reframed as architectural narrative. Proposals may be abstract or situated, speculative or symbolic, but must articulate a clear architectural position through the stair as a primary organising idea rather than a secondary circulation element.
Location
Sector
arts-culture
Intervention
Conceptual architectural intervention
Tender Portal
Tender Stage
Open design competition
Deadline
5 Mar 26
Consultant Team
The competition is open to students, architects, designers, urbanists, engineers, artists, makers, activists and anyone interested in the architectural design.
Submission Criteria
1st Place – €3.5k, 2nd Place – €1.5k, 3rd Place – €1k
Buildner Student Award – €1k
6 Honourable mentions and certificates.
Submission Format and Requirements:
— Language of submission: English
— Electronic submission via online upload panel (access issued after registration)
— One presentation panel required
— Anonymous submission mandatory
Deliverables:
— Conceptual architectural proposal centred on the stair
— Spatial, formal and narrative exploration
— No requirement for technical resolution or compliance
— Architectural concept and narrative
— Spatial sequencing, movement and perception
— Representation method at the author’s discretion
— Conceptual clarity and originality
— Strength of architectural idea and narrative
— Quality of spatial imagination
Registration Fees:
— Architect / Enthusiast / Company – €140
— Student – €120
(Details of instalment payment options are published on the organiser’s website)