GYPASS continues its commitment to students, enabling them to showcase their ability to give style and character to the home, to stimulate the creativity of young talent, and to reveal innovative ideas and integrate these visions into a concrete approach to home improvement. This 5th edition, organized in partnership with the magazine Architecture ÀVivre.

With €6,000 in prizes up for grabs, students will have the opportunity to compete for: 1st Prize: €3,000 - 2ᵉ Prize: €2,000 - 3ᵉ Prize: €1,000 - GYPASS Coup de Cœur Prize and two Special Mentions.

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The £1500 scholarship is awarded each year alternately to a British student/graduate or a French student/graduate. The 2025 scholarship will be awarded by the French section. It is intended to cover research and travel costs for a study in the UK, culminating in a dissertation to be presented to Union members. The Union makes its network of architects available to guide grant-holders in their research and contacts.

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Application deadline: April 20, 2025.

Created in 2019, the COAL Student Prize aims to support, through a residency in partnership with France's Nature Reserves, students from Schools in the artistic and cultural field who are experimenting with and proposing concrete, creative solutions to the ecological transition. COAL's aim is to encourage young people to get involved, and to promote artists' responses to current ecological issues.

Call for projects closes: April 20, 2025
Nominated artists announced: summer 2025
Announcement of winners: autumn 2025
Award ceremony: autumn 2025, on the occasion of Sans Réserve, the meeting place for creative artists committed to ecology.

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Promoting a sober, committed approach to architecture, in conjunction with frugal materials such as bioresources, raw earth and stone, the !MPACT competition is aimed at architecture school, bachelor's and master's students wishing to experiment with these products in their projects. Through the realization of a construction or renovation project of your choice, you are invited to study more broadly the origin of materials, construction techniques to limit the use of materials, equipment, bioclimatism and reuse.

- National prize: €2,000 / Regional prize: €1,000 (*depending on partnership, check the regions concerned on the website)

Schedule:
- March 27, 2025 at 6pm: !mpact competition presentation webinar. Registration
- May 7, 2025 at 6pm: !mpact competition presentation webinar. Registration
- May 31, 2025 at 11:59pm: Registration closes. Registration
- July 14, 2025 at 11:59 pm: Deadline for submitting your project.

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March 19, 2025 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm - Salle Garnier.

Europan is a European network of architecture, urban planning and landscape ideas competitions for young designers who care for inhabited environments. An evolution of the French architectural competition Plan Architecture Nouvelle (PAN), from its inception in the late 1980s, the Europan approach is unique in that it supports winning designers from their first proposal through to project completion, while engaging in ongoing architectural and societal debate.
The theme of the 18th edition, launched in March 2025, is "Re-sourcing".

Speakers: Julie Fernandez, architect, secretary general of Europan France, and Guillaume Duranel, architect, lecturer ENSA Normandie, former Europan winner.

Facilitator: Gabriella Trotta-Brambilla, architect, lecturer at ENSA Normandie, expert

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Registration until March 15, 2025 -

The student is an international competition based on Saint-Gobain's vision of sustainable buildings. It was first organized in 2004 by Saint-Gobain Isover in Serbia, and became an international event in 2005. Today, it attracts over 1,300 students from 30 countries.

The competition is an excellent opportunity for architecture students to gain professional experience while discovering the importance of sustainability in modern construction. The success of your project will depend on how it improves the health and well-being of your building's occupants while reducing the use of carbon, energy and resources.

Price :

1st Prize: €5,000 + Award certificate signed by members of the international jury
2nd Prize: €3,000 + Award certificate signed by members of the international jury
3rd Prize: €1,500 + Award certificate signed by members of the international jury

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Application deadline: May 23, 2025.

Off-site construction, a (R)evolution in the building industry
The practice of off-site construction, which is expected to account for 20% of global construction by 2030, is already gaining ground in densely populated cities such as London and New York, and is tending to spread to France. This approach, based on advanced prefabrication of buildings, calls for specific implementation strategies, assemblies and work organization, in which steel plays an essential role.

The competition is free and open to all students enrolled in a French architecture or engineering school for the year 2024-2025. Candidates can enter alone or in teams (maximum 4 per team), and teams can be mixed, architects/engineers. The project may be handled by the students on their own, or it may be part of a larger programme
program, selected as part of a course.

A sum of €5,000 will be distributed by the jury among the winning teams. The number of winners and the distribution of prizes will be decided by the jury.

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Registration until February 14, 2025 -

The New European Bauhaus is a European Union (EU) policy and funding initiative launched under the aegis of the Green Pact for Europe, promoting sustainable solutions to transform the built environment and lifestyles as part of the ecological transition. Its aim is to find solutions that are not only sustainable but also inclusive and aesthetically pleasing, while at the same time

Winners and runners-up will receive a sum of:
- EUR 30,000 for the champions of the new European Bauhaus (part A);
- 15,000 EUR for the rising stars of the new European Bauhaus (part B);
- 20,000 EUR for second-place winners of the New European Bauhaus Champions (part A);
- 10,000 EUR for second-place winners of the New European Bauhaus Rising Stars (part B);
-EUR 30,000 for the winners of the "Affordable housing according to the new European Bauhaus" competition.

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Registration until May 1, 2025 -

How can Marseille, with all its unique geographical, urban and climatic features, offer children an environment where learning is nurtured by the Mediterranean landscape, architecture and culture? How can Marseille's streets, parks and neighborhoods be designed for recreation and enjoyment by tens of thousands of children? How can a chronotopic approach - i.e. one that takes into account not only children's territoriality, but also school and extracurricular temporalities - enable us to imagine a city at children's level? How can the pedagogical practices of the outdoor classroom, the walking classroom, outdoor learning, environmental education, the school outside the walls, environmental investigation, the educational garden, the adventure playground and free play reshape the city?

Key dates :

April 1, 2025: end of question/answer period

May 1, 2025: registration deadline, closing date for receipt of responses.

May 14-17, 2025: presentation at RICD 25, exhibition and presentation seminar.

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Registration until January 31, 2025 -

This competition invites architecture students to design a staircase with a strong identity, one that transcends its simple practical function to become a true architectural centerpiece. The use of concrete must be at the heart of the project, although other materials may be integrated. The staircase must remain true to its function, comply with accessibility standards and be technically feasible.

Key dates :

Registration until January 31, 2025 Deadline for project submission March 11, 2025 Announcement of the 9 finalist projects March 31, 2025

Awards :

The winners are determined by the jury, made up of architects, teachers and PBM Group management. They will receive the following amounts:

PREMIUM" prize : 5 000 € - RENOVATION" prize : 5 000 € - INDIVIDUAL HOUSING" prize : 5 000 € - Audience prize : 2 500 €

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