Deadline: 17-Feb-23

The Curator of the Biennale Architettura 2023, Lesley Lokko, invites applications from graduate students, graduates, early career academics and emerging practitioners for the first-ever Biennale College Architettura which will run from 25 June to 22 July 2023 in Venice, Italy.

The general goals of all Biennale Colleges, this first Biennale College Architettura will seek to complement and enrich the 18th International Architecture Exhibition by exploring how to place the exhibition’s central themes, decolonisation and decarbonisation, at the heart of architectural education. The process will culminate in a documentary, which will be screened as part of the exhibition.

Eligibility Criteria

• The following applicants are encouraged to apply, using the supporting documentation to verify eligibility (to be presented in English). They encourage applicants from as wide a range of built environment disciplinary backgrounds as possible, following the overall ambition of The Laboratory of the Future to broaden their understanding of their discipline. Preference will be given to applicants with strong design skills and interests, whether expressed through visual, text-based or performance media.
  • Graduate students under the age of 30
    • National ID/Passport indicating applicant is under the age of 30 on 31 Dec 2023.
    • Certificate of enrolment in Master’s Degree in Architecture (MSc) or an allied and relevant field (such as landscape architecture, urban design, interior architecture, design engineering or similar built environment practices).
  • Graduates under the age of 30
    • National ID/Passport indicating applicant is under the age of 30 on 31 Dec 2023.
    • Certificate of graduation in Master’s Degree in Architecture (MSc) or an allied and relevant field (such as landscape architecture, urban design, interior architecture, design engineering or similar built environment practices).
  • Early Career Academics & Educators under the age of 35
    • National ID/Passport indicating applicant is under the age of 35 on 31 Dec 2023.
    • Letter from University department indicating your role – e.g. PhD candidate, researcher, assistant professor, tutor, teaching fellow, etc., in Architecture or an allied and relevant field (such as landscape architecture, urban design, interior architecture, design engineering or similar built environment practices).
  • Early Career Practitioners under the age of 35
    • National ID/Passport indicating applicant is under the age of 35 on 31 Dec 2023
    • Details of professional registration in Architecture or related field or details of current practice in Architecture or related field together with a list of self/co-authored realised works (‘Realised works’ can include buildings, exhibitions, books and other completed works relevant to your practice in and through architecture).

Rules of Participation

• Participation is mandatory for the whole College duration: June 25th to July 22nd, 2023
• Each applicant will be requested to accept the conditions of the Biennale College Architettura Open Call in order to be eligible for selection.
• Following the results’ communication, participants will sign an agreement with La Biennale di Venezia, which will detail the conditions of their participation.
• All activities and teaching will be held in English.
• There is no participation or registration fee either due from or to each participant.
• Participants consent to their inclusion in photographic or filmic documentation of the College.
• It is agreed that the Biennale is the sole owner of all rights to editorial all products developed for and in the frame of the Biennale College Architettura 2023 so each participant agrees that all rights, titles, and interests in any such products, even if they are modified by the Biennale intervention, including subsidiary rights, are and will be from their creation, if needed by assignment under this agreement, the exclusive property of the La Biennale. Consequently, each participant can not claim any such rights except the not renounceable right as “author” according to Italian law.

For more information, visit Biennale College Architettura.