
On November 23rd, the 2020 edition of YTAA has been presented on the occasion of the Young Architects Forum organised by the Architects’ Council of Europe in Barcelona.
YTAA 2020 will accept projects presented and approved by the respective Schools between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2019. The Schools will nominate Graduation Projects that will participate in the YTAA 2020 through an internal selection process. All details are explained in the Rules document, please read it carefully.
Calendar
2019
November 23 | Launch YTAA 2020
2020
February 24 | Deadline for school’s submissions
April 27 | Deadline for student’s submissions
September 1 | Shortlisted announcement
September 23 | Finalists announcement
October 5 | Winners announcement on YTAAwardDay
2021
February | Future Architecture Platform
May 22 | YTAA Exhibition Opening in Venice
September 28 | YTAA 2020 Awards Ceremony and debate
Jury
The jury of the YTAA 2020 is composed of 5 renowned specialists representing diverse schools and trends in the fields of architecture and architectural critique.

Martine De Maeseneer
(Chairwoman)
Vicedean for International Affairs at KU Leuven
Martine De Maeseneer is the founding partner of MDMA l Martine De Maeseneer Architects, which has been around for 30 years of practicing, theorizing, lecturing and teaching within an international forum of schools, colloquia and competitions. The Bronks Youth Theatre Brussels, became the first-ever Belgian finalist in the EU Mies Award 2011. Within the practice there is a continuous search for an expanded field of patterns, motives, logos, plots, timbres – trying to give architecture a countenance that draws upon ‘writing’.
Two books appeared in conjunction with individual exhibitions: ‘The Indivisible Space’, Antwerp (1993) and ‘Ideality-3-Lost’, Brussels (1997). Essays published, with such titles as ‘Aperitif Time’, ‘What Matters’ and ‘Parsing Traps’, have been adding up as chapters in a more substantial yet unpublished book.
Currently Martine De Maeseneer is the Vicedean for International Affairs at KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture, where she is also teaching ‘The Performative Architecture studio’ since 1990 and directed the International Master of Architecture. Previously she thaught at the AA School London and the Academy for Architecture and Planning Tilburg.

Oleg Drozdov
drozdov&partners and co-founder of the Kharkiv School of Architecture, Kharkiv
In 1990 I graduated from Kharkiv University of Civil Engineering with a degree in architecture. I live and work in Kharkiv (Ukraine). In 1991-1997 I pursued a career of an artist, and in 1991 I established “Drozdov&Partners” architectural practice. The office works on a wide international scale [South Korea, France, Switzerland, the USA, Spain, Kuwait] and embraces the philosophy of critical artistic pragmatism.
I curated Ukrainian projects at the Rotterdam Biennale of Architecture “The Flood” in 2005 [“Monisto” research project that explores Odessa seafront development] and Moscow Biennale of Architecture in 2012 [“Circumstances” project that traces the “lifelines” of some of our built projects]. I was also in charge of “Terralogia” art project [Kyiv, Kharkiv, 2015] and “Patiologia” project [Kyiv, Kharkiv, 2007] which was an in-depth research into the nature of patio houses.
I was one of the authors and reviewers of a course project in Columbia University GSAPP in 2011. In 2017 I founded Kharkiv School of Architecture, the first private architectural school in

Juliet Leach
Head of Marketing, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), London
Juliet Leach has been working in design and architecture for over 20 years. Her roles have been across Brand, Marketing, Events and Awards for a multitude of organisations, leading on all aspects to build and develop each project. She is currently Head of Marketing for the RIBA, a role which leads the Awards, Marketing and Events Teams to deliver the organisations highest profile and prestigious activity.
She has developed the framework around the UK awards, ensuring clarity, transparency and rigour in all aspects of the process and grown the RIBA Stirling Prize event from 250 guests to 800 guests, introducing a reduced ticket price so that all architects and students can attend and be inspired by the best that UK architecture has to offer. Along with her teams she is responsible for the Royal Gold Medal, bestowed by RIBA on behalf of the Queen and the International Prize, now in its 3rd iteration with increased entries and publicity around the world.
She also represents the RIBA for the EU Mies Award, putting forward the projects from the UK and participating in the assessment panels. In addition she has made strategic changes to the RIBA Marketing Team and promotion of RIBA’s products and services to reverse the aging membership of the organisation so that now that almost 70% of new RIBA members (not including students) are aged 35 and under.

Rosario Talevi
Curator Making Futures Bauhaus+ and Associate Researcher Universität der Künste, Berlin
Rosario Talevi is a Berlin-based architect interested in critical spatial practice, transformative pedagogies and feminist futures, which she applies through various spatial, editorial and curatorial strategies.
Her projects include Climate Care, A Curriculum for Urban Practice; Formats of Care, a convening of feminist spatial practitioners; The Parasitic Reading Room a set of nomadic and spontaneous reading spaces; Latent Infrastructures a prototype for socially-engaged art; Urban School Ruhr a learning platform and a pedagogical experiment and MakeCity Festival a festival for architecture and urban alternatives.
She is co-editor of Explorations in Urban Practice (dpr-barcelona, 2017) and associate editor of Make_Shift City, Renegotiating the Urban Commons (Jovis Verlag, 2013). Her first built project is Casa Abierta, a house completed in Uruguay in 2012.
Talevi is a long-term collaborator at raumlabor_berlin. She has held teaching and research positions at the TU Berlin and the University of Buenos Aires. Currently, she is acting as research associate at the Berlin University of the Arts for the project Making Futures Bauhaus+

Bet Capdeferro
bosch.capdeferro architecture, Girona
Bet Capdeferro is an architect from Girona. She studied at Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona – UPC BarcelonaTech.
In 2003 she founded bosch.capdeferro arquitectura together with Ramon Bosch and since then they have worked in projects of different scales and typologies, mainly focused on the relationship between humankind and environment.
Their professional activity has progressed in parallel to teaching, supporting from the fields of theory and research the development of design and construction processes.
They conceive the project as a concave and inclusive experience, capable of harmoniously integrating through an open process all diverse agents and facts that configure it.
In 2011 they receive the EU Mies Award for Emerging Architecture.
In 2016 they are awarded at the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism – “Alternativas” and at the X Latin American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial. In 2018 they are awarded at the XIV Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism – “Más habitar, más humanizar”.
YTAA 2020 Registered Schools

A Coruña
A Coruña, ES
A Coruña School of Architecture
University of A Coruña

Alcalá de Henares – Madrid
Alcalá de Henares – Madrid, ES
School of Architecture
University of Alcala

Amsterdam, NL
Amsterdam, NL
Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Amsterdam University of the Arts

Ankara, TR
Ankara, TR
Architecture and Design Faculty
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Ankara, TR
Ankara, TR
Faculty of Architecture
Middle East Technical University

Athens
Athens, GR
Architectural Engineering
National and Technical University of Athens

Aversa, IT
Aversa, IT
Department of Architecture and Industrial Design
University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”

Barcelona, ES
Barcelona, ES
Barcelona School of Architecture
Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Barcelona, ES
Barcelona, ES
La Salle School of Architecture
Ramon Llull University

Belfast, IE
Belfast, IE
Belfast School of Architecture and the Built Environment
Ulster University

Belgrade
Belgrade, RS
Faculty of Architecture
University of Belgrade

Bergen, NO
Bergen, NO
Bergen School of Architecture
Bergen School of Architecture

Berlin, DE
Berlin, DE
Faculty VI “Planning Building Environment”
Technical University of Berlin

Berlin, DE
Berlin, DE
College of Architecture, Media and Design
Berlin University of the Arts

Birmingham, UK
Birmingham, UK
Birmingham School of Architecture
Birmingham City University

Bordeaux, FR
Bordeaux, FR
National School of Architecture and Landscape of Bordeaux
National School of Architecture and Landscape of Bordeaux

Brussels
Brussels, BE
Faculty of Architecture
KU Leuven

Brussels, BE
Brussels, BE
Faculty of Architecture La Cambre Horta
Free University of Brussels

Budapest, HU
Budapest, HU
Institute of Architecture
Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Cartagena, ES
Cartagena, ES
School of Architecture and Building Engineering
Technical University of Cartagena

Clermont-Ferrand, FR
Clermont-Ferrand, FR
National School of Architecture of Clermont-Ferrand
National School of Architecture of Clermont-Ferrand

Copenhagen, DK
Copenhagen, DK
School of Architecture
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation

Cork, IE
Cork, IE
Cork Centre for Architectural Education (UCC/CIT)
University College Cork

Covilhã, PT
Covilhã, PT
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture
University of Beira Interior

Curitiba, BR
Curitiba, BR
School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Federal University of Paraná

Curitiba, BR
Curitiba, BR
School of Architecture and Urban Planning
Federal University of Technology – Parana

Darmstadt, DE
Darmstadt, DE
Department of Architecture
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt
Darnétal, Rouen, FR
Darnétal, Rouen, FR
The Normandy National School of Architecture
The Normandy National School of Architecture

Delft, NL
Delft, NL
Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment
Delft University of Technology
Edinburgh, UK
Edinburgh, UK
Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape
University of Edinburgh

Espoo, FI
Espoo, FI
School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Aalto University

Famagusta, CY
Famagusta, CY
Faculty of Architecture
Easter Mediterranean University

Ferrara, IT
Ferrara, IT
Department of Architecture
University of Ferrara
Frankfurt am Main, DE
Frankfurt am Main, DE
Städelschule Architecture Class
Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule

Gdańsk, PL
Gdańsk, PL
Faculty of Architecture
Gdańsk University of Technology

Glasgow, UK
Glasgow, UK
Department of Architecture
University of Strathclyde

Gliwice, PL
Gliwice, PL
Faculty of Architecture
Silesian University of Technology

Grenoble, FR
Grenoble, FR
Grenoble School of Architecture
The University Grenoble Alpes

Guadalajara, MX
Guadalajara, MX
University Center for the Arts, Architecture and Design
University of Guadalajara

Hannover, DE
Hannover, DE
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape
Leibniz Universität Hannover

Hasselt, BE
Hasselt, BE
Faculty of Architecture and Arts
University of Hasselt

Horw, CH
Horw, CH
Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Huixquilucan, MX
Huixquilucan, MX
Faculty of Architecture
Anáhuac University Mexico

Istanbul, TR
Istanbul, TR
Faculty of Architecture
Istanbul Technical University

Karlsruhe, DE
Karlsruhe, DE
Faculty of Architecture
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Katowice, PL
Katowice, PL
Faculty of Architecture, Civil Construction and Applied Arts
University of Technology

Kazan, RU
Kazan, RU
Institute of Architecture and Design, Studio TIArch
Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering

Kocaeli, TR
Kocaeli, TR
Faculty of Architecture
Gebze Technical University

Krakow, PL
Krakow, PL
Faculty of Architecture
Tadeusz Kościuszko Cracow University of Technology

Lausanne, CH
Lausanne, CH
School of Architecture / School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Leuven, BE
Leuven, BE
Faculty of Engineering Science
University of Leuven

Liberec, CZ
Liberec, CZ
Faculty of Art and Architecture
Technical University Liberec

Limerick, IE
Limerick, IE
School of Architecture
University of Limerick

Lisbon, PT
Lisbon, PT
Architecture Faculty
Autonomous University of Lisbon

Lisbon, PT
Lisbon, PT
Faculty of Architecture of University of Lisbon
University of Lisbon
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool, UK
Liverpool School of Architecture
University of Liverpool

Ljubljana, SI
Ljubljana, SI
Biotechnical faculty, Department of Landscape Architecture
University of Ljubljana

Ljubljana, SI
Ljubljana, SI
Faculty of Architecture
University of Ljubljana

London, UK
London, UK
Undergraduate School
Architectural Association School of Architecture

London, UK
London, UK
The Cass Faculty of Art Architecture & Design
London Metropolitan University

London, UK
London, UK
School of Architecture and Cities
University of Westminster

Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
Faculty of Architecture, Architectural Engineering and Urban Planning
Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve

Lublin, PL
Lublin, PL
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Lublin University of Technology

Lyon, FR
Lyon, FR
Lyon National High School of Architecture
University of Lyon

Madrid, ES
Madrid, ES
Institute of Technology
CEU San Pablo University

Madrid, ES
Madrid, ES
Madrid School of Architecture
Polytechnic University of Madrid

Málaga, ES
Málaga, ES
ETS Architecture
Malaga University

Maribor, SI
Maribor, SI
Faculty of Engineering, Transport Eng. And Architecture
University of Maribor

Mexico D.F., MX
Mexico D.F., MX
Architecture Faculty
National Autonomous University of Mexico

Milan, IT
Milan, IT
School of Architecture Urban Planning and Construction Engineering
Polytechnic of Milan

Monterrey, MX
Monterrey, MX
School of Architecture and Habitat Science
Universidad de Monterrey

München, DE
München, DE
Department of Architecture at Technical University of Munich
Technical University of Munich

Naples, IT
Naples, IT
Diarc Architecture Department
University of Naples Federico II

Neubrandenburg, DE
Neubrandenburg, DE
Department of Landscape Sciences and Geomatics
Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
Nicosia, CY
Nicosia, CY
Department of Architecture
University of Cyprus

Nicosia, CY
Nicosia, CY
School of Engineering
Frederick University
Niteroi, BR
Niteroi, BR
Architecture and Urbanism School
Federal Fluminense University
Oulu, FI
Oulu, FI
Oulu School of Architecture
University of Oulu
Pamplona, ES
Pamplona, ES
School of Architecture
University of Navarre
Paris, FR
Paris, FR
National School of Architecture of Paris-Est
Gustave Eiffel University

Paris, FR
Paris, FR
Paris, FR
National School of Architecture Paris la Villette

Passo Fundo, BR
Passo Fundo, BR
Faculty of Engineer and Architecture
University of Passo Fundo

Patras, GR
Patras, GR
Engineering School
University of Patras
Pelotas, BR
Pelotas, BR
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Federal University of Pelotas

Pescara, IT
Pescara, IT
Architecture Department
University of Studies G. D’Annunzio

Porto, PT
Porto, PT
Escola Superior Artística do Porto
Poznan, PL
Poznan, PL
Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
Poznan University of Life Sciences

Prague, CZ
Prague, CZ
School of Architecture
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague

Prague, CZ
Prague, CZ
Faculty of Architecture
Czech Technical University

Pristina, XK
Pristina, XK
Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning
University for Business and Technologyn

Reus, ES
Reus, ES
Reus School of Architecture
Rovira i Virgili University

Riga, LV
Riga, LV
Faculty of Architecture and Design
RISEBA University of Business, Arts and Technology

Rio de Janeiro, BR
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Architecture and Urbanism
Santa Ursula University

Rio de Janeiro, BR
Rio de Janeiro, BR
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Rome, IT
Rome, IT
Civil Building and Environmental Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome

Rome, IT
Rome, IT
School of Architecture
Sapienza University of Rome

Rotterdam, NL
Rotterdam, NL
Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design
Rotterdam University of Applied Science

Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES
Sant Cugat del Vallès, ES
Vallès School of Architecture
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – Barcelona Tech

Santiago, CL
Santiago, CL
School of Architecture
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Santiago, CL
Santiago, CL
School of Architecture
Mayor University

Santiago, CL
Santiago, CL
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism
University of Chile

São Paulo, BR
São Paulo, BR
Escola da Cidade
São Paulo, BR
São Paulo, BR
School of Architecture and Urbanism
Armando Alvares Penteado Faculty
São Paulo, BR
São Paulo, BR
Architecture and Urbanism School
Mackenzie Presbiterian University

Segovia, ES
Segovia, ES
IE School of Architecture & Design
IE University

Sofia, BG
Sofia, BG
Department of Architecture
New Bulgarian University

Sofia, BG
Sofia, BG
Faculty of Architecture
University of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geodesy

Sofia, BG
Sofia, BG
Faculty of Architecture
University of Structural Engineering & Architecture “Lyuben Karavelov”

Stuttgart, DE
Stuttgart, DE
Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, DE
Stuttgart, DE
The Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design

Talca, CL
Talca, CL
School of Architecture
University of Talca

Tallinn, EE
Tallinn, EE
Faculty of Architecture
Estonian Academy of Arts

Temuco, CL
Temuco, CL
School of Architecture, Faculty of Humanities
Universidad Mayor
Tetovo, MK
Tetovo, MK
Faculty of Applied Sciences
University of Tetovo

Thessaloniki, GR
Thessaloniki, GR
School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Tirana, AL
Tirana, AL
Faculty of Architecture and Design
Polis University

Torino, IT
Torino, IT
Architecture and Design
Polytechnic University of Turin

Toulouse, FR
Toulouse, FR
Toulouse School of Architecture
Toulouse University
Trondheim, NO
Trondheim, NO
Faculty of Architecture and Design
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Uberlândia, BR
Uberlândia, BR
Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism & Design
Federal University of Uberlândia
Umeå, SE
Umeå, SE
Umeå School of Architecture
Umeå University

Vaduz, LI
Vaduz, LI
Institute of Architecture and Planning
University of Liechtenstein

Valencia, ES
Valencia, ES
Higher Technical School of Architecture
Polytechnic University of Valencia

Varna, BG
Varna, BG
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
Varna Free University “Chernorizets Hrabar”

Venice, IT
Venice, IT
Department of Architecture and Arts
IUAV University of Venice

Versailles, FR
Versailles, FR
Versailles National School of Architecture

Vienna, AT
Vienna, AT
Architecture and Planning
Vienna University of Technology
Vienna, AT
Vienna, AT
Institute of Architecture
University of Applied Arts Vienna

Villanueva de la Cañada, ES
Villanueva de la Cañada, ES
School of Architecture
Alfonso X el Sabio University

Villaviciosa de Odón, ES
Villaviciosa de Odón, ES
School of Architecture, Engineering and Design
Universidad Europea de Madrid
Vilnius, LT
Vilnius, LT
Faculty of Architecture
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Volos, GR
Volos, GR
School of Architecture
University of Thessaly
Wageningen, NL
Wageningen, NL
Chairgroup Landscape Architecture
Wageningen University and Research Centre

Warsaw, PL
Warsaw, PL
Faculty of Architecture
Warsaw University of Technology

Winterthur, CH
Winterthur, CH
School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering
Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Wroclaw, PL
Wroclaw, PL
Faculty of Architecture
Wroclaw University of Technology

Xanthi, GR
Xanthi, GR
Faculty of Engineering
Democritus University of Thrace

Zagreb, HR
Zagreb, HR
Faculty of Architecture
University of Zagreb

Zurich, CH
Zurich, CH
Department of Architecture
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich