BIGFIELDS STUDENTS PRIZE 2026

BIGFIELDS 2026 International Architecture Design Competition

Detailed Description

BIGFIELDS 2026 is an international architecture design competition centered on one of the most complex and urgent conditions of the contemporary world: “WAR.” The competition does not define war merely as a military conflict, but approaches it as a complex spatial condition involving the destruction of cities, the rupture of memory, the reconfiguration of borders, refuge and survival, mourning and recovery, reconstruction and coexistence.

Participants are invited to respond to the theme of “WAR” through their own interpretations and architectural languages. The competition does not designate a specific site or program. Therefore, proposals may take various forms and scales, including architecture, landscape, urban strategies, infrastructure, memorials, shelters, research facilities, community spaces, or experimental projects.

BIGFIELDS understands architecture not simply as the production of form, but as a cultural practice that reads social crises and human conditions while imagining new possibilities. BIGFIELDS 2026 is an international student architecture competition created to provide a global platform where architecture students from around the world can critically and creatively explore the relationship between war and architecture.

1. Competition Theme

WAR is not merely an event, but a condition. It is a force that disrupts the order of cities and communities, territories and memories, resources and survival. At the same time, war generates new spatial demands for protection, testimony, remembrance, healing, recovery, and reconstruction.

Participants may freely interpret the expanded concept of war, including actual wars and armed conflicts, refugees and migration, ruins and regeneration, borders and surveillance, memorials and memory, emergency relief and survival infrastructure, information warfare, climate warfare, water conflicts, and food crises.

2. Fields of Submission

Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape Architecture

3. Eligibility

This competition is an international open competition for students majoring in architecture. Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in architecture-related programs may participate regardless of nationality or age.

Both individual and team entries are accepted. Each team may consist of up to five members.

4. Awards

1st Prize: USD 10,000 / 1 team
2nd Prize: USD 1,000 / 1 team
3rd Prize: USD 500 / 1 team
Honorable Mention: USD 100 / 5 teams
Special Recognition: May be selected if necessary / No cash prize

5. Entry Fee

USD 100 per submission

6. Schedule

Competition Announcement: May 22, 2026
Registration Period: June 15 – August 31, 2026
Submission Deadline: August 31, 2026
Online Jury Review: September 1 – September 20, 2026
Announcement of Results: September 25, 2026
Publication of Winners / Online Archive: September 30, 2026

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※ For further details, please refer to the attached competition brief.