2027 Design for Freedom Competition

Grace Farms leads Design for Freedom, the global movement to eliminate forced labor from the building materials supply chain. Grace Farms is partnering with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) to announce a student Design Competition for the 2026-2027 academic year. The competition is intended to challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore how architectural material research and design can eliminate forced labor in the building materials supply chain – to explore and propose how architects can work to eradicate forced and child labor from the built environment.

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Integrated Material Research & Design

Ethical & Equitable Materiality: To End Forced Labor is a student competition that offers architecture students the opportunity to design a project using responsible design practices. Students are expected to engage both design and material investigation as interconnected processes, demonstrating how architectural decisions can contribute to eliminating forced labor from the building industry. Design for Freedom studies the mutual benefits of honoring both people and planet, creating buildings that allows our climate health, well-being and local economies to flourish.

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