Students of Architecture and young architects with Spanish or Portuguese nationality or citizens with residence permit in Spain or Portugal who, at the end date to deliver applications, meet the following requirements, may apply for the scholarship:
Students
a) To have passed in any school of architecture in Spain or Portugal, at least 60% of the credits required to obtain the qualification to practise as an architect.
b) To be enrolled in the 2020/2021 course in any school of architecture in Spain or Portugal.
Architects
To have obtained the qualification to practise as an architect in a school of architecture in Spain or Portugal, or have obtained the title outside these countries and approved in any of them, after 30 April 2020
Call opening: 2 January 2021
Registration period: 2 January to 30 April 2021
Results: last week of July 2021
Awards ceremony: October 2021
Beginning of the scholarship: October 2021
There are two ways of applying: academic transcript and competition. You can opt to participate in one or both simultaneously. 12 grants will be awarded via academic transcript and the rest via competition. To ensure adequate geographic distribution of the grants, the number of valid entries will be weighted proportionally by institution of study and type of application.
Candidates may choose to carry out the internship at all destinations offered by the Arquia Foundation within the Programme, selecting their preferences when they apply, as long as they meet the specific requirements of each grant
Academic transcript. Candidates will be selected according to their academic transcript. This is assessed by the average mark obtained in degree subjects passed, as well as by the average mark obtained in design project modules passed (for this purpose, all modules that come under the Department of Architectural Projects shall be taken into consideration). These average marks will be calculated by the applicant, as specified in Annex I of the Requirements.
Competition. Students will be selected according to the material submitted to the competition, as specified in Annex II of the Requirements.
Information may be edited until registration deadline: 30 April 2021 at 12 pm (Spanish Peninsular time).
Academic record. Once the registration has been completed, access the private user area by entering your email and password and enter the average of the grades described above in the box provided for this purpose (scholarships section, option 'edit participation'). Subsequently, preselected participants will be required to submit their academic records in PDF format.
2021 Contest: 'Vivir y convivir. Rethinking the city. Alternativas a la manzana Cerdà, o no…’. Once registration has been completed, access the private user area by entering your e-mail and password and attach and complete the required fields.
Presentation in two PDF files (72 dpi, .pdf format and a maximum size of 10 MB) including the following material:
Graphic documentation of the proposal at draft level in A3 format
Explanatory report with schemes and reflections in A4 format
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The studios were selected by the students of Spanish architecture schools as their favourite places for a professional internship, according to the results of the 8th Online survey for students of architecture carried out by Arquia Foundation in 2020. The updating of the destination studios is done every 3 years through an online survey.
The studios participating in this call, with which Arquia Foundation has agreed the admission of interns, are the following:
Aires Mateus e Associados
Alberto Campo Baeza
Álvaro Siza
Amid.cero9
Anupama Kundoo
Barozzi Veiga
Carme Pinós
Cruz y Ortiz Arquitectos
Emilio Tuñón arquitectos
Fala atelier
Foster and Partners
H-arquitectes
Herreros Arquitectos
Izaskun Chinchilla
Lacaton & Vassal Architectes
Langarita Navarro
MVRDV
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, Madrid
NoMAD
OAB Carlos Ferrater
Patxi Mangado
Rafael Moneo
RCR. Aranda Pigem Vilalta
TEd'A arquitectes
The Arquia Foundation, with the collaboration of Architect-US, announces 2 scholarships for young architects from Spain and Portugal for professional practices in architecture studios in the United States in the following studios:
OMA*AMO Architecture, New York
Diller Scofidio + Renfro, New York
Taking into account the educational value of practical knowledge of the profession, the Arquia Foundation will award 2 grants to young architects who have graduated from a Spanish or Portuguese architecture school who are interested in Urban Planning, Innovation and City Development, so that they can undertake internships at the Metrópoli Foundation.
The Arquia Foundation, in consideration of the educational value attributable to practical knowledge of the profession, awards 1 grant to architecture students and young architects from schools of architecture in Spain and Portugal so that they can undertake an internship in cultural management, not a working internship, at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
Through an internship at an institution dedicated to promoting creation, enjoyment and knowledge of visual arts through exhibitions, education and debate, the grant aims to give candidates the opportunity to complement the cultural knowledge acquired during their studies and their initial years of professional activity.
The Arquia Foundation, considering the educational value that practical knowledge of the profession represents, announces, with the collaboration of the Directorate General of Architecture and Urban Agenda of the Ministry of Transports Mobility and Urban Agenda, 3 scholarships for architecture students and young architects of Spanish architecture schools destined for professional practices in the Public Administration in Madrid and 3 scholarships for young architects in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation (2 scholarships in Madrid and 1 in Rome).
*The awarding of the scholarships with the public administration is annually subject to the prorogation of the agreements already signed with Arquia Foundation.
The Arquia Foundation, considering the educational value that practical knowledge of the profession represents, announces, with the collaboration of the Arquitectura y Sociedad Foundation, 2 enrolment scholarships for architecture students and young architects of Spain and Portugal architecture schools destined for the participation in the 2021 Campus Ultzama.
The scholarships are intended to give candidates the opportunity to complement the knowledge acquired during their studies by participating in the architecture meetings and the Ultzama Summer School, and to contribute to the bridging of the professional and academic spheres.
Registration for the arquia/grants competition can only be done via the online registration system by completing the form provided for this purpose.
To facilitate the registration process, you can save the registration at any time and continue later.
Friday 30 April 2021 at 12 pm (Spanish peninsular time).
Friday 30 April 2021 at 12 pm (Spanish Peninsular time).
Last week of July 2021
After gaining international recognition along with Enric Miralles for projects such as Cementerio de Igualada, Carme Pinós opens her studio in 1991.
During all these years, Carme Pinós has combined her work as an architect with teaching, being a guest lecturer at prestigious universities such as UC Berkeley, Harvard Graduate School of Design, l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne or Columbia University de NY.
Among her recent projects are Plaza de la Gardunya, Escuela de Arte Massana and the façade of the Mercado de la Boquería in Barcelona; the Caixaforum Cultural Centre in Zaragoza, the Apartment Building in the WU Campus in Vienna and the Cube I and Cube II Offices in Guadalajara, Mexico.
She has received numerous awards and recognitions such as the Richard J.Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence (2016), the 2016 Berkeley-Rupp Prize, the Creu de Sant de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat de Catalunya (2015), the Premio de Arquitectura Española from the Colegios Oficiales de Arquitectos de España (1995). Also in 2012, she was appointed International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and in 2011 Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects.
VIVIR Y CONVIVIR
PENSAR AL CIUDAD
ALTERNATIVAS A LA MANZANA CERDÀ, O NO…
The coronavirus has made us discover things that, I hope, we will not forget. One of them is the possibility of remote work which, I suppose, will be combined with on-site work in the future. Another is that many people have discovered the true meaning of neighbourhood: neighbours have seen and recognised each other while clapping on the balconies or standing in line at the local shops every day. Neighbourhoods have had neighbours and not just occupants.
My proposal is to rethink the city, to rethink housing. I want candidates to work without ordinances, just with the common sense and responsibility necessary when creating connected and coexisting spaces - as well as thinking about the environment.
I have chosen an area influenced by the Cerdà plot but with an opportunity for alternatives.
The area is large enough and well connected, so the city can be rethought, both on a programme level and regarding its volumetric design and connections.
It is not only a reflection on the urban plot, but also an architectural work. The contestant must think about the type of housing and business, as well as public areas both open and closed.
A minimum of 70,000 m2 built is requested, leaving the contestant to reflect on the degree of density and its relation to the programme.
Don't forget it is about reflecting on the city and not about designing some buildings, although contestants are free to reach the architectural definition they consider necessary to explain their proposal.
PLOT:
4 blocks between C/ Pere IV and C/Fluvià in the west and C/ Selva de Mar and C/ Venezuela in the east. It is a theoretical project, so it will be considered that there are no buildings that should be preserved in the plot.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
-graphic documentation of the proposal at draft level in A3 format.
-explanatory report with schemes and reflections in A4 format.
A clearly presented unique and accurate thought will be more favourably assessed that a significant amount of information.
Carme Pinós, 2020
