The School of Architectureof the University of Navarra, together with the ChairMadera ONESTA, promotes this international competition which rewards the projectend of degree programor Master's Degree(PFC - PFM) that, due to its quality, innovation, originality or creativity, highlights the use of wood and the aspects of sustainability within an architectural project.
award
A award will be awarded to the CBP-FWP judged by the jury to be of the highest quality that has made use of wood as an important component of its design, and has taken into account sustainability aspects.
The submission awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, September 25, at the headquarters of the University of Navarra in Madrid.
The submission will take place in the framework of a session dedicated to the Construction with Wood in the Master's Degree University in Architecture of the University of Navarra. In it, the winner will have the opportunity to present her project. There will be a lecture to position by Julen Perez, architect of Waugh Thistleton Architects, with the topic "Madera de altura".
instructions of the competition
Participation is open to those who have submitted their PFC - PFM at any officially recognized School of Architecture at home country between September 2020 and June 2024 and who have been considered eligible for the degree scroll.
Exceptionally, projects that are still pending may be submitted to the competition at grade provided that they enclose a letter from the tutor letter of agreement.
Projects will be submitted in English or Spanish.
A jury composed of two professors from the School of Architecture of the University of Navarra, representatives of the Chair Madera ONESTA, and a prestigious architect will meet during the month of May 2024 to analyze the proposals submitted and decide on the award.
The award may be declared void. The following criteria will be considered:
* Wood as the main structural material,
* Creative and innovative use of wood on design,
* Adequate response to basic functional and architectural criteria,
* Architectural coherence,
* Sustainability and environmental criteria.
All documentation must be submitted under a slogan composed of a six-character combination of letters or numbers.
The name of the participant and the name of the country and school to which he/she belongs must not appear.
All panels will be uploaded through the website of the Chair Madera ONESTA in PDF document format or JPG image, according to the instructions contained in the mail received after the registration.
Submissions must be designed in a maximum of three digital panels of standard A1 size. It can be presented in portrait or landscape format.
These panels will include:
* The slogan of the project
* summary of the project of approximately 500 words
* Description of the features that make project fin de degree program a sustainable project
* Description of the involvement of wood in the development of the project
* Texts may be written in English or Spanish. Plans, photographs, infographics and texts, as well as any other representation technique that each entrant deems appropriate, may be submitted to presentation .
Incomplete submissions will be discarded.
The winning project must subsequently submit high quality artwork for employment in publications and promotional material.
A selection of the submitted projects and the winner will be published on the website of the ChairMadera ONESTA.
* REGISTRATION:
Through the form, before August 15, 2024.
* DOCUMENTATION:
The documentation must be submitted on-line, according to the instructions that will be sent to registrants, by 23:59 Central European Time (CET) on September 1, 2024.
registration and submission of the documentation
The formalisation of the registration implies the acceptance of the instructions of the competition.
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The registration is free of charge.
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The registration must be completed by August 15, 2024.
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Only registration is allowed at degree scroll individual.
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The registration can be accessed via form on-line on this page.
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submission Documentation: Each participant will receive a confirmation e-mail from registration, in which the information for the submission of the documentation will be attached in this same page before September 1, 2024.
Winners of previous editions
award -BETWEEN. Beatriz Salido Fortuna
The proposal proposes the recovery of an old abandoned factory, of which almost all that remains are its bare concrete Structures , its "bones", providing the area with a new residential use.
The initial concept of urban regeneration and enhancement of what has already been built, based on a thorough analysis of the site and a varied study of the typological adaptation of the new residential units to the existing preexistences, is valued.
The complete development of the architectural idea, from the urban implantation to the detail, without the need of exaggerations or stridencies, hand in hand with a constructive development , also very rational, leads us to grant the award to the proposal "ENTRE".
Accesit - Living the green. María José Palomo Montero
The balance between the idea of implementing an intergenerational living space, surely very necessary in an already consolidated urban area, and its materialization, based on a palette of truly "natural" materials, results in an attractive proposal with a coherent and complete development in its different scales.
Although a more realistic development of the construction detail would have made it possible to obtain an even more interesting proposal , it was decided to award one of the runners-up prizes to proposal "VIVIR EL VERDE".
Accésit - Industry Z. Agustin Ardisana Witenas
The urban treatment given to a new "industry", to integrate it into the city, from the mix of uses and the generation of interesting urban spaces, and the development of the new buildings, from the structural typological adaptation that allows to achieve a game of interior-exterior spaces adapted to the different uses and spaces, as can be seen in the sections of the proposal.
Although a greater development of the climatic adaptation of the translucent enclosure, beyond the double facades of the walls, would have allowed a better evaluation of the proposal, it was decided to award one of the second prizes to the proposal "INDUSTRIA Z".
Winner - INSTPG. Elías Ayala Juárez. University of Malaga (Spain)
"The optimization, efficiency and good use of wood has been valued in the residency program for students of mobility international UMA. The project has an original structural system adapted to the place where it is implemented, with innovative solutions in the housing occupation and with a careful development both in the construction and assembly of the proposal".
Accésit - NPIBSS. Laura Paz De Ochoa and Mateo Boasso. National University of Córdoba (Argentina)
"The clarity with which the intervention in El Páramo, located in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), is approached has been appreciated. The project provides an alternative to the hydrocarbon industry through the design of a breakwater and an infrastructure that floats housing a pavilion composed of industrial and research uses. The whole is materialized as a floating piece of wood with a dynamic and adaptive character, coherent with the program it houses".
Accesit - ORIZON. Laura Muñoz González. University of Granada (Spain)
"The revitalization of La Alcazaba and the connection with the city of Guadix has been valued by adding value to the landscape, city and archaeological works. The project combines the serial use of wood and earth for the containment of the land, a rhythm that is appreciated in the temporary spaces by means of a light structure. The proposal manages to recover the image of the walled enclosure and gives the whole a unique unity and strength".
Winner - . EPCCEB. Diego Díaz Gómez (ETSA A Coruña, Spain)
Relevant and interesting use of wood in an architecture that combines the interest of an abstract and symbolic proposal thanks to its striking circular form, as well as concrete in the space of the village in which it is realised.
Accésit - . CAMP-IN. Guillermo Frondoy (School de Arquitectura, design y Urbanismo, UDELAR, Uruguay)
proposal fresh and very well articulated both in images and in technical development that proposes a new way of living that could occupy diverse spaces, both urban and more rural, with a successful use of wood in the supporting structure of the ephemeral architecture proposal.
Second Prize - . 402317. Ignacio Cimadevilla Arellano (Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
For the interest of incorporating wood in the context of energy, architectural and social rehabilitation. For dreaming
Winner - bequest. Alexis Soriano Saldías. University of Arts, Sciences and speech (Chile)
The proposal makes a deep research in the cultural values of the territory in which it is implanted, recovering the constructive tradition of the lake and implementing a new typological and topological reading of this architecture rooted in the construction and its values.
The establishment, the development of the project and the values inherent to architecture, which is not only a construction but also seeks to create an identity. For all these reasons, it was decided to award the first award to proposal "bequest".
Accesit - NATURE. Estefanía Gallardo Fernández. Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)
The exercise, of tremendous maturity, chooses a superb location next to an old building, which serves as the nodal point of the project. The project extends using the topography of the site, setting up a series of pavilions of different sizes and typologies around it. The constructive development , although with an abuse in the use of the portico, is of very high quality. However, there are certain doubts about the compositional value of the different constructions and their composition. For all these reasons it was decided to award the second award to "NATURE".
Accésit - MNHLOP. framework Parra Gómez. University of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
After an exhaustive analysis, the exercise opted for the placement of pavilions that create a place between them. From here and its jetty, access is given to the different boats. The programme, although adequate, is found to be wrongly located, as it does not take advantage of the beautifully planned section and only an intermediate slab is placed. Nevertheless, the typological value and the constructive heritage that the piece itself assumes is worthy of praise, as it is committed to an architecture with a strong propositional-formal will. It was therefore decided to give the proposal "MNHLOP" the third award.
FEEL. Alejandro Barranco Donderis. Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
A complete new development is visible, with an interesting intervention on all scales, from the initial analysis to the detail.
ELVIÑA. Daniel Gómez Magide. University of A Coruña. (Spain)
This is a carefully designed project in an urban environment, with a good development of the detail in each subject of activity (new plant and rehabilitation).
C.E.J.Daniel Aguado Marín. Polytechnic University of Catalonia. (Spain)
Interesting recycling of an urban space with the resolution of a built piece that brings unity to the action.
VIVERO. Violeta Sánchez Sánchez (University of Málaga, Spain)
A piece connects both edges as a bridge, and through the repetition of a system that organises both plan and section and executes a homogeneous and friendly overall image in the context.
The use of a cross-laminated panel system, which is understood in the complete development of project and which serves as a structure and as a carrier and distributor of installations, is appreciated.
POLAHM. Mónica Esteban González (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain)
It is interesting the strategy of colonisation on the unfinished roofs in the city of Ahmedabad using an intense axis of "street" in which the performance is grouped, including different enclosures and "improving" the image of the whole.
LAMELA. Daniela Silva (Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile)
The implementation of a roof element that in its nuances resolves everything and manages to work the spatial sequences through light.
WINNER - MVSINM. Néstor Fernández Castro (Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain)
project with an appropriate balance between urban development and rehabilitation. A logical constructive development is valued.
SECOND PRIZE - ACTSLO. Mercedes Zapico Suárez (Universidad San Pablo CEU Madrid, Spain)
Originality and inventiveness. Effort to integrate renewable energies. Great capacity for representation.
SECOND PRIZE - PAMPA. Mario Benjamín Peralta Peralta (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
The simplicity of the project and its integration into the environment are appreciated.
WINNER - VACURB. Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Olivencia (Universidad de la República, Uruguay)
project rigorous and coherent with an appropriate relationship between the programme and the constructive knowledge in the use of wood. Coherent building that allows the use of urban voids from a definition of the wooden components in the form of panels that conceal the anchorages inside and integrate the lighting and the support for the cladding.
RUNNER-UP - AHDLS. Ainhoa Fernández Calleja (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain)
Adequate relationship between the urban scale of the proposal and its materialisation thanks to the construction system that allows the spaces to be generated down to the level of detail using wood as a defining element and in relation to local tradition.
RUNNER-UP - MUZARQ. Julián Leopoldo Gil Benegasi (Universidad Camilo José Cela, Spain)
proposal integral from the historical analysis to the constructive definition, proposing a strategy of non-invasive implantation that is completed over time, forming another layer of the historical development of the place.
We show you the latest projects
ENTRE, winner 2024
The project by Beatriz Salido Fortuna, ENTRE, winner of the PFC 2024 competition. The proposal proposes the recovery of an old abandoned factory, of which almost all that remains are its bare concrete Structures , its "bones", providing the area with a new residential use.
ENTRE, winner 2024
In project the starting concept of urban regeneration and enhancement of what has already been built is valued, based on a thorough analysis of the site and a varied study of the typological adaptation of the new residential units to the existing preexistences.
ENTRE, winner 2024
The jury highlighted "the complete development of the architectural idea, from the urban implantation to the detail, without the need for exaggeration or stridency, hand in hand with a constructive development , also very rational".
Vivir el verde, 2024 runner-up
project by María José Palomo Montero. The balance between the idea of implementing an intergenerational living space, surely very necessary in an already consolidated urban area, and its materialization, based on a palette of really "natural" materials, results in an attractive proposal with a coherent and complete development in its different scales.
Vivir el verde, 2024 runner-up
The jury pointed out: "Although a more realistic development of the construction detail would have made it possible to obtain an even more interesting proposal , it was decided to award one of the runner-up prizes to proposal 'LIVING THE GREEN'".
Industry Z, 2024 award winner
project by Agustín Ardisana Witenas.
Industry Z, 2024 award winner
The jury noted: "Although a greater development of the climatic adaptation of the translucent enclosure, beyond the double facades of the walls, would have allowed a better evaluation of the proposal, it is decided to award one of the second prizes to the proposal 'INDUSTRIA Z'".
INSTPG, winner 2023
Elías Ayala Juárez. University of Malaga (Spain). The jury emphasized: "The optimization, efficiency and good use of wood in the residency program for students of mobility international UMA has been valued. The project has an original structural system adapted to the place where it is implemented, with innovative solutions in housing occupation and with a careful development both in the construction and assembly of the proposal".
NPIBSS, 2023 award winner
Laura Paz De Ochoa and Mateo Boasso. National University of Córdoba (Argentina). The jury highlighted: "The clarity with which the intervention in El Páramo, located in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), was valued. The project offers an alternative to the hydrocarbon industry through the design of a breakwater and an infrastructure that floats housing a pavilion composed of industrial and research uses. The whole is materialized as a floating piece of wood with a dynamic and adaptive character, coherent with the program it houses".
ORIZON, runner-up 2023
Laura Muñoz González. University of Granada (Spain). The jury emphasized: "The revitalization of La Alcazaba and the connection with the city of Guadix has been valued, giving value to landscape, city and archaeological works. The project combines the serial use of wood and earth for the containment of the land, a rhythm that is appreciated in the temporary spaces by means of a light structure. The proposal manages to recover the image of the walled enclosure and gives the whole a unique unity and strength".
EPCCEB, winner 2022
Diego Díaz Gómez (ETSA A Coruña, Spain). The jury highlighted: "The pertinent and interesting use of wood in an architecture that combines the interest of an abstract and symbolic proposal thanks to its striking circular shape, as well as concrete in the space of the village in which it is built".
EPCCEB, winner 2022
Diego Díaz Gómez (ETSA A Coruña, Spain). The jury highlighted: "The pertinent and interesting use of wood in an architecture that combines the interest of an abstract and symbolic proposal thanks to its striking circular shape, as well as concrete in the space of the village in which it is built".
CAMP-IN, runner-up in 2022
Guillermo Frondoy (School de Arquitectura, design y Urbanismo, UDELAR, Uruguay)
CAMP-IN, runner-up in 2022
Guillermo Frondoy (School de Arquitectura, design y Urbanismo, UDELAR, Uruguay)
402317, runner-up 2022
Ignacio Cimadevilla Arellano (University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
402317, runner-up 2022
Ignacio Cimadevilla Arellano (University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
bequestwinner 2020
Alexis Soriano Saldías. University of Arts, Sciences and speech (Chile)
bequestwinner 2020
Nature, accesit 2020
Estefanía Gallardo Fernández. Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)
Nature, accesit 2020
MNHLOP, 2020 award winner
framework Parra Gómez. University of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
MNHLOP, 2020 award winner
Sentir, project winner of 2019
Alejandro Barranco Donderis. Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain)
Sentir, project winner of 2019
Sentir, project winner of 2019
Elviña, project de 2019
Daniel Gómez Magide. University of A Coruña. (Spain)
Elviña, project de 2019
C.E.J., project of 2019
Daniel Aguado Marín. Polytechnic University of Catalonia. (Spain)
C.E.J., project of 2019