Registration:

13.12.2026

Submission:

16.12.2026

Prize pool:

€15,000

Participants are invited to design the adaptive reuse of Dino Campana's birthplace in Marradi, Italy, transforming it into a contemporary museum and cultural hub dedicated to the poet. The project must preserve the historic character of the building while creating exhibition spaces, offices for cultural foundations, a home-museum, and multipurpose areas. Designers must address three areas: interior renovations respecting the historic masonry envelope (exhibition rooms, study center, museum spaces); landscaping and a small multipurpose pavilion in the outdoor gardens; and an elevated connection improving access from the street to the upper garden. The design should embody principles of emotional museography, creating immersive and reversible exhibition solutions that narrate Campana's life and poetics. Interventions must be flexible, accessible, and compatible with the building's cultural heritage status. The project aims to establish Marradi as an international center for contemporary poetry while contributing to territorial regeneration and countering depopulation in this Apennine mountain town. Submissions require one A1 board, one A3 album (max 7 pages), and a cover image, all in English without identifying information.

Open to all. Teams can include students, graduates, and freelance architects from any country. Each team must include at least one member aged 18-35. No restrictions on team size or professional qualifications. Individuals with work or family relationships with jury members are ineligible.

Paid entry with tiered registration fees: Early Bird (September 21 – October 18, 2026): €65 per team; Standard (October 19 – November 15, 2026): €85 per team; Late (November 16 – December 13, 2026): €115 per team. All fees plus 22% VAT. Each registration fee allows one project submission; additional projects require additional fees.

First Prize: €8,000; Second Prize: €4,000; Third Prize: €2,000; Two Gold Mentions: €500 each; 10 Honorable Mentions (non-monetary); 30 Finalists (non-monetary). All awarded projects will be published on architectural websites, magazines, and platforms, and may be displayed in national and international architectural exhibitions. Winners' projects and intellectual property rights are acquired by the organizer.