The Social Hub 2.0
Registration:
Submission:
Prize pool:
₹20,000
Competition Brief & Overview
Participants are invited to design socio-cultural spaces that foster community interaction, cultural exchange, and personal growth. Eligible projects include museums, memorials, libraries, convention centers, spiritual centers, or multi-purpose community spaces. The design must address community challenges and aspirations, promoting inclusivity, accessibility, and sustainability. The project should integrate seamlessly with its surroundings, reflecting the cultural, historical, or environmental context of the site. Participants must select a site that aligns with the socio-cultural theme, conduct thorough site analysis, and demonstrate how their design responds to the site's challenges. The design should establish a dialogue between past, present, and future, using architecture as a medium of storytelling through spatial planning, circulation, materiality, landscape, form, and experiential elements. Submissions must include a maximum of 2 A1-size sheets in PDF format with site plan, site narrative diagram, floor plans, sections, elevations, detail drawings, and 3D renders.
Eligibility & Target Participants
Open to all students from undergraduate to post-graduate candidates currently enrolled in architecture, urban planning, landscape design, or related programs worldwide.
Submission Guidelines & Full Rules
Participation Type:
Paid participation with tiered registration fees per team member (non-refundable): Early Bird (07 Sep – 01 Oct 2026): ₹150 per member for participants from India, $2.0 per member for participants outside India; Standard Registration (01 Oct – 02 Nov 2026): ₹300 per member for participants from India, $4.0 per member for participants outside India; Late Registration (02 Nov – 10 Nov 2026): ₹500 per member for participants from India, $6.0 per member for participants outside India. Teams can comprise 1 to 4 members plus an optional faculty mentor (mentor does not count towards team member fee).
Total Prize Fund:
Total prize pool of ₹20,000. First Prize: ₹10,000, Certificate of Appreciation, DiscoverArch Publication Feature, and Global Press Release. Second Prize: ₹6,000, Certificate of Appreciation, DiscoverArch Publication Feature, and Website Exhibition. Third Prize: ₹4,000, Certificate of Appreciation, DiscoverArch Publication Feature, and Digital Archive. 10 Honorable Mentions receive Appreciation certificates and official publication on the DiscoverArch website. Top 50 Shortlisted entries recognized in the official DiscoverArch project archive. All participants receive an official Certificate of Appreciation. Winning and Honorable Mention faculty mentors get featured across DiscoverArch social media and publications.