The Subversive Cottage – European Student Competition on Sustainable Architecture
4th Edition

Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine, Palais de Chaillot

The european student competition on sustainable architecture was launched in 2006 by the Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine, together with a Europe-wide network of partner schools; “Leading European Universities in Sustainable Architecture” The schools of the network contribute to the competition by organizing parallel activities: introductory lectures and seminars; joint workshops and summer schools on the subject of the competition. Following on from the first three editions achieved by the presentation 1:1 prototypes during the Venice Biennale and the publication of a book on the three competition rounds in 2006 to 2012, in August 2012, the fourth session is now launched on subject “The subversive cottage”.

The aim of the competition is to offer students a context for addressing and experimenting with the role of architecture in the area of sustainable development. The exhibition of the results of the competition 2012-2014 will be presented during the Architecture Biennale in Venice before travelling around Europe. With its programs rooted in daily life (A Minimum House for Leisure in 2008, Urban Loft in 2010, Market Hall in 2012) and with its presentation of playful, yet critically radical projects by means of models, videos and full-size prototypes, the competition makes a concrete and stimulating contribution to the European debate.

Launch of the competition; start of registration; launch of a library of references: March 2013
End of registrations: 15th October 2013
End of project submissions: 31st October 2013