Europan is a biennial competition for young
architect
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s under 40 years of age to design innovative housing schemes for sites across
Europe
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. The competition encourages architects to address
social
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and
economic
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changes occurring in towns and cities and offers the opportunity for cross-cultural learning and networking for the architects and site promoters involved.
Europan 9 ran from February 2007 - January 2008. The competition was participated in by 22 countries, submitting 73 sites across Europe and receiving 1,752 entries in total.
9 European countries proposing 40 sites are participating to the Europan 16 edition on a common theme: Living Cities - Metabolic Vitalities / Inclusive Vitalities.
External links
Official websiteEuropan Polska websiteEuropan Hungary websiteEuropan Spain websiteEuropan Finland website
Architectural competitions