Catalysts of Resilience

The focus of this international student competition, Catalysts of Resilience, is to design spatial interventions that enable resistance and adaptation to predictable threats related to political shifts, social transformations, and climate change. The competition calls for design proposals that foster this capacity for resilience using time as a design tool.

This single-stage student ideas competition is organised and conducted in accordance with UNESCO Standard Regulations for International Competitions in Architecture and Town planning and the UIA best practice recommendations (see UIA Competition Guide for Design Competitions in Architecture and Related Fields). The Competition Organiser is the UIA World Congress 2026 organisation (CSCAE and COAC).