We can consider “Architecture” everything that has already been designed and/or built. That would define a
realm of conventional solutions, often repeated in a self-referential system. We imagined a counterpart, a
“Non architecture”. A world of unexplored designs and countless possibilities, that if found, could enlarge and
change the boundaries of Architecture permanently. A universe of chances and opportunities never
challenged by architects before. A limitless field of investigation that includes everything that is not
Architecture, yet.
NON ARCHITECTURE BLOG
OPEN SOURCE
Non Architecture Blog is a platform for free exchange of content and inputs. Members from the Non
Architecture community share articles, essays, projects and visuals in an ongoing discussion on various
topics related to the future of architecture.
NON ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS
CURATED PARTICIPATIONS
Non Architecture Competitions is a research program organized around open competitions. Members of the Non Architecture community are challenged to develop design proposals within the framerwork of the design contest.
NON ARCHITECTURE STUDIO
WORKING GROUP
Non Architecture Studio works as a project incubator. Members from the Non Architecture community come
together in the Studio to form design teams and develop projects.
COMPETITIONS AS A TOOL FOR RESEARCH
For Non Architecture competitions are much more than just an architectural exercise, they are a valuable tool to challenge and involve talented designers from all around the world into a collective research.
The most interesting submissions of each competition are in fact collected into a book, and enriched with essays and graphic materials from our community. As a result, each book becomes a vehicle of a Non Architectural perspective on each specific topic, and a condensed version of our open source research on the topic investigated.
If you want to learn more about our vision you can check out here the introduction to our first non architecture book: “Ce n’est pas architecture – This is not architecture”
NON PROFIT NON ARCHITECTURE
Non Architecture, differently than most of competition platforms, is part of a non-profit organisation. Its only purpose is to encourage and support the creation of brave innovative ideas.
All the funding raised by the platform are used to promote and support those ideas with new projects and initiatives.
If you are interested in collaborating or supporting Non Architecture you can contact us at info@nonarchitecture.eu
MEDIA PARTNERS
SUPPORTERS
The following organizations have contributed to our project with different means, including funding, sharing knowledge, expertise or in-kind support
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OUR JURORS

Fala Atelier
Filipe Magalhães, Ana Luisa Soares & Ahmed Belkhodja

Labics Architects
Maria Claudia Clemente & Francesco Isidori

Karoline Liedtke
Head of Landscape at Cobe

Carlo Ratti
Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab Founder and Director of Carlo Ratti Associati

Andrea D'Antrassi
Associate Partner at MAD Architects

Federica Sofia Zambeletti
Founder of KooZA/rch

Massimo Alvisi
Cofounding partner of Alvisi Kirimoto

Francisco Leiva
Founder of Grupo Aranea

Marijn Schenk
Co-Founder of NEXT Architects

Ad Kil
Founder of Ro&AD Architecten

Rebel Architette
Elena Fabrizi & Francesca Perani, co-founders architects of RebelArchitette

Felix Madrazo
Partner IND [Inter.National.Design]

Gijs van der Velden
Founder of MX3D

Laurent Rosset
Project leader at 3XN

Aleksander Kongshaug
Project leader at GXN

Andrew Bruno
Founder of One House Per Day

Rens Wijnakker
Senior landscape architect at FABRICations

Marko Riboškić
Founder of Archiboom

Claudia Livia
Artist

Jose Morandeira
Founder of Arqpedia and Designer at KCAP

Francisco Rivera
Founder of Axo_Madness

Dai Wanjun
Vice Manager of the Shandong Li Guizu Cultural Development

Carlos Gonzalvo
Founder of BETA Architecture

Francesco Decaro
Founder of C_A_G_E

Fernando Ceña
Associate at Meis Architects New York

Giulia Sonetti
Assistant professor at Politecnico di Torino, Sustainability Specialist at Green Team

Giulio Verdini
Reader at the School of Architecture and Cities of the University of Westminster, member of ILAUD

Irene Luque Martin
Senior Project Leader at MVRDV

Hidden Architecture
Alberto Martinez Garcia & Hector Rivera Bajo

Jos-Willem van Oorschot
Architect Partner and Director of VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism

Joyce van den Berg
Head Landscape Architect at the City of Amsterdam

Jules Gallissian
Architect Urbanist at Snøhetta

Markus Appenzeller
Director and Partner at MLA+

Megan Born
Senior Associate at James Corner Field Operations

Nicole Smolenski
Associate at Populous

Enno Zuidema
Head of Urban Development at MVRDV

WU Zhonglin
President of Shouqing Aolv Investment Management

XU Jia
Vice Manager of Beijing Tourist Scenic Investment Management

Steven Rubio
Founder of Show It Better

Paola Bonini
Rai Digital Consultant and Professor Adjunct, University of Bologna

Yunil Nam
Artist/Architectural Designer at WestonWilliamson+Partners

Capsula Mundi Designers
Anna Citelli & Raoul Bretzel

Socks-studio & MICROCITIES
Mariabruna Fabrizi & Fosco Lucarelli

Seetal Solanki
Director and founder of studio Ma-tt-er

Prue Chiles
Professor at Newcastle University

Arjen Wals
Unesco Chair at WUR

Astrid Piber
Partner at UNStudio

Maria Eugenia Latournerie
Workplace Research Specialist at Haworth

Mirek Claßen
Parametric Design and Head of Innovation at NowLab@BigRep, co-founder of Makeathon.cc

DigitaLabs
Ana Fonseca & Brimet Silva

Lukas Feireiss
Founder of studio Lukas Feireiss

Rebeca Sanchez
Director at LEDSCONTROL

Miquel Clot
Director at LEDSCONTROL

Marc Roma Trepat Perez
Architect at B\TA and co-founder of Heads&Tails INC

Filippo Maria Doria
Architect and Researcher PHD at TU Delft

Natascha Meuser
Co-Founder of Meuser Architects and DOM publishers, professor at Hochschule Anhalt Dessau

Harry Parr
Founder and Director of Bompas and Parr

Chiara Tonelli
Professor of Architecture at Roma Tre University

William Lewis
Associate, RA, SHoP Architects

Hector Garcia-Castrillo
Architect at BIG

Jordan Pitruzzella
Winner of Re-Draw.01 NonA competition, founder of i.l.a.u. Itinerant Laboratory of Architecture and Urbanism

Stephane Hof
Founding partner of Hoffice

Laurent Rosset
Creator of Lorystripes Architect at CEBRA

Aldo Sollazzo
Founding partner of Noumena Researcher at IAAC, Barcelona

Inanc Eray
Founding partner of Eray/Carbajo Architects

Alex Hogrefe
Founder of VisualazingArchitecture

Nuno Brandão Costa
Founder and director of Brandão Costa Arquitectos

Matus Nedecky
Founder of FlyingArchitecture

Amirreza Rakhshani
Founder of Archit Magazine
