austrian steel construction award for students 2023

The Austrian Steel Construction Award for Students aims to promote and make publicly visible forward-looking and experimental projects from the fields of architecture, civil engineering, and art.

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The award is open to artistic positions, spatial visions, and constructive experiments, as well as everything in between. The focus is on exploring the potentials of steel and metal materials – technical performance and recyclability.

Projects from past and current semesters can be submitted in the categories Upcycle & Recycle and Space & Structure. Outstanding student works that envision exciting worlds and formulate convincing arguments to continue and advance steel construction culture will be awarded.

Total Prize Money: € 9,000

Interdisciplinary jury with experts and students from art, architecture, and civil engineering Award ceremony: 15.06.2023 (33rd Austrian Steel Construction Day in Graz)

Project and final works that have been completed within the framework of a bachelor’s or master’s degree at an Austrian university in the fields of architecture, civil engineering, and art since October 2020 can be submitted. Submissions are possible online from 15.03.2023 to 26.04.2023.

Organizer: Austrian Steel Construction Association Concept and organization: Research Department Building Construction – Construction and Design E 253/5 (HB2), Institute of Architecture and Design, TU Wien