WAF's Student Charrette offers architecture students from around the world a unique opportunity to present their concepts live to WAF attendees and a panel of expert judges.

ABOUT THE STUDENT CHARRETTE

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Supported by Broadway Malyan, this year’s charrette will focus on some aspect of built environment futures, in line with the WAF conference theme, ‘Tomorrow’.

Teams are invited to identify a building, place, neighbourhood or landscape which would benefit from a radical intervention to improve (a) its condition and (b) its potential to accommodate new uses, ideas or technologies.

Eight student teams (comprising up to six students and two teachers) have been invited to take part in the charrette at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, from 6 to 8 November 2024. 

THE 2024 TEAMS

See who will be competing in this year's WAF Student Charrette competition!

We were thrilled to receive a high number of entries from student teams worldwide and are excited to announce the eight teams that will be attending WAF:

• Queen's University Belfast, Ireland
• Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado, El Salvador
• University of Dundee, United Kingdom
• Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao, Philippines
• University of Northern Philippines, Philippines (Team One)
• University of Northern Philippines, Philippines (Team Two)
• Mapúa Malayan Colleges Mindanao, Philippines
• University of the West of England, United Kingdom

THE 2024 THEME

This year’s charrette will focus on some aspect of built environment futures, in line with the WAF conference theme, ‘Tomorrow’.

Teams are invited to identify a building, place, neighbourhood or landscape which would benefit from a radical intervention to improve (a) its condition and (b) its potential to accommodate new uses, ideas or technologies.

One idea could be taking the Singapore Railway revamp as a topic of your submission! Learn more here.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• Teams can pick their own building type/site/area as the subject for their entry
• Please supply a written document describing the brief, the location and the potential client (500 words maximum)
• Provide any relevant visual material indicating the key challenges of the project and the approach the team would take to meeting them

THE PROCESS

What happens?

• Students from across the globe are invited to submit their proposals (for free) by 21 June 2024
• Successful teams will be informed by the 9 August 2024
• All teams and their tutors will be provided with complimentary three-day festival passes
• Teams will need to make their own accommodation and travel arrangements to attend the Festival at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore from the 6-8 November 2024
• A final briefing will be provided at 5pm on Tuesday 5 November in Singapore, venue to be advised
• This briefing will provide an additional element which teams will need to incorporate into their final proposals

At the Festival in Singapore

• Working areas for all teams will be provided in the Festival hall 
• Basic design materials (paper, marker pens etc) will be made available
• Teams will have two days to finalise their proposals
• On the morning of Friday 8 November teams will present their ideas to an international jury
• Presentations should be 10 minutes maximum, followed by 10 minutes of question and answers
• The panel will select a winning team, which will be invited to the Gala Awards Dinner on Friday night

Other matters

• All teams will receive a certificate of attendance as finalists in the charrette
• Selected work will appear in the post-Festival online Winners Supplement and on the WAF website
• Any queries should be emailed to Paul Finch, Programme Director, World Architecture Festival (paul.finch@emap.com)

THE 2023 WINNERS

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