The Myth of Competition (II) - Europan.

The Europan competition (http://www.europan-europe.com) definitely impresses by its bigness: in 2005 Europan 8 offered 19 simultaneous national competitions on 74 different European sites – each nation set its own jury.


(Image of Europan 8 registrations, source of data: Europan 8)

Europan addresses young architects aged less than forty years and intends the realisation of the winning designs. No wonder the competition is seen as a serious chance to launch an architectural practice!

The implementation of the prize winning projects is still difficult but at least Europan entrants can expect a professionally organised competition resulting in exhibitions and publications - what else shall we require?