Thanks to all students and teachers participating! The jury reviewed close to 600 daylight projects from all over the world. Congratulations to the regional winners and honourable mention.
International VELUX Award 2020
The International VELUX Award is a competition for students of architecture that runs every second year. We challenge students from all over the world to work with daylight as an ever relevant source of light.
Announcement of the regional winners 2020
Regional winners
The regional winners of International VELUX Award 2020 were elected after a jury review of all submitted projects in each of the two categories “Daylight in buildings” and “Daylight investigations”.
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The project consists in reconditioning the subway’s spaces through a fiber optic roots system that directs the external light into the station in order to gener
... ❯Daylight in Buildings
Bright Roots
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Currently South Africa faces a growing housing crisis forcing large portions of the population to create informal houses as their homes. This project seeks to s
... ❯Daylight in Buildings
A Million Little Lights
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An architectural response: Thanks to light, natural as well as artificial, words are restored and given back to those who need them most. The light becomes word
... ❯Daylight Investigations
Words to Light - Lucioles [fireflies]
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Concrete waste, a global problem. Only in China,2.4 billion tons of concrete waste is tore down each year. Concrete is a kind of building material with the larg
... ❯Daylight Investigations
Light Therapy
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'A holistic approach to providing Chile’s coastal informal settlements with water, light and energy. The prototype utilises Chile’s abundance of solar energy an
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Solar Desalination Skylight
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The forest of steles located in the ancient city of Xi'an is famous for its countless calligraphy and painting inscriptions. But recently, the quaint forest of
... ❯Daylight in Buildings
Ink and Light
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Artificial light pollution is a huge problem in the modern world. Every day we turn night into a day thanks to technology. But on the other hand, due to it the w
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The Theater of Light - Conceptual design of land art in the Izera Mountains
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The project begins with the story of children in Casablanca. They play by garbage dumps because they have nowhere else to play. The gap between the rich and the
... ❯Daylight in Buildings - Honourable mention
Melody of The Light Weaving
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Communication between the world and the sun, the most ancient friendship, is hampered by human and human productions. New urbanization methods and architectural
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Suncity
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The tragedy of climate change is that it alters our environment so slowly that we become comfortable with it. We fail to recognize that the whole earth shares a
... ❯Daylight Investigations
AQIP - Air Quality Index Pavilion
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The design aims at providing an ambient, sustainable lighting solution that improves visibility at night time in riverine communities, restoring the community l
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Let there be light
Collaboration partners
International VELUX Award 2020 is arranged in close collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA) and regional winners will be presented at the World Architecture Festival.
The Jury
All award entries for the International VELUX Award 2020 will be reviewed by an international jury comprised of renowned architects including representatives from UIA, and represents different cultural backgrounds, nationalities, and approaches to architecture.
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Odile Decq -
Sebastián Adamo -
Nóra Demeter -
Juri Troy -
Martin Pors Jepsen
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