DOCEXDOCE 5th edition

RISING RESILIENCE: 1264 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED TO THE COMPETITION DOCEXDOCE 5 TH EDITION

Europan supported the 5th edition of the European version of the competition for students DOCEXDOCE.

The rule is that the students must produce a project in 12 hours on a topic and a site defined by the organization founded and managed by Nicolás Martínez Rueda, architect Barcelona (ES).
This 2022 edition of DOCEXDOCE has as theme “Rising Resilience” and the site proposed was located in Sant Adrià de Besòs, situated on both sides of the Besòs estuary.
The challenge was to adapt the monumental buildings of the former Plant Power with these iconic three chemneys. 1264 students, organized in 437 teams from 25 countries, participated in the event either independently online or as part of one of the 14 onsite embassies in different European countries. The jury was composed of - Miriam García García landscape architect, Barcelona (ES) - Bernd Vlay architect, Wien (AT) - Tomás García Píriz architect, CUAC Arquitectura Camp (ES) - Céline Bodart architect, professor – Paris (FR) - Didier Rebois architect, urbanist, professor, General Secretary of Europan Europe.

“The jury remarked the quality and depth of projects that came from a twelve-hour period of work. They agreed that this was an extremely complex site that posed many questions and had a range of topics to tackle : Heritage and Memory, New uses, Regeneration of the territory... The variety of programs was noted as well as the impressive standard of graphics”. The jury gave 3 Prizes and 8 Honorable Mentions.

> Find out more about the results with the article here

Here is the presentation of the first, second and third prizes.