ARCH-E, European platform for architectural competitions

The main goal of the ARCH-E CREA project, in which 10 partners and 5 associate partners participate, is to promote the excellence of architectural solutions in the European built environment through greater use of architectural competitions and to overcome various obstacles in cross-border cooperation in the field of architectural services.

The form and execution of competitions vary widely in individual member states, depending on national regulations and traditions. Cross-border cooperation and international competition in this area are quite limited due to different starting points and insufficient information exchange. Small and micro companies with an above-average share of female architects and young architects are particularly affected, which has a negative impact on their professional careers. Promotion of the competitions also includes the application of the principles from the Davos Declaration on Building Culture and the New European Bauhaus in everyday design practice, as well as the ability to face climate challenges.

The expected results of the project are: an ARCH-E map with a comparative analysis of competitions in individual countries, which includes an overview of relevant regulations, statistical data and key factors in practice. It is planned to produce a multilingual dictionary of authoritative professional and legal terms in the field of competitions and to produce a report on the needs and expectations of the contestants.

The new online platform ARCH-E will publish all obtained data and links to ongoing competitions in one place, thus enabling easier cross-border participation in competitions. The platform will enable the networking of approximately 500 architects from 20 countries with the aim of quickly forming international project groups, both for participating in competitions and for further taking over the design service. The platform will especially support the participation of underprivileged groups – women and young people.

The results of the project will help to overcome traditional patterns of thinking and eliminate the closedness of competitions in certain environments, harmonize standards and procedures in conducting competitions, include EU policies and programs that promote sustainable and quality architecture in the long term and enable equal access to the architectural services market. The consortium of partners reaches more than 560,000 architects across Europe, and the results of the project will also benefit other European architects.

ZAPS – Zbornica za arhitekturo in prostor Slovenije

(Partner) Ljubljana

All projects of Slovenian producer

Foreign producers in the supported project

Bundeskammer der ziviltechniker (leader)

Austria (EU)
Architect's Council of Europe ACE (partner)

Belgium (EU)
Hrvatska komora arhitekata (partner)

Croatia (EU)
Syllogos architektonon Kyprou (partner)

Cyprus (EU)
Bundesarchitektenkammer (partner)

Germany (EU)
Technische universiteit Eindhoven (partner)

Netherlands (EU)
Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (partner)

Spain (EU)
SEPA Engineering gmbh (partner)

Austria (EU)
Magyar epitesz kamara (partner)

Hungary (EU)

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LINA - Learn, Interact, and Network in Architecture

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Web 3.0 Accelerator for Sustainable Cultural Tourism (Web3Tour)

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Bio Awakening - developing bio-art practices in Western Balkan

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GREENSTAGE

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Connecting Emerging Literary Artists (CELA)

Cultural BEES

Transmedia stories of insularity (TRAST)

Female Digital Creativity (FLUX)

Planet Hope (New European Fiction) (PH)

More than a Story (MTaS)

Our Little Library: Through literary bridges to reading adventures (OLLLB)

Connected with Books (CWB)

Operation Nova

Moving Balkans

Exploring Expanded Publishing: EX-Pub

Thinking Publishing (ThinkPub)

Novel Europe (NovelEU)

REVIVE

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Studi Virc: Mini Slate 2023

The 10th and 11th edition of FeKK - Ljubljana Short Film Festival

The 20th and 21st Kino Otok - Isola Cinema International Film Festival

20. and 21. ANIMATEKA International animated film festival

Film in Hospital 2.0

EU Youth Cinema: Green Deal 2024-2026

Cinema without barriers (CWB)

Literary Agent Platform: Capacity building (LAP CB)

Tramal Films Mini Slate 22 (TFMini22)

Vertigo Slate 2022: Chestnuts, Memory of Autumn Mists, OHO, Splashing around

Staragara slate 22

Our Little Library: Literary exchanges

Testing Ground (TestG)

Better Live

Variola - Dark Spring TV series

SEMA

Paradiso

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The Big Green

The Long Way Down

New approaches for local media (NEWLOCAL)

Life Long Burning – Futures Lost and Found (LLB3)

Time For Live Art (LIVETIME)

Our Little Library: Literary Exchanges

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Movement, Digital Intelligence and Interactive Audience (MODINA)

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ACT: Art, Climate, Transition

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Fake Lies

THE FILM CORNER RELOADED - A CULTURAL APPROACH

CINEMINI EUROPE

FC Freedom

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Movies in Motion

Voix de la Poesie Europeenne

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SWICH - Sharing a World of Inclusion, Creativity and Heritage

SPECTRUM 14|15

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