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YTAA Presentation
YTAA - EU Mies AwardYTAA Concept
What is it about?
YTAA Process
Who & How?
YTAA Award
Why participate?

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YTAA Presentation
YTAA - EU Mies Award
The Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) is organized by the Fundació Mies vander Rohe with the support of Creative Europe as an extension of the European Union
Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. It is organised inpartnership with the European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) and theArchitects’ Council of Europe (ACE-CAE); and World Architects as a founding partner;
the European Cultural Centre as a partner in Venice; sponsored by Jung and Jansen;
and with the support of USM.
By bringing together the most talented graduated architects and some of thebest architecture firms and institutions in Europe, the Winners of the YTAA will
have the chance to develop comprehensive strategies enhancing synergies andcomplementarities with the firms and institutions of their interest.

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YTAA Concept
What is it about?
The YTAA aims to support the talent of recently graduated Architects, Urban Planners
and Landscape Architects, who will be responsible for transforming our environment
in the future. YTAA has emerged from an interest in the initial stages of these students’development and a desire to support their talent as they enter into the professional
world.

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Schools of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture (Schools) in Europeand other parts of the world provide future professionals with the ability to improve oursocial, technological and political environment through architecture. In recent years,
they have encouraged student and information exchanges under EU programmessuch as Erasmus Mundus and Erasmus+. The European Union Prize for Contemporary
Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award (the EU Mies Award) also promotes highquality work amongst emerging and established architects by acknowledging the valueof good buildings.
YTAA is based on Graduation Projects and strives to draw the academic andprofessional realms closer together. Most of these projects will not be built, but they
nevertheless require all the skills that the students have learned during their training:
arts, history, aesthetics, technology, sciences, etc. The YTAA is therefore based onachievements in these disciplines.
YTAA promotes debates between students and professors from each participating
School to choose those projects that will represent it. The presence of a YTAARepresentative in each School will be essential to summarise this internal debate bynominating the projects that will participate in the award.
The selection process of the Advisory Committee1 members as well as the debate anddecisions of the Jury will reflect the complexity of the next steps: YTAA NomineesShortlist-Finalists-Winners.
The competition inherent in any prize of this nature and the involvement of professors in
the training of future professionals are core aspects that will ensure the success of theYTAA and the selection of four excellent Winners for each edition of the Award. YTAAalso benefits from the participation of the Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE) along withthe universities and the invaluable involvement of the Advisory Committee of the EU
Mies Award.
The YTAA seeks to encourage the cross-pollinization of the outputs from different
Schools and to improve these architects’ skills from the start of their professional
careers. It supports entrepreneurial projects by young architects when they enter theprofessional world, an essential part of the projection of their profiles at this early stage.
These first steps of young professionals will allow a two-way understanding of thisturning point in their lives.

1. The Advisory Committee is composed of the most prestigious European cultural organisations in the field ofarchitecture, urban planning and landscape architecture, which work closely with the Fundació Mies van der Rohein the award process. The Advisory Committee Members are: Architekturzentrum Wien, Vienna; The Berlage,Delft; Dansk Arkitektur Center, Copenhagen; DESSA, Ljubljana; Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt; Eesti
Arhitektuurimuuseum, Tallinn; Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Barcelona; Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre,
Budapest; Institut français d’architecture, Paris; Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw; Museum of Architecture and Design,
Ljubljana; Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo; RIBA Trust, London; Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo,Helsinki; Triennale di Milano, Milan.

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YTAA Process
Who & How?
The nominated Graduation projects must be from the two years previous to the yearof the Award. Exceptionally, YTAA 2018 will only accept projects from August 1st,
2016 to December 31st 2017. The Schools must be from countries participating in theCreative Europe programme. Furthermore, to stimulate the competitiveness and qualityof European Schools, the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, in agreement with the CreativeEurope programme, will invite a number of other Schools from the European Territory
and from selected Guest Countries outside it to participate in each Award.
Schools will nominate Graduation Projects that will participate in each edition ofthe YTAA through an internal selection process.
Four Winners will be chosen by an international Jury from among twelve Finalists, anda group of Shortlisted Works will also be selected in order to illustrate different ways ofworking, designing and communicating.

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In order to participate, Schools must offer a professional architecture diploma.
Architecture includes architecture design, urban design and landscape architecture.
Each School will select candidates for the YTAA through an internal debate, whichshould take into account:· The enthusiasm of the students· The professorship board· The students’ board· The cultural and communication departments
Nominations for works to be considered for the YTAA will be put forward by theRepresentative of each School eligible to participate in the YTAA.
The number of designs that each School can nominate will be in accordance with thetotal number of students of the School2:· Under 1.000 students: 2 designs;· Between 1.000 - 2.000 students: 4 designs;· Between 2.000-3.000 students: 6 designs;· More than 3.000 students: 8 designs.
The works proposed for the Award are not limited by scale or programme. The Jury
selection for each biennial edition will represent an extensive overview of quality
architectural design but the common denominator will remain the contribution that these
designs make to the built environment.
This broad variety and complexity of projects will be reflected in the YTAA process andlist of specifications:
1. The YTAA will be granted to the author(s) of graduation projects made by architecture
students from any of the participating schools as their professional Graduation Projects.
A maximum of one out of the four Winners will be from a country not participating in theCreative Europe Programme.

2. The number of students per School relates to the total number of students enrolled/registered per academic year. The
number that should be taken into account is the 2016-2017 academic year.

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2. The YTAA is open to all the designs completed in eligible Schools from the two years
previous3 to the year of the Award. Exceptionally, YTAA 2018 will only accept projects
from August 1st, 2016 to December 31st, 2017. The Schools must be from countries
participating in the Creative Europe programme 4. Furthermore, to stimulate thecompetitiveness and quality of European Schools, the Fundació Mies van der Rohe, inagreement with the Creative Europe programme, will invite a number of other Schools
from the European Territory5 and from selected Guest Countries 6 outside it toparticipate in each Award.
3. The YTAA will be awarded every two years following the decisions of a Jurycomposed of reknowned specialists representing diverse schools and trends in thefields of architecture and architectural critique.
4. After taking into account the recommendations of the Advisory Committee, theFundació Mies van der Rohe will appoint the Jury of five members. The Jury will holdone meeting, which will be the decisive one.
5. Following the analysis of information submitted for each of the proposed designs andthe subsequent debate, the Advisory Committee will draw up a Shortlist for the Jury toconsider.
6. Following the analysis of information submitted for each of the proposed designs
and the subsequent debate, the Jury will draw up a list of a maximum of twelve finalist
designs, four of which will be awarded the YTAA.
7. The works to be awarded the YTAA will be selected by Jury agreement or, if notpossible, by absolute majority vote of the Jury members.
8. The Director of the Fundació Mies van der Rohe will carry out the functions ofSecretary of the Jury, but without the right to vote.

3. YTAA 2020 will accept projects from January 1st 2018 to December 31st 2019.
4. This includes:- Member States of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland,Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom- the following EFTA countries: Iceland, Norway- the following Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(FYROM), Montenegro, Republic of Serbia.
- the following countries from the European Neighbourhood Policy: Georgia, Moldova, Tunisia, Ukraine
Negotiations are under way with other European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries and could result in morecountries joining the programme. These countries would then be taken into consideration for participation in the award
scheme. Please check the following link, which is regularly updated: https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/creative-europe/library/eligibility-organisations-non-eu-countries_en
5. The countries from the European Territory include:- other ENP countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus- other EFTA countries: Liechtenstein, Switzerland- Russia, Turkey.
6. Guest countries for the 2018 edition are China and South Korea as the EU has specific cultural cooperationagreements with those two countries. The list of Schools from Guest Countries will be announced and updated online at:
http://www.ytaaward.com/current-edition/

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9. The YTAA may not be declared vacant. There will be four indivisible awards for eachedition. Acceptance by the authors of the Award entails prior acceptance of the Rules.
10. The YTAA will be awarded in a Granting Ceremony that will take place as acollateral event of La Biennale di Venezia and an exhibition will also be organised.
11. For the purpose of selecting Nominees, the following procedure will be followed:
11.1. The Fundació Mies van der Rohe will disseminate the YTAA Rules and willcontact the Schools that can participate according to point 2.
11.2. Each School that wants to participate will fill in the online “School 			Registration Form”.
11.3. The YTAA Representative of each School will be responsible for 			nominating the designs for each edition of the YTAA through the online “SchoolNominees Registration Form”.
11.4. The Nominees will be asked to fill in the online “Submission of 			Documentation” form, consisting of basic information, credits for the design as 		well as written and graphic documents.
The authors of the Shortlisted designs will be asked to send higher resolution materials.
The exact specifications will be outlined in detail in the “Guidelines for Submission ofCollection Documentation”, which will be sent to the authors along with the official letterfrom the Fundació Mies van der Rohe informing them of the shortlisting of their designs.
12. To ensure compliance with the general objectives of the Award, the Jury, subject toconsultation and agreement of the holding institutions, may amend these Rules if andwhen a situation, unforeseen in the aforementioned Articles, makes it necessary.

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YTAA Award
Why participate?
All nominated designs will be published online and will become part of the Archive ofthe YTAA as recognition of their authors and the Schools.
The four Winners will be supported in the creation of a network with the architects andcritics involved in the EU Mies Award. They will receive a diploma and 5.000€ each;a profile in World Architects; furniture from USM to organise their work space; theirdesigns will be shown at the YTAA 2018 traveling exhibition.
Finalists and Shortlisted participants will also be acknowledged and their Schools will
receive special recognition.

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YTAA will connect the best recently graduated architects (Winners and Finalists) withthe most active and enthusiastic professionals who are building and creating debatein Europe. Following the participative nature of the YTAA, all those involved will beacknowledged:
YTAA Participating Schools
YTAA stimulates debates and links between Schools and architecture institutions,strengthening their prestige and identification across the European territory andbeyond.
YTAA will give special recognition to the Schools of the four Winning projects.
YTAA Nominees
All designs will be published online and will become part of the Archive of the YTAA as
recognition to their authors.
YTAA Shortlist
The Shortlisted authors will:· receive a profile in World Architects
· be presented in the YTAA 2018 traveling exhibition
· receive a diploma
Twelve YTAA Finalists
The Finalist authors will:· receive a profile in World Architects
· have the chance to present their work during the event at La Biennale di Venezia
· be presented in the YTAA 2018 traveling exhibition
· receive a diploma
Four YTAA Winners
The Winning designs will:· be supported in the creation of a network with the architects and critics involved in theEuropean Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. To doso they will receive 5.000€ each, and· have the chance to present their work during the event at La Biennale di Venezia
· receive a profile in World Architects
· be presented in the YTAA 2018 traveling exhibition
· receive USM furniture to design their work space· receive a diploma
Each Winner will define a YTAA Plan of Action, which they will present on reception ofthe Award, and will deliver a YTAA Final Report outlining the relevant activities and thebenefits of the year-long experience.

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SchoolFaculty, institution, or department specializing in architecture, urban planning or
landscape architecture.
Graduation Projects
Designs developed by students at Schools that enable them to become Architects,
Urban Planners and/or Landscape Architects. Graduation Projects for the YTAA cannot
be written essays.
YTAA Representative
Each participating School should propose a person in charge of coordinating theprocess at the School and coordinate the results with the YTAA team.
Advisory Committee
YTAA functions in association with the Advisory Committee of the European Union
Prize for Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. It advises the YTAA team offering
innovative views and dynamic perspectives; it is directly involved in the award process
by drawing up the Shortlist and participating in the Jury.
YTAA Nominee
A candidate selected by a participating School for the YTAA. The number of Nominees
for each School and academic year is described in the chapter “YTAA Process Whoand How?” of the Rules.
YTAA Shortlist
Selection of nominated Graduation Projects drawn up by the Advisory Committee.
Approximately 10% of the Nominated designs will make up the Shortlist.
YTAA Finalists
Selected candidates from the Shortlist by the Jury, which potentially qualify as Winners.
The number of Finalists for the YTAA 2018 is twelve.
YTAA Winners
The Graduation Projects chosen by the Jury to win each edition of the YTAA.
The number of Winners for the YTAA 2018 is four.
European territory
The continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia. YTAA recognises as
European all the Schools located within this geographic territory.
Schools from Guest Countries
Together with Creative Europe, the FMvdR will select a number of countries on the basisof specific cultural cooperation agreements between those countries and the EuropeanUnion. The Schools from those countries will be able to participate in the 2018 edition ofYTAA.

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YTAA Plan of Action
The written document that will contain the sequence of steps that the four winners willfollow, including activities to perform and strategies to follow. It will be presented to theFundació Mies van der Rohe one month after receiving the Award and should reflect
how they will use the tools that they will be provided with. The document will have amaximum length of 4,500 characters with spaces.
YTAA Final Report
The written document that will contain all the necessary information to recreate all thesteps taken by each of the four Winners in the year-long professional experience after
receiving the award. The report will have a maximum length of 4,500 characters withspaces and will contain the following sections: Abstract, Implementation of the Plan ofAction and Results and Discussion.
YTAA TeamThe award organising team at the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in Barcelona led by theYTAA Coordinator.

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