After at least five years of study, the time comes for architecture and urban planning students to complete their final graduation projects—often referred to as thesis, graduation, or capstone projects. In choosing their topic, students highlight civil, urban, or theoretical proposals that are highly relevant to fostering discussions about the future of our cities, the built environment, urban infrastructure, mobility, and many other topics essential to evolving the way we inhabit space.
Completing these projects requires a significant effort in data collection, research, and design development to solve major challenges. Since they are not always recognized as they deserve, we launch an annual call to showcase the best work by students from Portuguese-speaking countries, helping them reach a wider audience and inspire others.
If you believe your graduation project is relevant and deserves to be discovered by other students and professionals, please read the guidelines below and share it with us using the form. You can also explore the selected projects from previous years — 2016, 2017, and 2018 — for further inspiration!
Os melhores trabalhos de conclusão de curso de 2018
Os melhores trabalhos de conclusão de curso do Brasil e Portugal em 2017
Os melhores trabalhos de conclusão de curso do Brasil e Portugal em 2016
How to Participate
Fill out the form at the bottom of this article with the following materials:
- Photographs/rendered images of your final graduation project (maximum 10 files);
- Drawings of your project (plans, sections, elevations, maps, etc.) in up to 10 files;
- Brief project description of up to 200 words (in Portuguese).
Our editorial team will evaluate all submissions and publish a selection of the chosen projects.
Submission Deadline
Projects must be submitted by November 29, 2019, at 11:59 PM (Brasília time).
Submission Format
- Photographs/rendered images and drawings in .jpg, .jpeg, or .png format. Images must be at least 2,000px on their shortest dimension and no larger than 15MB. We will not accept PDF files;
- Project description and image credits in .doc, .docx, or Google Docs format.
Submission Guidelines
- Projects may be by individual authors or groups, completed at architecture schools in Brazil, Portugal, or any other Portuguese-speaking country, within the TFG and TCC courses (or equivalent graduation capstone/thesis projects);
- Submissions must be made via Google Drive. Under no circumstances will other formats or submission methods be accepted;
- Before sharing your work with us, make sure to set the Google Drive folder permissions to "Anyone with the link can edit";
- Do not upload compressed files (zip, winrar, etc.), as we will review proposals online without downloading the content;
- Each participant may submit only one project;
- This is not an architecture competition, nor will there be any ranking among the selected projects. However, to make the selection process more efficient, submissions that do not meet these conditions will be automatically disqualified;
- Unless specifically indicated otherwise, submitted images will be credited as "Courtesy of author's name." If credits belong to someone else, please include this information in a document inside the Google Drive folder;
- By submitting any material to this open call, you authorize the use of any content, with respective credits included, on ArchDaily;
- Once published on ArchDaily, the project cannot be removed from the website;
- Eligible projects must have been completed between June 1, 2018, and November 29, 2019;
- The selected projects will be announced by December 16, 2019.
This article was written by Victor Delaqua. The translation is powered by AI.
