The best graduation projects of 2020. Submit yours!

After at least five years of study, the time comes for Architecture and Urbanism students to complete their final graduation projects—often called TCC, TFG, or Graduation Projects. In choosing their topics, students highlight civil, urban, or theoretical projects that play a crucial role in sparking debates about the future of our cities, the built environment, urban infrastructure, mobility, and many other fundamental topics that shape how we inhabit space.

Completing these projects requires a major effort in data collection, research, and design development to solve complex challenges. Because they are not always recognized as they deserve, we launch an annual open call to highlight the best work by students from Portuguese-speaking countries, sharing them with a wider audience to inspire the general public.

If you believe your graduation project is relevant and deserves to be seen by other students and professionals, read the submission guidelines below and share it with us using the form. You can also explore the selected projects from previous years—2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019—for further inspiration!

Awards

On November 12, ArchDaily Brasil and the {CURA} school established a partnership to award scholarships for the selected projects. Recipients will receive access to the full online CURA Method course*.

• All authors of projects selected through this open call will receive a 40% discount on the specified course;
• In the event that the authors are Black, transgender, refugee immigrants, or scholarship recipients (Prouni or Full Fies), a 100% full scholarship for the specified course will be provided.

How to Participate

Fill out the form at the end of this article with the following materials:

• Photographs, rendered images, and/or collages of your graduation project, up to a maximum of 10 files;
• Drawings of your project (plans, sections, elevations, maps, etc.), up to a maximum of 10 files;
• Brief description (in Portuguese) of the project in up to 200 words.

Our editorial team will evaluate the submissions and publish a curated selection of the projects.

Submission Deadline

Submissions must be received by November 25, 2020, at 11:59 PM (Brasília time).

Any work received after this deadline will be automatically disqualified.

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 10MB. PDF files will not be accepted;
• Project description and image credits in .doc, .docx, or Google Docs format.

Conditions for Entry

• Projects must be by individual authors or groups, developed in architecture schools in Brazil, Portugal, or any other Portuguese-speaking country, within TFG and TCC courses (or equivalent capstone/thesis projects required for graduation);
• 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 to "Anyone with the link can edit" and make it accessible to anyone;
• Do not upload compressed files (zip, winrar, etc.), as proposals will be reviewed online without downloading the content;
• Each participant may submit only one project;
• This is not an architectural competition, nor will there be any ranking among the selected projects. However, to streamline the selection process, proposals 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 the credits belong to someone else, please include this information in a document within the Google Drive folder;
• By submitting material for this open call, you authorize any use of any content, with proper credit given, on ArchDaily and the platform's social media channels;
• Once published on ArchDaily, the project cannot be removed from the page;
• Projects completed between June 1, 2019, and November 25, 2020, are eligible to participate;
• Selected projects will be announced by December 15, 2020.
  
  * The awarding of scholarships and discounts for the "Curso completo Método {CURA}" is the responsibility of the {CURA} course, which will be responsible for the class content and schedule.