The academic world has much to contribute to the field of architecture and urbanism. Its research and proposals foster inspiring visions, new materials, and concepts, sparking essential debates on how we perceive, occupy, and design the built environment. Across their entire spectrum, final graduation projects offer students an opportunity to put forward a final proposal before earning their degree, addressing diverse themes and touching upon urgent issues. Consequently, we host an annual call for submissions open to all Portuguese-speaking countries to present a panorama of outstanding projects that help us reflect on the past year and look to the future.
The selection of these projects is based on those we consider most well-developed, graphically compelling, and whose theme is engaging and timely for a graduation project, regardless of the chosen approach, scale, or program. Beyond simply resolving a design satisfactorily, we believe a thesis project—by condensing the student's efforts during a transitional moment from academia to professional practice (though still, importantly, part of their academic journey)—must raise questions and provoke discussion about the proposed theme.
In this edition, we received a total of 297 submissions. Of these:
- 61.9% from the Brazilian Southeast region;
- 21% from the Brazilian South region;
- 9.8% from the Brazilian Northeast region;
- 3.4% from the Brazilian Central-West region;
- 2.9% from the Brazilian North region;
- 1.0% from Portugal and Angola.
