europan map series by STAR strategies + architecture
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beatriz ramo lópez de angulo of STAR strategies + architecture was commisioned
to develop a series of maps for europan.

europan, descended from the french competition PAN (programme d'architecture nouvelle)
is one of world’s largest architecture competitions.founded in madrid in 1988 on the initiative
of professionals and public bodies of nine countries, europan could count on 27 organizing
and associating countries till today. in the same way as the UEFA cup promotes soccer
and the eurovision song contest music, europan is the only event that has the potential to
promote european architecture in a popular way. yet, while europan means everything to
the world of young architects, it is totally unrecognized by the general public. if outsiders
would listen to this selected group of architects, they could get the impression that they talk
about a mystical yet undiscovered continent, where pieces of land are called site and are free
to choose. these people are the real inhabitants of the continent of europan that arose in the
last 20 years out of nothing. in nine editions, more than 500 new cities are added to this continent
and approximately 60.000 young architects processed more than two billion square meters
of building construction. europan is the young architect’s paradise, where borders don’t count
and nationalities do not exist and with every round the paradise extends and new land comes
in sight. since there is a restriction of age, nobody is allowed to be older than 40, it is populated
solely by young man and woman that share the same interest – architecture.


europan map series by STAR strategies + architecture
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europan competition in the netherlands
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