Clothed Spaces explores the mountain tent as a primordial micro-architecture: lightweight, temporary, and in direct dialogue with the landscape—clothing nature without altering it.
Clothed Spaces invites participants to design an innovative mountain tent conceived as a lightweight, temporary micro-architecture. The competition is conceptual and experimental, encouraging bold and visionary proposals that rethink the tent beyond its role as simple shelter. The focus is on the relationship between form, function, materials, and geometry, with particular attention to fabric as an architectural “skin” mediating between interior and exterior. Projects should explore reversibility, minimal structural impact, ease of assembly, and adaptability, envisioning a habitable space for two people, expandable up to four.
JURY MEMBERS
Sara Dello Scarparo – Archea Associati (Milan, Italy)
Han Kuo – Founder, Supra-Simplicities (New York, USA)
Luciano Letteriello – Zaha Hadid Architects (London, UK)
Jose Sibi – UNStudio (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Inano Mushkudiani – Director at Vincenzo de Cotiis Studio (Milan, Italy / Tbilisi, Georgia)
Francesco Zonca – Sou Fujimoto Architects (Milan, Italy / Tokyo, Japan)
Ivane Katamashvili – Architecture Photographer & Filmmaker (New York, USA)
PRIZES
10 finalists and 3 winning proposals will be selected. Archcontest will award a total of 3,000 € in prize money as follows:
1st Prize – 1,500 €
2nd Prize – 1,000 €
3rd Prize – 500 €
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
Registration Deadline: 27 April 2026
Project Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026
Prize Fund: €3,000
Registration Fees:
Early Registration (December 20 – January 21): €40
Advance Registration (January 22 – March 21): €60
Last Minute Registration (March 22 – April 26): €90
-10% discount code : DBarchcontest2026
