DAIDA Foundation Global Urban Thesis Award
The annual DAIDA Foundation Global Urban Thesis Award aims to acknowledge and support master graduates who, through their work, help improve the urban infrastructure and living conditions for vulnerable groups in the rapidly growing cities of developing economies. Eligible participants are master program students with either design or research component in subjects which are related to cities and/or urban- environmental landscape.
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Mission Statement of DAIDA Foundation :
To support institutions or groups of individuals involved in improving the infrastructure and living conditions of vulnerable citizens in cities of the developing world. Through action on ground and through education, research and/or transfer of information.
Competition Theme 2021 : The Inclusive City.
22 participating Universities across Belgium, Egypt, Germany, India, South Africa and The Netherlands have submitted 44 theses proposing Inclusive City ideas across 15 countries.
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Shortlisted participants names and award ceremony date will be announced soon.
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Our Vision of an Inclusive City:
Shyam Khandekar
Founder & Editorial Director of My Liveable City and Founder & Chairman of DAIDA Foundation
An architect, urban designer and planner by training, Shyam has nearby four decades of professional experience designing several prize-winning projects in Europe and India. He has lectured and published extensively on different aspects of Liveable Cities at universities and conferences across the world.
“By their very defintion, cities are places for a diversity of people: old and young, rich and poor, women and men, healthy and physically and/or mentally challenged, religious and non-religious, the majority as well as the many minorities. In any country where citizens… Read More
Who can apply :
Only thesis submitted during the academic year of Master’s program
2020-2021 and 2019- 2020 are eligible.
Prizes :
Total cash reward Euros 20,000. Distribution will be as follows:
Euros
6000
1st Prize
Euros
5000
2nd Prize
Euros
4000
3rd Prize
Jury will decide on the disbursement of the balance Euros 5000
Certificate will be issued by DAIDA foundation to the winning participants
Meet the Jury
Timelines of the various stages of the competition :
- Registrations close on 30.6.2021
- DAIDA will confirm the number of submissions from each college in July 2021. The format for submissions will be communicated at this time
- Last date of thesis submission will be 31.10.2021
- Jury will review submissions from November 2021 to January 2022
- Winners will be declared in February 2022 via an online event