Gaudi La Coma
Artists’ Residences

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Antoni Gaudi is probably Barcelona’s most famous and most beloved architect. His work can be found all over the city, as he designed some of the world’s most recognised landmarks, including the Sagrada Família which he sadly never saw completed.

 Antoni Gaudi was a Catalan architect from Spain known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism

Gaudi's work can be found all over Barcelona as he designed some of the world’s most recognized landmarks, including the Sagrada Família which he sadly never saw completed.

Inspired by nature and determined to support local communities, Gaudi was an architectural revolutionary. Gaudi’s design principles were far ahead of his time, incorporating sustainability and social impact into his projects a hundred years before most people realized how important they would become.

Gaudi’s design principles: innovation, social impact, sustainability, beauty, and symbology.

The Gaudi La Coma Artists’ Residences is the first in a series of design competitions run in partnership with the Gaudi Knowledge Association and Inngenium Lab to celebrate Gaudi’s intellectual heritage.

For this competition, participants are asked to submit designs for a sustainable artists’ residence and education complex called “La Coma”. It will be located in Huesca, Spain, and would need to follow Antoni Gaudi’s design values and principles of sustainability, functionality, aesthetics, and innovation.

The jury is looking for designs that have the potential to become iconic landmarks while still remaining sensitive to the natural surroundings.

For this competition, participants are asked to submit designs for a sustainable artists' residence and education complex called “La Coma”. It will be located in Huesca, Spain, and would need to follow Antoni Gaudi’s design values and principles of sustainability, functionality, aesthetics, and innovation.

The competition site is an olive and almond tree estate in Puebla de Fantova, 3 hectares in size, with construction dating back from 1700.

Download the full competition brief for more information!

The competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; All information submitted by participants must be in English