awards
Ammodo Architecture promotes and supports socially and ecologically responsible architecture worldwide. We offer various annual awards in three categories which include financial support for new projects or initiatives.
The Ammodo Architecture Award for local scale encourages self-initiated socially and ecologically oriented spatial projects that have a local impact.
Award
12 awards x € 10,000
Criteria
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Project
Self-initiated or non-profit supported buildings or spatial projects; community driven. Completed or being under construction in the period between January 2021 and December 2024.
Applicant
Communities, collectives, artists, architects, urbanists, landscape architects or other individual(s).
Grant Project
The application contains a proposal for the use of the grant that relates to a project in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture and is related to the submitted project or a subsequent phase of the submitted project.
what we value
Architecture offers us a new perspective. We are looking for projects by socially and ecologically engaged architects, multidisciplinary design teams and spatial practitioners from around the world. The ambition is to reach out to both the global architecture community and local practitioners.
We value how teams and projects use excellent design skills as the primary tool to support social and ecological responsibility. We encourage an integrated approach, while acknowledging that no project will address all values equally.
How the team and the project engage with and empower (local) communities.
How the team and the project consider environmental impact.
How the team and project achieve aesthetic quality.
How the team and the project inspire the profession and reimagine the reality of the practice.
How the team and the project address social, ecological and economic inequalities.
how we work
The Ammodo Architecture Award is a global award with a regional approach. The award process is divided into three phases: sourcing, selection and sharing. The sourcing and selection of potential projects is organised in six regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia & Oceania. It combines North and Central America, and Southeast Asia with Oceania for a fair project representation, based on the UN M49 standard and regional project volumes. This ensures diverse architectural practices from various world regions are highlighted equally.
sourcing
The sourcing of potential projects for the 2025 edition is organised through an 'invitation-only' system. Ammodo's Ambassador's Network, a wider group of well-informed professionals in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture identify projects within three categories for consideration for an award.
selection
After the application portal (an ‘invitation-only’ system) has closed for entry, the applications are checked against the absolute criteria and Ammodo Architecture prepares the workflow for selection. The eligible applications go into the selection process. An Advisory Committee of internationally renowned experts is invited to select the winning projects based on the values of the Ammodo Architecture Award. The Advisory Committee meets in person in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to work on a collective proposal for the final selection of the winners.
sharing
Ammodo Architecture stays in close contact with the applicants behind all the winning projects. The prize money associated with the award is to be used by the recipient to fund a plan in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture. The execution of the plans is communicated through visual material and progress reports. In addition, all awardees play a crucial role in the development of the online knowledge platform on the Ammodo Architecture website. This international platform stimulates the exchange of knowledge in the field of social and ecological architecture through an extensive archive of winning projects and by providing insight into the progress of the projects resulting from the prize money.
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Regulations Ammodo Architecture Award
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faq
This year an ‘invitation-only’ system applies. The Ambassadors’ Network, Ammodo and a wider group of well-informed professionals in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture identify applicants with projects within the three categories for consideration for an award. Ammodo invites the individuals and/or teams who are responsible for the projects thus identified to apply for an award.
If a candidate receives an invitation to apply, this does not imply that the eligibility conditions have been met. The eligibility assessment will be carried out by the applicant during the application process. The final, decisive eligibility check will be conducted by Ammodo. Applications that do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be presented to the Advisory Committee.
The Advisory Committee reviews your application, including the submitted project, your role as the applicant, and the plan for spending the prize money, based on the assessment criteria outlined in ‘What We Value’.
Among other things; books, publications, research projects, design proposals or exhibitions do not qualify for the Ammodo Architecture Award.
The prize money associated with the award is to be used by the recipient to fund a plan in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture to be carried out under the recipients’ supervision. The plan is part of the application and should meet the objectives outlined in ‘What We Value’.
For the Ammodo Architecture Award for Local Scale, the prize money:
- should be used by the winner to finance a plan in the field of social and ecological architecture;
- should be related to the award winning project including a subsequent phase of this project;
- should be used for new expenses;
- may be spent on construction costs and costs for materials;
- may not be used to finance overhead or other costs that are not directly incurred as a result of the plan.
For the Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Engagement and the Ammodo Architecture Award for Social Architecture. the prize money:
- should be used by the winner to finance a plan in the field of social and ecological architecture;
- should be used for a new project, including (a defined part of) a building or spatial project, research project, publication, exhibition, education, installation or pavilion;
- should be used for new expenses;
- may be spent on salary, construction costs, costs for materials, exhibition costs, education costs, rental costs that are supportive of the plan;
- may not be used to finance overheads or other costs which are not directly incurred as a result of the proposed project.
social engagement
The Ammodo Architecture Award for social engagement encourages talented architects to take the next step in pursuing socially and ecologically responsible architecture.
Award
12 awards x € 50,000
Criteria
See what we value.
Project
Self-initiated or commissioned buildings or spatial projects. Completed between January 2021 and December 2024.
Applicant
Architect, urban planner, landscape architect, collective or multidisciplinary design team.
Grant Project
The application contains a proposal for the use of the grant that relates to a project in the field of socially and ecologically responsible architecture and is a (defined part of a) building or spatial project, research project, publication, exhibition, education, installation or pavilion.