YTAA Press Release 29/09/2021

Young Talent Architecture Award 2020. Educating together.
Awards Ceremony and Debates.
Collateral Event of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia.
September 2021
The Awards Ceremony of Young Talent Architecture Award (YTAA) was celebrated yesterday 28th September 2021 with a hybrid format online and at Palazzo Michiel in Venice. The award
that brings together the best graduation projects from European architecture, urban planning and landscape schools was enriched in this third edition with a parallel Award in Asia.
The 4 Winners of YTAA 2020 and the 3 Winners of the Asian edition of YTAA 2020, announced on 5th October 2020 (see the press release here), yesterday had the opportunity to receive the Award,
meet and debate together with jury members, organisers and event partners in the stimulating setting of the Venice Biennale.
“On behalf of Commissioner Gabriel who could not be with us today, let me say a few words.
First on architecture, a considerable force. The spaces in which we live shape our lives.
They determine how we connect to each other as well as how we connect to the nature.
As we work to change society for the better, addressing climate change, promoting inclusion and well-being, architecture is fundamental. […] The Young Talent Architecture Award –
co-funded by our Creative Europe Programme – recognises this, and more importantly – it puts young people as an integral part in this process. We need young talents like you! The Award
enables your ideas to shape the Europe we want to live in. – Mr. Guglielmo di Cola, Member of Cabinet of the EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation, Education, Culture and Youth, European Commission.
Within the framework of the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, How will we live together? the Awards Ceremony was preceded by two debates focusing on “Educating together” and “New European Bauhaus: How will we live together?” two key themes in relation to education and how to rethink Europe which prioritises the environment through a cultural project in which design and sustainability are indissociable.

Rewatch the event on Youtube: https://youtu.be/xgbpqDc3HMU

Download the entire YTAA20 Ceremony Press Release hereunder.