Become a juror
Judge the best design work from architects and designers across the globe, and help them improve with your invaluable feedback.
What is a juror on UNI?
A juror at UNI is someone who has experience evaluating creative work and can provide constructive feedback to participants. As a juror, you will be responsible for reviewing entries, scoring them based on the evaluation criteria, and providing thoughtful comments that help designers improve their work.
Constructive inputs
When you are on the jury panel, share valuable inputs to the projects you are evaluating. Your experience based feedback has a great potential to drive change for those who are eager to learn.
World class problems
Competitions at UNI engage with different kind of problems every time. From designing for outer space to designing for prisons, be on the judging panel to review creative solutions.
International experience
With participation from around 150+ countries, rest assured that you get to engage with diverse solutions. Being on this jury is a great way to learn as well.
Why be a juror at UNI?
Being a juror is a privilege that comes with the responsibility of shaping the future of design. Your feedback can make a lasting impact on emerging designers and help them grow professionally.
Flexible timeline for evaluation
We present you with shortlisted entries for the competition you will be judging. The evaluation process can be flexibly completed between a period of 3 weeks.
Friendly interface
A simple dashboard with detailed analytics to access all the projects, and no emailing of entries or heavy downloads. The evaluation dashboard is compatible to various devices including mobile devices as well.
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A token of honor
Jurors have always been at the pristine spot in design education. Practically nothing can be above than a badge of juror in a competition. To mark the position, your jury role is credited on the competition page and on your UNI profile, and you receive a certificate of recognition for each panel you sit on.
Media visibility and recognition
While you provide your invaluable inputs to the participants, we ensure to give visibility of your work and your profile to over a million annual visitors on our platform, and to a community of 270,000+ architects and designers.
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Our Jurors
Join a distinguished panel of design experts from around the world
Nicola Gibertini
Founder, GGA gardini gibertini architects, Itlay
GGA is an Italian architectural practice led by Alice Gardini and Nicola Gibertini. The firm produces different types of project ranging from public spaces and houses, to interior design and installations. Nicola Gibertini. Degree in Architecture at the Politecnico of...
Vittorino Belpoliti
Vittorino Belpoliti, M.Arch. Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Architectural and Environmental Design. Licensed architect (Italian National Architects Association). Former associate of Tipi Studio & ember of Rover Divisione Atelier Author of publications on sustainable design & energy efficiency in buildings. Accredited Building Energy Certification Assessor...
Yudai Niimori
Co-founder / Architect, NIIMORI JAMISON, Japan
Yudai Niimori (MArch, Architect AAM) studied Design at the University of Shiga Prefecture and studied Architecture at the University of Italian Switzerland, Academy of Architecture Mendrisio. In 2018 Yudai Niimori and James Jamison (MArch) co-founded NIIMORI JAMISON, operating in both...
Guillaume Fafard
Architect, Quinzhee Architecture, Canada
Architect member of the Ordre des Architectes du Québec since 2013, it was the summer of the same year that he founded Quinzhee, an office to his image. Since the creation of the firm, he has been working to continue...
Caitlin Mueller
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, UK
Caitlin Mueller is a researcher, designer, and educator working at the interface of architecture and structural engineering. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Building Technology Program, where she leads the Digital Structures research group. As a researcher, Mueller...
Juan Lucas Young
Partner/Director, Sauerbruch Hutton, Germany
Juan Lucas Young graduated from the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo in 1989. He joined Sauerbruch Hutton in 1990. He has been a partner and managing director in the office since 1999 and he is responsible...
Paul Jackson
Freelance, Origami artist, Israel
Born near Leeds, England and Fine Art educated, Paul Jackson has been a professional paper artist, paper engineer, writer and teacher since 1983, specializing in origami and the folded arts. He was one of the first origami professionals in the...
Claudio Nardi
Founding Principal, Claudio Nardi Architetto, Italy
An in-depth vision of the ideas and projects of Claudio Nardi was explored through an extended interview and short tales about the genesis of various projects presented. The architect tells of his beginnings as an interior designer, of the direct...
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