Sports Architecture
Architectural design of sports facilities, stadiums, training centers, and recreational spaces.
UnIADA '26
The Global Benchmark for Architecture Dissertation Awards
Connect: Modular Architectural Design for Play, Learning, and Community
Connect turns modular architectural design into a playground where refugee children build, learn, collaborate, and shape belonging together.
UnIATA '25
The finest graduation projects from around the globe
IN ONE, MANY, IN MANY, ONE: Modular Architecture for Play, Learning and Community
Modular architecture turns a travelling container into a flexible hub for play, learning, community life and belonging across refugee camps.
Reconstituted Play: Modular Architectural Design for Adaptable Play in Refugee Camps
Reconstituted Play turns modular architectural design into adaptable landscapes where children can build, learn, play, explore, and imagine.
Cylinder Park: Sustainable Architecture Turns Everyday Waste Into Play
Cylinder Park turns waste buckets into modular play spaces, combining sustainable architecture, reuse, creativity, play, and community life.
Kids Need Fun + Play: Modular Playground Architecture Designed for Learning, Creativity and Community
A modular bamboo playground turns local materials into flexible spaces for climbing, learning, shelter, creativity, and shared play for all.
Play: Fragments of Their World
Familiar architecture becomes modular playground design, creating safe spaces where displaced children can learn, connect, imagine and play.
Multipurpose Sport Facility
The Breathing Arena is a 2,000-seat multipurpose indoor stadium designed for sports and events. Natural ventilation and a central ETFE skylight enhance daylight, passive cooling, and sustainability.
A well-developed multipurpose sports facility with a clear program and thoughtful integration of structure, daylight, and natural ventilation. The technical resolution is a notable strength of the project.
The Main Dream: Modular Architecture for Play, Learning, and Community
A modular playground turns recycled plastic into adaptable spaces where refugee children can play, build, learn, and reconnect.
Modular Playground: Modular Architecture for Play, Learning, and Refugee Communities
A modular architecture system transforms refugee camp spaces into adaptable playgrounds where children can play, learn, explore, and connect.
Wander to Wonder: Modular Playground Design for Children in Kutupalong Refugee Camp
Wander to Wonder uses modular playground design to create flexible, imaginative play spaces for children in Kutupalong refugee camp.
Kalpa : Designing for the Afterlife of Olympic Events
Excellent research & a great design idea. Loved the work! :)
GAM Arquitetos Builds a Coastal House in Brazil That Doubles as a Living Archive
In Praia do Forte, a timber-wrapped beach house organizes domestic life around memory, collection, and the Atlantic horizon.
GAM Arquitetos Wraps a Brazilian Beach House in Timber to Hold a Family's Collected Life
Acervo House in Praia do Forte layers wood, stone, and memory into a coastal retreat built for gathering and display.
The Cathedral of Movement
The Cathedral of Movement is an urban injection for the banking district of the City of London allowing users to experience an alternative rhythm, contrary to the intense rhythm of their everydayness. Multipurpose movement and sports centre is the regeneration to the old abandoned brutalist office building which faces flooding problems proposing big south-
Stunning projekt!
Amazing concept and visuals! Best of luck, Aleks!!
Love the scheme!
Hi UNIATA '26 Organizers, could you please let me know if the shortlisted results have been announced?
Hi Katrina, thanks for reaching out and for taking part in UnIATA '26! Yes, the shortlist was announced on 27 July. You can view all shortlisted entries on the competition page, and you can always check the current status of your own submission from your entries dashboard. The jury evaluation stage is now underway and runs through early September, with the final results scheduled for 7 September. Public voting is also open until 4 September, so feel free to share your project and gather support in the meantime. Wishing you the very best of luck!
I love the energy of this competition!