DesignBuild PROJECT

For many years, we have supported student self-build projects and DesignBuild initiatives worldwide. DesignBuild PROJECT is the centerpiece of our architecture competition. It promotes practice-oriented construction with social added value.

DesignBuild combines teaching and practice. Students plan a project and build it themselves, at a 1:1 scale. The projects are often created for social purposes and frequently abroad. In this way, students learn to take responsibility, work in teams, and implement designs under real-world conditions. From planning through execution to the completed architecture, they realize their own building idea.

In this way, we strengthen the next generation of architects. We create space for experimental and sustainable building and for interdisciplinary teamwork. In this way, new building cultures emerge around the world. They make resilience and sufficiency in architecture tangible and show new paths for participation and the design of open spaces.

We document selected funded projects on our website. They serve as inspiration for new applications.

Our communications team can be reached at info@sto-stiftung.com, or directly contact our architecture board member Ralf Pasel (r.pasel@sto-stiftung.com).