Intelligens. Talent – EUmies Awards Young Talent 2025

The exhibition includes models, photographs, videos, and graphic documentation of the projects selected for the awards, including the finalists. The main category, Young Talent, is open to master's degree projects completed and approved between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024, from schools of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning in the countries participating in the Creative Europe program. The parallel category Young Talent Open, in its first edition, is open to schools from Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and members of the Council of Europe that are not part of Creative Europe.

The main Young Talent category brings together projects that address issues such as urban transformation, housing, infrastructure, landscape and heritage, with approaches that combine territorial research, social analysis and diverse project strategies. The finalists are:

Beyond Demolition
Toni Lee Marie Bethäuser, Kimberly Rahn 
Leibniz Universität Hannover. Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences. 
Hannover (Germany)

Brave New Axis
Spyridon Loukidis, Markos Georgios Sakellion, Georgios Thalassinos 
National Technical University of Athens. School of Architecture.  
Athens (Greece)

Forest & Phoenix
Carolina von Hammerstein, Vera Kellmann 
Technical University of Berlin. Faculty VI, Planning, Building and Environment - Institute for Architecture.  
Berlin (Germany)

Hotel Interim 
Andreas Stanzel 
Bauhaus-Universitaet Weimar. Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism.  
Weimar (Germany)

Other Monuments 
Guillermo de Alfonso Sánchez 
Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Vallès School of Architecture.  
Sant Cugat del Vallès (Spain)

People and Outlaws 
Karla Hvidsten 
Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Architecture and Design.  
Trondheim (Norway)

Rescripted Neapolitan Realities 
Kieran Maye, James Pearce 
University College Cork & Munster Technological University. School of Engineering and Architecture.  
Cork (Ireland)

Ruining the Ruinous Ruin 
Jeanne Azemar, Solena Espelt, Nathalie Godon 
Free University of Brussels. Faculty of Architecture La Cambre Horta.  
Brussels (Belgium)

Sacred
María De Sotto Martín 
Polytechnic University of Madrid. Madrid School of Architecture.  
Madrid (Spain)

Street Runners: Supporting Infrastructure for the Workforce of the Supply Chain 
Marios Gerontas 
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. School of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering. Thessaloniki (Greece)

Tabacalera
Irene Calero Pages 
Polytechnic University of Madrid. Madrid School of Architecture.  
Madrid (Spain)

Three Chimneys Archipelago
Valentina Ciancaglini, Giulio Giannico 
IUAV University of Venice. Department of Architecture and Arts.  
Venice (Italy)

In parallel, the Young Talent Open category includes projects from schools in Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom. This is a section not funded by the European Union and is aimed at academic institutions outside the Creative Europe program. The finalists are:

Bridging the Maribyrnong 
Santiago Bordo 
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. School of Architecture and Urban Design.  
Melbourne (Australia)

Dynamics of an Overexploited Territory
Aloysius Goh Jun De 
The National University of Singapore. Department of Architecture.  
Singapore (Singapore)

Poolside Politics
James Langlois 
University of Westminster. School of Architecture and Cities.  
London (United Kingdom)

Reimagining Urban Vernacular
Pierre Dalais 
University of Sydney. Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning.  
Sydney (Australia)

The Belmonte Tomato Farmers Cooperative
Jim Wyatt-Gosebruch 
London Metropolitan University. School of Art, Architecture and Design.  
London (United Kingdom)
 

The winning projects in both categories will be announced on June 19, as part of the EUmies Awards Day 2025, which will take place at the Palazzo Michiel in Venice and will be broadcast live. From that date, the models of the three winning projects will be incorporated into the exhibition.

The selected works are now also available online and will be in a catalog that will be part of the EUmies Awards archive. The exhibition in Venice is supported by the Architects' Council of Europe (ACE-CAE), the EAAE, as well as several sponsors from the architectural industry and education, and World-Architects.