International Students’ Competition – CUT Campus: Driven by Novel Approaches , Polen

 

Cracow University of Technology

CUT Faculty of Architecture

 

The Cracow University of Technology, an institution with eighty years of history, faces the challenge of adapting to changing times. While education was once based on traditional teaching methods and paper exams, today the university must answer the question of how knowledge acquisition should look in the 21st century.

 

The university, currently educating 12,000 students under the guidance of a thousand academic teachers, strives for development and modernity. The Campus Czyżyny offers expansion potential that could accommodate up to 30,000 students, combining scientific, sports, cultural, and ecological functions.

 

Planning the campus of the future requires architects to take a new perspective, going beyond classical patterns of academic buildings. Modern technology opens new possibilities for connecting architecture with nature. The goal is to create a space that will not only be functional but also become a symbol of modern Krakow – similar to how the Bilbao effect transformed the perception of that Spanish city. The new buildings are meant to be not just technical constructions but true works of art that will be remembered in architectural history.

 

Competition announcement: February 2025

Publication of substantive guidelines: 3 March 2025

Registration deadline & entry submission deadline: 10 July 2025

Competition jury proceedings: July 2025

Post-competition presentation and announcement of results: October 2025