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Intro
COURTYARD STORIES – ARCHITECTURE COMPETITION
What new stories could unfold within the walls of a historic Italian courtyard? In Calcinate, near Bergamo, a collection of spaces once shaped by rural life offers the opportunity to imagine a different way of inhabiting the past.
Courtyard Stories invites participants to transform part of this complex into a contemporary single-family home, bringing the main building, an adjoining structure and a private garden into a shared architectural vision. The ambition goes beyond renovation: it is to discover how an inherited setting can inspire an original approach to everyday life.
Living beneath exposed timber trusses, opening rooms towards the garden or finding unexpected connections between levels: each choice can challenge familiar conventions and reveal the possibilities of a compact dwelling. Interiors, materials and natural light become tools for creating a home with a distinctive character, rooted in its surroundings yet open to experimentation.
How much possibility can a small intervention hold? Bring your vision to this intimate piece of Italian heritage and imagine its next chapter.
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03.11.2026 – 05.02.2027
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05.02.2027 – 09.04.2027
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09.04.2027 – 07.05.2027
3:00 pm CET
Prizes
PRIZE POOL
8.000 €
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FIRST PRIZE
3.000 €
SECOND PRIZE
2.000 €
THIRD PRIZE
1.000 €
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Two A1 Panels 594 x 841 mm (horizontal)
A brief text describing the proposal
07.05.2027
3:00 pm CET
07.06.2027
12:00 pm CET
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Jury

IVAN ROTA
IR Studio
[Bergamo, Italy]
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