Modular Façade that Senses, Interacts, and Optimizes.
The goal is to design a multifunctional façade system that integrates smart technologies, such as IoT sensors, sun-shading, BIPV, or embedded heating/cooling systems. Your concept should enhance sustainability, comfort, and performance by responding intelligently to environmental conditions.
We’re not looking for a technical marvel. Just visualize your idea clearly, through sketches, renders, diagrams, or any creative format.
Objectives:
- Involve students in the future of intelligent building envelopes
- Promote energy efficient, responsive façade designs
- Use visuals to inspire and communicate ideas
- Offer cash prizes, public exposure, and industry opportunities
Your design should:
- Enable smart systems that interact with climate or occupants
- Work across different building types
- Prioritize modularity, sustainability, and performance
- Demonstrate how façades can contribute to smarter, more comfortable buildings
Submissions may include frame systems, panel-based designs, interlocking elements, or innovative reuse concepts.
Submissions Criteria:
Each entry must include:
- A Completed submission form
- 1–3 Visuals: sketches, renders, technical illustrations, etc. (Format accepted: JPG,
PNG, or PDF. Max file size 10MB)
Prizes:
- €1,000 cash prize
- Potential collaboration with Focchi SpA
- Public recognition on the MEZeroE platform
Who Can Participate:
- Students or young researchers*
- Teams of students or young researchers (max 3 people)
- One submission per team/person
* You must be either a current university student (Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral, or Postgraduate Diploma level), or have completed your most recent degree or diploma within the past 2 years. You will have to upload proof of this (transcript, certificate, enrollment form, etc.)
How to Participate:
1. Download the full Guidelines & Submission Form below
2. Prepare your visual files
3. Submit before the deadline via using the link below