International Architecture Competition Museum of Emotions
International Architecture Competition Museum of Emotions
Buildner is issuing an international competition to design a museum that evokes specific emotions. The competition welcomes participants of all backgrounds – no professional qualifications required. It will be conducted in English.
It may not be your first instinct when entering a building to consider how it makes you feel, but architecture has always had a big impact on emotions. Different spaces are designed to make their inhabitants feel different things; offices can make you feel energised and productive, art galleries can make you feel thoughtful and curious, and museums can make you feel calm and intrigued. Each of these spaces is completely different from each other and is far more than just a building.
As part of a series of annual architecture competitions, the Museum of Emotions competition is tasking participants with using architecture as a tool to bring out different emotions. They are asked to design a museum that includes two separate exhibition halls that bring out contrasting emotions – one inducing negative emotions, and the other inducing positive emotions.
Participants are free to choose the specific emotions they incite with their designs – fear, anger, anxiety, love, happiness, laughter, etc. The purpose of the Museum of Emotions is to use architecture as the primary tool to create emotional states, through consideration of the scales of the spaces, the journey through the space, colour, lighting, and material choice. As this is an ideas competition, participants are free to choose any site location, real or imaginary, as well as the size of their structure.
Museum of Emotions / Edition #8 is one of Buildners’ silent competitions, in which participants must communicate their ideas without the use of any text. The design concept and thinking behind it must all be communicated solely through the use of visuals.
This competition is part of a strategic partnership between Buildner and ArchDaily that aims to explore “The Contemporary Home”.
Prizes:
first prize: 5,000 €
second prize: 3,000 €
third prize 1,000 €
Registration is subject to a fee. The price depends on whether the applicant is a student or not and whether the amount will be paid in one lump sum or in three installments.
The registration deadline is June 18, 2026. The deadline for project submission is July 20, 2026. The winners will be announced on September 29, 2026.
More information can be found here and at the email address contact@buildner.com.
