Entries can now be submitted for the Walls Around Us Student Competition, which invites architectural students to reimagine the site of Boyd's Walsh Street House in Melbourne.
The successful candidate will be awarded a trip to Venice, Italy, to experience the Vernissage of the 2025 Architecture Biennale.
Entrants are required to conceptualise a contemporary design that engages with themes of circularity and reuse, yet also draws inspiration from Boyd: his ideas, interests and approaches to design. The competition brief states, "We ask you to consider this: If Robin Boyd were present today, how would he challenge architects to rethink the way we design and specify buildings? How would he urge us to align with the values of the circular economy - creating systems that not only reduce material consumption but also ensure their ongoing life?"
The 2024/2025 competition will be judged by Eve Castle of Brickworks Building Products; Dr Christine Phillips of RMIT University, and Gerard Reinmuth of Terroir and the University of Technology Sydney. To be eligible as a candidate, entrants are required to have been enrolled in an architectural course at an Australian university during 2024.
Entries close 3 February 2025. For more information regarding the competition, visit the Robin Boyd Foundation website.
