Registration for the Architendance competition is open

The call for projects for the 6th edition is open until June 30, 2022.

Who can register?

All architects exercising an independent activity or in an agency, domiciled in France, registered with the Order.

Registrations on the dedicated website.

What types of projects?

• Structures less than 4 years old or in the process of being completed as of June 30, 2022
• New constructions, rehabilitation, extension or renovation operations
• 4 categories: individual housing, collective housing, intermediate housing, equipment & tertiary building

Criteria for assessment by the jury

• Enhancement of the terracotta tile and originality in the treatment of the roof and/or the facade
• Quality of the architectural project Relevance of the program and integration into the context.

Jury and awards

The jury, chaired by Anne-Sophie Kehr, President of the rma (network of houses of architecture), is made up of architects who have won from previous editions, teachers from the School of Architecture and specialized journalists. In addition to the winners of each category designated by the jury, a Public Prize will be awarded by a vote on Instagram.

Agenda

• Closing of registrations: June 30, 2022
• Jury: September 15, 2022
• Award ceremony: October 21, 2022 during the Biennale of the network of architectural houses.

The Terracotta Tile Architendance 2012-2022: the competition celebrates its 10th anniversary

In 10 years, the tile has become an architectural material

For Jean-Baptiste Fayet, President of the Groupement des Tuiliers of the French Federation of Tiles and Bricks: “The Architendance Terracotta Tile Grand Prize was created in 2012 on the initiative of the French Federation of Tiles and Bricks, supported by the Network of Architecture Houses. Its ambition is to give visibility every two years to exemplary contemporary architectural achievements using terracotta tiles on the roof or facade. In five editions, nearly 400 agencies have submitted projects. »

For Anne-Sophie Kehr, President of the Jury since 2018 and President of the Network of Maisons de l'Architecture: “From the outset, the achievements awarded by the jury have shared common values ​​over time: they are part of a quest for innovation, carry noble usage values, in dialogue with their environment and their history. »

"For tile manufacturers, the Competition is a moment of precious exchanges with architects whose outlook and expectations are sources of reflection, research and innovation" adds Jean-Baptiste Fayet.

A competition to highlight the diversity of use and the modernity of the Terracotta Tile

“Over the course of a decade, new uses have developed: more low slopes, passage from the roof to the facade, complex shapes... The palette of colors is now very wide, from natural and nuanced colors to renderings matt or shiny white or black, enamelled and varnished, not to mention custom-made creations…” notes Jean-Baptiste Fayet who pursues : "The modernity of terracotta also means responding to the sustainable challenges that are imposed on builders: it is durable over time, made with a natural raw material, geo-sourced, renewable, recyclable".

10 years and 5 awards that reflect the evolution of our ways of living

The awards also reflect changes in our ways of living at home and together, with our family, our neighbours, our links with the landscape, with the environment, with the present and the past.

“The winning projects are all creators of a new harmony and link with their environment, guarantee of integration into a site. Over the years, it is less the strong architectural gesture that seduces the jury than projects that affirm something very symbolic reminding us that the primary function of architecture is to shelter us” concludes Anne-Sophie Kehr.