Europan 17
Living cities 2: Care

A European competition for architects, landscape architects and urbanists under the age of 40. Win prizes, commissions up to 1 million NOK and worldwide publication.

Key dates

Registrations open: 30.03.2023
Submission deadline: 30.07.2023
Winners announced: 04.12.2023

This year's theme

Each sessions of Europan has a theme that connects all the sites across Europe. The theme of the 17th session of Europan is Living cities: CARE.

Five sites from Norway

that range from competitions for small scale architectural interventions to large scale urban visions.

The jury

The jury of Europan Norway consists of both international and Norwegian experts within the field of urban planning and architecture.

Jacob Kamp (DK)

Partner and creative director at 1:1 Landskab

Jacob Kamp is a renowned Danish landscape architect; as head of 1:1 Landskab he has distinguished himself with a number of won competitions and award-winning projects. Jacob studied landscape architecture at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultual University in Copenhagen and the École Nationale Superièure du Paysage in Versailles, France. I parallel with his practice he has been Chairman of the Association of landscape architects in Denmark, and is currently member of the royal academy’s council, the adviser of the Danish State on aesthetic and artistic issues. He has since 2011 served as external juror in a number of large architectural competitions across denmark.He is external examiner for landscape architecture and planning at the architectural schools in Copenhagen and Aarhus and at the university in Copenhagen.
Eli Grønn (NO)

M. of Architecture and Urbanism MNAL, partner and leader for Urbanism and Planning with Dyrvik Architects.

Eli Grønn completed a Master’s in architecture at Trondheim University (NTNU) in 2007 and Masters’s of Urbanism at Barcelona ETSAB in 2012. Eli has worked with three Europan competitions, Sion (CH) E9, Oslo (NO) E11, and Irun (ES) E13. All of these submissions were finalists and have been further developed for clients. Eli has international experience through her work and studies. She is now partner at Dyrvik Architects. The practice is engaged in architecture from early planning studies through to detailed design and construction. The practice has a particular focus on how architecture and urbanism influence the day-to-day lives of the populace. Eli is an active and engaged professional with a particular interest in the processes of urban transformation and its effect on the wider community.
Luis Basabe Montalvo (ES)

Founding partner of ARENAS BASABE PALACIOS ARQUITECTOS

Luis Basabe Montalvo (1975) has been teaching architecture and urban design at ETSAM (Madrid) since 2003. From 2014 to 2018 he has been Visiting Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Politecnico di Milano. He is a founding partner of ARENAS BASABE PALACIOS ARQUITECTOS, an office for architecture and urbanism based in Madrid, with projects in different European countries. Their work has obtained numerous distinctions, such as the COAM-Prize in 2022, the Holcim Award Bronze Europe in 2014, or the EUROPAN competition, in which they have been awarded six times.
Eili Vigestad Berge (NO)

Director of sustainability and public relations at Mustad Eiendom

Eili Vigestad Berge is currently the director of sustainability and public relations at Mustad Eiendom. Mustad Eiendom is redeveloping a large urban area, Lilleakerbyen, by Norway’s third largest transport hub. Eili has previously held several positions within urban development and sustainability, including Head of Concept Development at Bane NOR Eiendom, Project Manager for the FutureBuilt program in the Municipality of Oslo, and for the Norwegian Green Building Council. Eili was in charge of developing an innovation program to promote sustainable solutions for the building sector at Nordic Innovation. Eili has also worked as Political Advisor for Venstre, the Norwegian Liberal Party. Eili holds a Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Brighton, in addition to a Cand. Mag. degree in social sciences from the University of Oslo.
Ida Winge Andersen (NO)

Architect, company director, and partner at Rebuilding.

Ida Winge holds a master’s degree from Lund and Oslo (2004). In 2005 she won Europan 8 Kirkenes with Ines Almeida and has since then worked as an architect, teacher, lecturer, and critic. She has gained significant experience both as an architect and company leader at Ghilardi+Hellsten and since 2017 as head of the Oslo-based architectural firm Rebuilding, specializing in transformative reuse. Ida has a unique expertise in urban revitalization and preservation and believes that any structure should be seen as an asset. Her work spans from smaller temporary projects to large urban developments, like Aker Brygge, the post-modern complex St Olav in Stavanger, and large-scale strategic development in Kiruna.
Ilkka Törmä (FI)

Architect, urban designer and researcher, editor-in-chief at Outlines

Ilkka Törmä works within urban design and city planning at Tommila Architects in Helsinki. He has an extensive experience in competitions and master plans, often for heritage sites, such as a ceramic factory block in Helsinki. Ilkka’s research has focused on urban heritage. He explores how the dynamic relationship between architecture and public life evolves. He has studied how Victorian high streets have adapted in London and how a Mexican historical square functioned socially and culturally. Ilkka has taught, lectured, and been a guest critic in Finland, England, and Mexico. He has founded Mushrooming, an award-winning online agent for creative workspaces. Ilkka’s most recent project is Outlines, a forum he founded to promote dialogue in Finnish landscape architecture and urban design.
Katariina Haigh (FI)

Architect, Project Development Director at Asuntosäätiö

Katariina Haigh graduated as a housing design major in 2002 from Helsinki University of Technology, also carrying out studies at Tampere University of Technology and the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. She started her career in urban planning as the city architect of Lohja, a medium-sized town in Southern Finland. Looking to refocus on real estate development, Katariina then undertook real estate economy studies before working in management and executive roles at the Nordic construction company NCC. She then joined Nordic housing developer Bonava and later Asuntosäätiö, a non-profit organization that has a long history as a city developer and holds one of the largest Finnish housing portfolios. As a project development director, Katariina’s responsibilities cover land acquisition, portfolio management, and real estate development.
Merete Gunnes (NO)

Jury substitute - M.Sc Landscape architect MNLA

Merete Gunnes is landscape architect and founder of TAG landscape/TAG arkitekter as. Merete has experience from different companies such as The municipality of Oslo, Asplan Viak, Arkitektgruppen Cubus, and TAG. Her expertise lies in urban development and design of urban spaces, parks, and residential areas with projects all around Norway, but most projects are along the Norwegian coast. She has a strong commitment to the use of local materials and designs that reinforce the local or site-specific identity. Focus on environmentally friendly solutions and good principles in relation to stormwater is the basis of all projects in addition to facilitating for social interaction. Currently, she is working with different urban spaces and parks in Bergen.
Cristian Ştefănescu (RO)

Jury substitute - Architect / Owner of a-works, Assistant Professor, Bergen School of Architecture

Cristian Ştefănescu is a Romanian / Canadian architect based in Bergen, Norway. He runs the architecture and art practice a-works in tandem with teaching at the Bergen School of Architecture where he is an Assistant Professor. His work has been shown at the Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen Norway, the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania, and at the Architekturzentrum Wien as part of the Vienna Biennale and most recently in the Romanian pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale.