THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS HAS PASSED
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These residency spaces aim to support contemporary architectural projects requiring dedicated space for experimentation, growth, or realisation.
Open to individuals and collectives whose work focuses on architecture, this competition offers selected projects a €1,000 financial grant for execution expenses and a workspace in Garagem Sul. The workspace will be available for five months (April to September), during the Architecture Centre’s opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., with schedules agreed upon with the MAC/CCB team.
Residency projects will be part of the dynamic environment of the Architecture Centre, including open studio moments and a public presentation of the completed projects.
Applications are open from 17 January to 16 February 2025, and must include a Curriculum Vitae, motivation letter, portfolio, and a project proposal to be developed during the residency.
The evaluation and selection process will run from February to March 2025. The jury comprises Pedro Campos Costa (external), Margarida Ventosa (Exhibition Production, MAC/CCB), and Sofia Passadouro (Education and Mediation, MAC/CCB). Selected projects will be announced on 2 April 2025, during the reopening of the Architecture Centre.
Photo: © Studio Ossidiana, Variations on a Birdcage
Calendar
Application period: 17 January to 16 February 2025
Evaluation and selection period: 17 February to 17 March 2025
Notification of selected projects: From 17 March 2025
Contract formalisation: 18–31 March 2025
Public announcement of selected projects: 2 April 2025
Residency start date: 3 April 2025
Residency duration: 3 April to 3 September 2025
Applications
Residency Application Form
Available until the application deadline
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About the MAC/CCB Architecture Centre
The Architecture Centre of MAC/CCB addresses contemporary issues and themes through the lens of the built environment. It explores collective forms of knowledge creation through exhibitions, residencies, fellowships, publications, and public programs. From an interdisciplinary and experimental perspective, it creates space to explore and test possibilities, aiming to materialise convivial, more-than-human, and intersectional spaces. It calls upon the multiple scales and spheres of architectural action to participate in its programming.
In April, the Architecture Centre will inaugurate the Garagem Sul space with an architectural project by the Swiss-Portuguese studio BUREAU. This project reimagines the garage as a flexible space, accommodating exhibitions, workspaces, public events and communal gatherings.
For further information or clarification: ccb@ccb.pt