Organizer: Archcontest

Location: Global online competition

Deadline: 27 April 2026 (registration deadline), 30 April 2026 (project submission deadline)

Competition Category:
- Mountain tent design
- Micro-architecture design

Eligibility: Open to architects, designers, and creative professionals worldwide

Entry Fee:
- Early Registration (December 20, 2025 - January 21, 2026): €40
- Advance Registration (January 22, 2026 - March 21, 2026): €60
- Last Minute Registration (March 22, 2026 - April 26, 2026): €90
- Discount code: DBarchcontest2026 (10% discount)

Prizes/Awards:
- Total prize fund: €3,000
- 1st Prize: €1,500
- 2nd Prize: €1,000
- 3rd Prize: €500
- 10 finalists and 3 winning proposals will receive global exposure

Core Introduction: Clothed Spaces explores the mountain tent as a primordial micro-architecture: lightweight, temporary, and in direct dialogue with the landscape—clothing nature without altering it. The competition invites participants to design an innovative mountain tent conceived as a lightweight, temporary micro-architecture. It is conceptual and experimental, encouraging bold and visionary proposals that rethink the tent beyond its role as simple shelter. The focus is on the relationship between form, function, materials, and geometry, with particular attention to fabric as an architectural "skin" mediating between interior and exterior. Projects should explore reversibility, minimal structural impact, ease of assembly, and adaptability, envisioning a habitable space for two people, expandable up to four.