The Global Challenge 2021 calls for bottom-up, community architectural initiatives that have radical potential to improve the lives of both rural and urban communities. Enter the Global Challenge, connect to partners and supporters to get your community's initiative off the ground! The submission will be open from June 6 until July 25, 2021.

WHAT IS THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE?

The Global Challenge is a one year program that recognises the best community projects and helps accelerate their development. We select the most impactful initiatives, promote them amongst our global network of partners and connect them through meaningful collaborations - on our own terms, Do-It-Together (DIT) architecture.

The first Global Challenge was initiated by A--D in 2016. With 80+ projects from 37 countries submitted, we discovered a willingness from professionals to invest their time and energy to help realize impactful architecture for communities in need. These projects are proof of the power of Do-It-Together architecture. The 2016 pilot ultimately supported the realisation of ModSkool, which was recognised by the London Design Museum as the winner in the architecture category.

Please also check the best practices to learn more about the projects we love.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE GLOBAL CHALLENGE 2021? 

You can join our Global Challenge as Communities or as Experts:

• Communities: if you are a community representative, community activist or community architect, you can register as a project owner <link to registration> and submit your community architectural initiative. 
• Experts: If you’d like to provide (pro bono) advice on building-planning, engineering, legal, managerial or other relevant professional services, you can register as an expert <link to registration> in our network. You can then connect and contribute to any community project that needs your expertise.