MimED2026 Architecture Student Project Awards

MimED2026, the 25th Mimarlık Öğrencileri Proje Ödülleri, rewards studio projects by architecture students in Türkiye and Northern Cyprus. Uploads close on 9 November 2026 and winners are named on 21 December.

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MimED2026 Architecture Student Project Awards

Poster: courtesy Mimarlık Eğitimi Derneği (MimED)

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Category: Student
Organizer: Mimarlık Eğitimi Derneği (MimED)
Location: Istanbul, Türkiye (İTÜ Taşkışla)
Eligibility: Undergraduate students registered in architecture departments in Türkiye and the TRNC (Northern Cyprus), with projects made in design studios in the 2025-26 autumn, spring or summer semesters. Individual or group entries (up to 3 students). Graduation, diploma and final semester projects are excluded from the fourth year category. Graduates may enter projects made before they graduated.
Language: Turkish
Registration deadline: 9 November 2026
Submission deadline: 9 November 2026
Results announcement: 21 December 2026
Fees: TL 300 per project, non-refundable
Prizes: In each of the four year groups: TL 20,000 achievement award, TL 15,000 encouragement award, TL 10,000 jury special awards
Jury: Arzu Erdem (EAA), Bahar Avanoğlu (MEF University), Boğaçhan Dündaralp (DDRLP), Cem Sorguç (CM Mimarlık), Deniz Aslan (DS Mimarlık), Güven Arif Sargın (Middle East Technical University), Meltem Aksoy (Istanbul Technical University), Nilay Ünsal Gülmez (Bahçeşehir University), Tülin Hadi (TeCe Mimarlık), Zeynep Ataş (Mardin Artuklu University), Zeynep Dündar (Dokuz Eylül University)
Submission requirements: Stage 1 online at mimedprojects.com by 23:59 on 9 November 2026: up to 2 portrait A1 panels as JPG (max 10 MB each, min 150 dpi) with a 10 cm band at the foot of the first panel holding a 200 word Turkish and a 200 word English text. No names, schools or tutors on the panels. Studio tutor approval and fee payment by 11 November. Shortlisted projects: the same panels mounted on rigid A1 boards, delivered to İTÜ Taşkışla on 14 or 15 December 2026 or posted by 14 December, with an identity envelope.

Prize breakdown

Achievement award (one per category): TL 20,000
Encouragement award (one per category): TL 15,000
Jury special awards (number set by the jury): TL 10,000 each
Categories: first, second, third and fourth year projects
All awarded entrants receive a certificate, and awarded projects appear in a book prepared by MimED

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Brief and registration

MimED2026, the 25th edition of the Mimarlık Öğrencileri Proje Ödülleri (Architecture Student Project Awards), is open to architecture students in Türkiye and Northern Cyprus. Run every year by the Architecture Education Association (Mimarlık Eğitimi Derneği, MimED), it rewards projects made in design studios during the 2025-26 academic year. Digital registration and uploads close at 23:59 on 9 November 2026, and the results are announced on 21 December 2026 at Istanbul Technical University’s Taşkışla building.

About the awards

MimED has held the student awards since 2001. Rather than setting a brief, the programme looks at the work students already produce in studio, and it aims to give a broad picture of architectural education across the country. Projects compete within four categories that follow the year of study: first, second, third and fourth year. The 2025 edition received 608 submissions.

Who can enter

Undergraduate students registered in architecture departments in Türkiye and the TRNC.
Projects made in architectural design studios in the 2025-26 autumn, spring or summer school semesters; summer internship work does not count.
Individual entries or groups of up to three students. Students may enter several projects, each with its own registration and fee.
Graduation, diploma and final semester projects are not accepted in the fourth year category. Graduates may enter work they made before graduating.

How it works

The competition runs in two stages. Entrants register on the competition website, mimedprojects.com, upload up to two portrait A1 panels as JPG files and add a 200 word text in Turkish and another in English. Each upload is sent to the studio tutor for approval, after which the TL 300 fee is paid; both must be done by 11 November. The jury preselects online, with results on 7 December. Shortlisted entrants then deliver the same panels mounted on rigid A1 boards to İTÜ Taşkışla on 14 or 15 December, or post them by 14 December, together with an identity envelope. Panels must stay anonymous, and AI-assisted visuals have to be labelled under the image.

Jury and prizes

The jury is made up of Arzu Erdem, Bahar Avanoğlu, Boğaçhan Dündaralp, Cem Sorguç, Deniz Aslan, Güven Arif Sargın, Meltem Aksoy, Nilay Ünsal Gülmez, Tülin Hadi, Zeynep Ataş and Zeynep Dündar. It meets on 19 and 20 December 2026. In every category it gives one achievement award of TL 20,000, one encouragement award of TL 15,000 and a number of jury special awards of TL 10,000 each, all with certificates.

Key dates

Digital registration and upload: 9 November 2026
Tutor approval and fee payment: 11 November 2026
Preselection results: 7 December 2026
Printed delivery of shortlisted projects: 14 and 15 December 2026
Results, colloquium and award ceremony: 21 December 2026, 17:30, İTÜ Taşkışla, room 109

The shortlisted projects are then exhibited at Taşkışla for a month. The full specification, in Turkish, is on the MimED competition page.