Participation as international jury for Rome Rain Rooms, an architecture competition exploring how rainwater can become part of the architectural and public experience of Rome.
Together with an international jury, we reviewed proposals from architects, designers, and students from around the world, reflecting on the relationship between water, climate, architecture, and public space.
Winners
1st Prize — Pluvia
Daniele Carlini — Il Prisma srl, Italy
2nd Prize — Xylophone
Jun Ho Lee — United Kingdom
3rd Prize + Buildner Student Award — Channeling Amphorae
Mennaalla Mohamed Mostafa Soliman Abas, Rina Seida & Synnove Patricia Grao — Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Buildner Sustainability Award — Romantic Dome
Lee Kwangmin, Sooyoung Shin & Jonghwa Hwang — Inje University Gimhae Campus, South Korea
Honorable Mentions
Pluvial Cloud — Yiyang Sang & Senmiao Yang
Rome Rain Rooms — Oskar Emmrich — KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
A Contemporary Impluvium — Alexandra Maria Afrasinei & Andreea Elena Istrate
Rain on Rain — Hongrun Che
Climate Veil — Kenji Kurt Schmidt, Chenyu Hu, Ayse Sirin Karoglu & Alara Başak Köse — Politecnico di Milano
Specula Aquae — Simone Campora — Università di Genova
Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions, and to everyone who took part in the competition.
Jury
Manuela De Micheli — Studio Transit
Marcello Galiotto — AMAA
Ivan Juarez — x-studio | Ivan Juarez
Rodolfo Morandi — AACM
Patrizia Pisaniello — MICROSCAPE Architecture Urban Design AA
Lieven Poutsma — Observatorium
Andrea Tabocchini — Andrea Tabocchini Architecture
Results published: September 15, 2026
