The OAA’s SHIFT2023 Challenge: Health and Architecture is now open for online submissions until January 13, 2023.
SHIFT is an aspirational, biennial awards program that highlights the distinct contribution the architecture profession brings to addressing key societal issues. It invites OAA members, those on the path to licensure, and their teams to respond to an identified area of concern using their unique skills and insights. The theme for this year is human health. At scales ranging from a room to a building to an entire city (or beyond), how can new architectural approaches offer better health outcomes?
Entries must comprise text and images, along with a short video. Those submissions selected by a soon-to-be-revealed jury become the basis of a broader conversation on the issue, including a book publication, media outreach and an event at the 2023 OAA Conference in Sudbury.