HEALING GARDEN
URBAN PROTOTYPES
BRIEF IN SHORT
Design a buildable innovative urban prototype for healing within a defined site and budget.
Participants are invited to design a buildable Healing Garden within the defined intervention area of Parco della Certosa. The proposal should create a landscape environment that supports biodiversity, social interaction, and sensory experience, while respecting heritage constraints and the 60,000 EUR construction budget. The project should function as an urban prototype demonstrating how design can foster well-being and ecological regeneration.
SLEEPING BEAUTY SERIES
The Sleeping Beauty project aims to reactivate underused cultural landscapes across Europe through Nature-Based Solutions inspired by the principles of the New European Bauhaus. Within this initiative, participants are invited to design and build urban prototypes in one of the six pilot sites across Europe.
This contest is the first in a sequence of six design contests developed within the European project Sleeping Beauty – Nature Meets Bauhaus.
ELIGIBILITY
Non-a contests are open to all human beings, from every age and cultural background, working in groups or individually.
Teams can be formed by a maximum number of 4 people. Personal information of all the team members can be uploaded during the submission procedure of the final proposal.
This contest has no registration fee.
PRIZESWINNER
(1ST PRIZE) 7,500 € to further develop the project.
CONSTRUCTION BUDGET 60,000 €
The winning proposal will serve as the basis for the realization of the Healing Garden.
x9 HONORABLE MENTIONSSelected projects will be published on the Non-a contests website, gaining international visibility within our global community.
Up to x20 FINALISTSFinalist proposals will be featured on the Non-a contests website, showcasing outstanding ideas and design excellence.
CALENDAR
Registration OPENS: 15 April 2026
Registration CLOSES: 15 July 2026 (11.59 PM CET)
Q&A Deadline: 15 May 2026
Submissions OPENS: 15 July 2026
Submission CLOSES: 15 August 2026 (11.59 PM CET)
Winner Announcement: 28 September – 2 October 2026
Design a buildable innovative urban prototype for healing within a defined site and budget.
Participants are invited to design a buildable Healing Garden within the defined intervention area of Parco della Certosa. The proposal should create a landscape environment that supports biodiversity, social interaction, and sensory experience, while respecting heritage constraints and the 60,000 EUR construction budget. The project should function as an urban prototype demonstrating how design can foster well-being and ecological regeneration.
SLEEPING BEAUTY SERIES
The Sleeping Beauty project aims to reactivate underused cultural landscapes across Europe through Nature-Based Solutions inspired by the principles of the New European Bauhaus. Within this initiative, participants are invited to design and build urban prototypes in one of the six pilot sites across Europe.
This contest is the first in a sequence of six design contests developed within the European project Sleeping Beauty – Nature Meets Bauhaus.
ELIGIBILITY
Non-a contests are open to all human beings, from every age and cultural background, working in groups or individually.
Teams can be formed by a maximum number of 4 people. Personal information of all the team members can be uploaded during the submission procedure of the final proposal.
This contest has no registration fee.
PRIZESWINNER
(1ST PRIZE) 7,500 € to further develop the project.
CONSTRUCTION BUDGET 60,000 €
The winning proposal will serve as the basis for the realization of the Healing Garden.
x9 HONORABLE MENTIONSSelected projects will be published on the Non-a contests website, gaining international visibility within our global community.
Up to x20 FINALISTSFinalist proposals will be featured on the Non-a contests website, showcasing outstanding ideas and design excellence.
CALENDAR
Registration OPENS: 15 April 2026
Registration CLOSES: 15 July 2026 (11.59 PM CET)
Q&A Deadline: 15 May 2026
Submissions OPENS: 15 July 2026
Submission CLOSES: 15 August 2026 (11.59 PM CET)
Winner Announcement: 28 September – 2 October 2026
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