Critical intervention into the urban field requires first recognizing the contested spatial and institutional power dynamics that drive today’s urban and bioregional crises. The Lyceum Fellowship 2025 asks participants to ‘name’ and visualize a particular problematic, and then design the conditions and the field of operations required to address it, including reflections about the requisite political, economic, social, and spatial processes that are necessary to confront the selected conflict.

Submission Requirements

• Page 1 – Main Title
• Page 2 – Conflict Diagram
• Page 3 – Brief: Provocation
• Page 4 – Political Process Diagram
• Page 5 – Social-Institutional Coalitions Diagram
• Page 6 – Site Strategies: Jurisdictional
• Page 7 – Spatial Strategies 1: Urban-Ecological
• Page 8 – Spatial Strategies 2: Landscape-Architectural
• Page 9 – Programmatic Diagram

Prizes

• 1st prize: $15,000 for three months of travel abroad
• 2nd prize: $10,000 for two months of travel abroad
• 3rd prize: $5,000 for one month of travel abroad

Eligibility

• To be eligible for the Lyceum Fellowship travel prize, the entrant must be a student enrolled in a National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) or Canadian Architectural Certification Board (CACB) accredited professional program.
• The student can also be enrolled in pre-professional undergraduate degree program (commonly referred to as a 4+2 or 4+3 path) at an institution that also offers an NAAB or CACB accredited professional program.