Museum of Emotions #8
Museum of Emotions #8 is now open for entries!
Now in its 8th edition, the Museum of Emotions competition continues this annual series by challenging participants to use architecture as a tool for emotional expression.
Short description
Now in its 8th edition, the Museum of Emotions competition continues this annual series by challenging participants to use architecture as a tool for emotional expression.
Designers are asked to create a museum consisting of two distinct halls that evoke contrasting emotional states - one inducing negative emotions and the other positive.
This is one of Buildners' silent competitions, in which participants must communicate their ideas without the use of any text. All concepts and design intentions must be conveyed exclusively through visual representation.
It may not be your first instinct when entering a building to consider how it makes you feel, yet architecture has always had a profound impact on human emotions. Different spaces are designed to evoke different responses: offices can make us feel energised and productive, art galleries thoughtful and curious, and museums calm and intrigued. These spaces are far more than mere structures - they shape experience.
Participants are free to choose which emotions their designs provoke, whether fear, anger, anxiety, love, happiness, laughter, or others. The aim of the Museum of Emotions is to explore how architecture alone can generate emotional responses through spatial scale, sequence and movement, colour, lighting, and materiality.
As an ideas competition, participants may select any site - real or imaginary - as well as define the size of their proposal.
Winners will be announced on September 29, 2026.
Who may enter?
Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
Prize:
Buildner will award a total of 10,000 € in prize money to competition winners as follows:
➜ 1st Prize - 5,000 €
➜ 2nd Prize - 3,000 €
➜ 3rd Prize - 1,000 €
+ 6 honourable mentions
➜ Buildner Student Award - 1,000 €
Entry fees:
➜ Advance Registration: February 26 – April 23 - 44 €
➜ Last Minute Registration: April 24 – June 18 - 50 €
