Non Architecture Competition: “HEALING GARDEN – Certosa Park“

Non Architecture Competition: “HEALING GARDEN – Certosa Park“ is now open for entries!

Non Architecture is hosting the “HEALING GARDEN – Certosa Park“, the first in a sequence of six internatioal design competition developed within the European project Sleeping Beauty – Nature Meets Bauhaus.

Short description

Non Architecture is hosting the “HEALING GARDEN – Certosa Park“, the first in a sequence of six internatioal design competition developed within the European project Sleeping Beauty – Nature Meets Bauhaus.

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. Each contest focuses on a different site, transforming fragmented or underperforming landscapes into regenerative, inclusive, and nature-based environments.

The goal is to design and build urban prototypes that explore innovative and experimental solutions combining aesthetic quality, social inclusion, and nature-based strategies, aligning heritage, ecology, and social innovation.

This time 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.

Parco della Certosa, located in Collegno within the metropolitan area of Turin, is one of the largest public parks in the western part of the city, spanning over 400.000 m². Rich in historical and cultural layers, the park today hosts educational, social, and cultural activities, standing at the intersection of heritage and public life.

The intervention area for this contest corresponds to the specifically marked zone in the site map, with a total surface of approximately 25,600 m². Participants must develop their proposals within the boundary indicated in the official site documentation, which can be downloaded together with the contest materials.

Submission requirements

➜ 4 Presentation Boards + 1 Concept Image (.JPEG, A1 + A3 format)
➜ Text document (title, 200-word concept)

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.