57 theses were submitted for the 2024 edition, 81 of them students from the Politecnico di Milano.
The 2024 edition was supported once again by the Japan Cultural Association ADF-Aoyama Design Forum.

Jury:
Lorenzo Bini, councilor of the Order of Architects PPC Milan§
Victoria Easton, partner architect, Christ & Gantenbein
Yukio Ishiyama, Garde Italy
Valentina Marchetti, UniFor and Molteni&Co Historical Archives
Pietro Pizzi, architect, Studio Pizzi

Winners:
1st Prize: € 1,000.00 + 4 books chosen by the OAMI Foundation
Atelier des Pièces Détachées: a pedestals depot in the new KANAL-Centre Pompidou, by Francesca De Santis, supervisor Jacopo Leveratto, Aslı Çiçek. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.
Motivation of the jury: "For the originality of the proposal and the reflection on the theme of conservation and valorization of the ephemeral, in this case in the museum and exhibition context. For the capacity for synthesis and communication of the thesis, for the graphic quality of the works and for the 'interesting idea of reusing the pedestals of the works indicating the resulting transposition (from support to work) which significantly calls into question the boundary between art and architecture, between project and curatorship, between exhibition device and work The project is therefore extremely mature and cultured and opens up to a broader discussion on the role of museum institutions today".

2nd Prize: € 500.00 + 3 books selected by the OAMI Foundation
Aqua manifesta: an experimental theatre dealing with water in Levanzo (TP), by Pietro Dallera, Andrea Frontani, Alessandro Ricci, supervisor Jacopo Leveratto. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.
Motivation of the jury: "For having addressed the topicality and urgency of the theme of the recovery of resources and territory, with a view to a virtuous process in contexts of fragility. The theme is articulated through an effective representation that alternates technical drawings and three-dimensional physical models, establishing a suggestive dichotomy between poetic and expressive representation on the one hand and constructive in-depth analysis on the other. Starting from an ecological and environmental interest (and therefore working in the context of urgency and necessity) the project does not give up care and attention for the spatiality of the interventions and for the relationship they establish with the landscape".

3rd Prize: € 250.00 + 2 books selected by the OAMi Foundation
Comunità d'interspecie. Lampedusa come avamposto di flussi interspecifici, by Paolo Grossi, supervisor Davide Fabio Colaci. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.
Motivation of the jury: "Starting from a non-trivial observation, the candidate defines an area of intervention in a symbolic context such as the island of Lampedusa, intelligently shifting attention to the marginal and fragile condition of the island's fauna, rather than thinking about the issue of migrants. Consequently, the architectural program is inserted and developed within a broader scenario with references to environmental issues and in a broader territorial perspective. The project relies on ephemeral and reversible structures to make the activities defined in the program. The thesis is very well represented from the point of view of both graphics and clarity and immediacy of communication".

SPECIAL MENTION
- Scripta manent. La riscoperta delle riviste. I casi Superfici e In", by Francesco Belluati, supervisor Marco Stefano Biraghi. Master degree in Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering.
Motivation of the jury: "For the ability to express intellectual and critical work in a radical way. An acute analytical ability with numerous references is evident, testimony to extensive research that manages to contextualize the magazines analyzed in their specific historical moment."

SPECIAL MENTION 
- "Spolia": Material Memory and Reuse Value, by Lin Wei, supervisor Alessandro Villa. Master degree in Interior Design.
Motivation of the jury: "For having given the correct relevance to the theme of sustainability and the reuse of materials. An interesting sensitivity in approach to the material and to the construction technique of architecture is recognised, expressed through a design proposal that combines the ecological theme of reuse and the poetics of using what is recovered to imagine suggestive and contemplative places".

There were 48 participants in the theses for the 2023 edition, 76 students from the Polytechnic of Milan. 

The 2023 edition is once again supported by the Japan Cultural Association ADF-Aoyama Design Forum.  

Jury:
Marco Albini, architect
Lorenzo Bini, Order of Architects of Milan
Isabella Susi Botto, Metropolitan City of Milan
Alessandra Covini, Studio Ossidiana
Yukio Ishiyama, Garde Italia


Winners:
1rd Prize: € 1000,00 + 4 books selected by the OAMi Foundation
Paesaggi fragili. Il caso del cementificio a Tavernola Bergamasca, by Nadia Buelli, supervisor Arnaldo Arnaldi. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment, Interiors.
Motivation of the jury: "Nadia Buelli wins the 2023 Neolaureati award with a very significant, mature, sensitive and precise project. An extremely complete work that originates from the choice of a fascinating but at the same time fragile place which therefore raises crucial questions related to the theme of reuse of industrial heritage, the protection of the environment and the need to be able to imagine a significant and appropriate functional program. Working on all these levels and at the different scales (from the territorial one to that of the architectural spaces) the author has developed a project of great value, she has reflected on the use of materials, on the articulation of the construction systems and on the selection of tree essences in an organic and balanced way and managed to present her work in a clear and refined way. As a promising young architect, Nadia Buelli has put at the center of architecture not so much a new construction, but a project based on 'one-do', on de-construction, on demolition and reuse, based on the idea of treatment".

2rd Prize: € 500,00 + 3 books selected by the OAMi Foundation
Spazi Alba. Riconversione degli ex-Magazzini Raccordati di Milano in un centro polifunzionale per il reinserimento sociale di persone fragili e in stato di grave emarginazione, by Marta Bagnacani, supervisor Luciano Crespi. Master degree in Interior and spatial Design.
Motivation of the jury: "Marta Bagnacani wins second prize thanks to a complete and detailed work. Starting from a precise and aware reading of an increasingly less inclusive and increasingly competitive social context such as that of Milan, the author tries to ask herself whether it is possible to imagine a sensitive and practicable response to the problem of homelessness. The choice of connected warehouses takes on a symbolic value that is certainly legitimate for a thesis and allows the development of an evocative architectural project capable of bringing together both the spatial organization and the study of materials and furnishing elements. The representation of the project manages to condense in a clear and logical way both the data relating to the social context and the design choices at the interior scale".

3rd Prize: € 250.00 + 2 books selected by the OAMi Foundation
Aquagranda, by Milena Rosati and Margherita Anna Villa, supervisor Arnaldo Arnaldi. Master Degree in Architecture and Urban Design.
Motivation of the jury: "Milena Rosati and Margherita Anna Villa won the third prize with a visionary and poetic project that starts from the awareness of the now inevitable environmental catastrophe and proposes a non-resolution, but rather adaptive strategy, accepting the unstoppable progress of water transforming it into design possibilities . The project looks at the environmental crisis not with resignation, but with optimism, offering concrete and proactive design solutions, and making us discover new forms of beauty in change. The authors choose Venice as a paradigmatic and symbolic context of the difficult coexistence with water and as an emblematic place of identification between city and art. Contemporary art itself (which in the words of the authors 'offers a unique perspective' from which to observe climate change) is the anchor of the project which proposes three different outcomes using significant places belonging to different historical moments and narrating with great imagination, sensitivity and talent like these could survive, adapting".

SPECIAL MENTION 
- Ripensare il modo di abitare le città del futuro. Parte I: Conservation and renewal of historic urban areas in China. Parte II: L’invecchiamento della popolazione in Cina. Parte III: Progetto “Maxi-Maze", by Alarico Ruffino, supervisors Antonio Silva Ferreira de Carvalho e Stefania Sabatinello. Master degree in Architecture, Built Environment.
Motivation of the jury: "The project was awarded a special mention for having designed a new neighborhood in China, designed for the elderly segment of the population. It presents a low-density project as an antithesis to speculation in cities, reinterpreting historical typologies and scales. The jury appreciates the thematic choice and is impressed by the student's ability to work at different scales and by his representative capacity".

SPECIAL MENTION 
- Montagna ritrovata. Strategie e progetti di architettura per la rigenerazione rurale del territorio alpino di Montes e Bolentina, by Giulia Montieri e Fabiola Ussia, supervisor Mauro Marinelli. Master degree in Architecture and Urban Planning.
Motivation of the jury: "The project wins a special mention for having thought consciously and sensitively about the possibility of revitalizing small Alpine villages, proposing a reactivation of traditional activities and imagining discreet and contained transformations of architectural artefacts. Giulia Montieri and Fabiola Ussia receive a special mention thanks to a coherent, sensitive, refined and well-represented thesis".

SPECIAL MENTION 
- Ricomporre ritagli. Quartiere Torre Agli a Firenze, by Eleonora Capalbo, Claudia Guerini, Sara Nati, supervisor Fabio Lepratto. Master degree in Architecture and Urban Planning.
Motivation of the jury: "The special mention was awarded to the authors for having proposed a sensitive, adaptable and modular concrete project. The jury appreciated the precision addressed at the different scales of the project".

Twenty theses were submitted for the 2022 edition, 14 of them students from the Politecnico di Milano.
The 2022 edition was supported once again by the Japan Cultural Association ADF-Aoyama Design Forum.

Jury:
Lorenzo Bini, councilor Milan Order and Foundation of Milan
Giovanna Castiglioni, Castiglioni Foundation
Simona Finessi, Platform
Yukio Ishiyama, ADF / Garde Italia
Luca Manzocchi, Parc Nouveau

Winners:
1st Prize: € 1,000.00 + 4 books chosen by the OAMI Foundation
Too far to walk - Disaster Resilent Maternity Waiting Home in Mozambique, by Tatiana Levitskaya and Massimiliano Piffer, supervisors Camillo Magni, Isacco Rama. Master's Degree in Architecture and Urban Design.
Considerations by the jury:

2nd Prize: € 500.00 + 3 books selected by the OAMI Foundation
Architecture goes into reverse. Tips for (self)building responsible housing, by Federico Cortes, Tommaso Gatti, Federica Melis, supervisors Gian Luca Brunetti, Giovanni Di Luzio. Master's Degree in Architecture-Built Environment-Interiors.
Considerations by the jury: for meticulous research into the materials used, promoting the concept of reuse and reducing the impact of recycling processes. For the ability to reverse the design process, indicating a new methodology, with a conscious and critical approach.

3rd Prize: € 250.00 + 2 books selected by the OAMi Foundation
Anthropogenic Landscapes: the case of the quarry of Scalo Cavallo in Favignana (Sicily, Italy). Architecture as catalyst for the hydrological restoration of a vulnerable landscape, by Alessandra Savorelli, supervisor Simone Giostra. Master's degree in School of Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering.
Considerations by the jury: For having explored the current theme of the regeneration of abandoned territories after intensive exploitation of resources. An interesting analysis that combines the formal aspect of architecture with the functional aspect, seeking to solve the problems associated with a water system that is peculiar to a territory.

SPECIAL MENTIONS
- Nature pursued. Project for the development and repurposing of the ruins of the Monastery of San Secondo on Isola Polvese, by Giovanni Grignani, supervisor Francesco Leoni. Master's Degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Construction Engineering.
Considerations by the jury: for the identification of a context and a design theme that seems to suggest a potential continuation in the professional field. Rewarding the passionate reading of a place in terms of its landscape and naturalistic aspects. 

- The idiorrhythmic building. Proposals of shared living for the town of speculation, by Francesca Pesce, supervisor Gennaro Postiglione. Master's Degree in Architecture-Built Environment-Interiors.
Considerations by the jury: for the systematic manner in which the project was developed, starting from topical issues related to living, critically reconfiguring the typology of the apartment building, as a metaphor for a broader transformation extended to the whole town.

- “THE JUNGLE” MUSEUM. Project for the architectural transposition of Upton Sinclair's novel to the places where it was written and set, by Davide Guida, supervisor Andrea Gritti. Master's Degree in Architecture-Built Environment-Interiors.
Considerations by the jury: for its success in starting from a story and translating it into a design for the layout and reorganisation of spaces, maintaining the visionary and immersive spirit of the novel, suggesting the transformation of a decidedly emblematic existing building.

Twenty theses were submitted for the 2021 edition, 14 of them students from the Politecnico di Milano. The number of theses submitted was much lower than in previous editions due to the covid-19 pandemic, which had led to a drop in the number of graduation sessions.
The 2021 edition was supported once again by the Japan Cultural Association ADF-Aoyama Design Forum.

Jury:
Francesca Frassoldati, lecturer at Politecnico di Torino
Yukio Ishiyama, Chairman of GARDE Italia
Gaia Piccarolo, architect, Lotus 
Marialisa Santi, councillor OAMi Foundation
Guido Tesio, architect

Winners:
1st Prize: € 1,000.00 + 4 books chosen by the OAMI Foundation
"Usina de las ideas: an integrated model for the innovative organisation of work and urban regeneration in Belgrano, Buenos Aires", by Agnese Arrighetti and Filippo Gaspari, supervisor Maria Pompeiana Iarossi. Considerations of the jury: for having reasoned at different levels of the project, relating work on the ground to minute architectural solutions.

2nd Prize: € 500.00 + 3 books chosen by the OAMI Foundation
"Ordinary Courtyards, to unlock the spatial resources in housing", by Marta Sciarra and Valeria Righetti, supervisor Gennaro Postiglione. Considerations of the jury: for working on an urban scale starting from existing interstitial open spaces.

3rd Prize: € 250.00 + 2 books selected by the OAMI Foundation
"Age-friendly housing: Remodeling a former modernist market into a multi generational living complex in Madrid", by Daniel Alfonso Favaro Fernandez and Victoria Zavala, supervisor Antonio da Silva Ferrerira de Carvalho. Considerations of the jury: for having reasoned on a topical issue from a social point of view and for having interpreted it in a complex design system.

Special mentions:
1 –- "Swarm Intelligence and Spatial Design: spatial strategies for the emergence of swarm behaviours. The case of the La Masa Campus", by Nelsi Xhemalaj, supervisor Anna Barbara. Mention for referencing design skills in the organisation of flows and gatherings of people.

2 – "HBIM as a tool for cataloguing past restorations and managing future interventions the case of the Este fortress of San Martino in Rio", by Luca Masiello, supervisor Daniela Oreni. Master's degree in Architecture and Urban Design. Mention for introducing the need for reflection on the use of technology for the conservation of the existing building heritage.

Seventy-four theses were submitted for the 2020 edition, 126 of them students from the Politecnico di Milano.
The 2020 edition was supported by the Japan Cultural Association ADF-Aoyama Design Forum.

Jury:

Antonella Boisi, journalist, Mondadori
Alberto Bortolotti, councillor, Milan Order of Architects
Francesca Frassoldati, lecaturer at the Politecnico di Torino
Davide Frattini Frilli, architect and designer
Yukio Ishiyama, chairman of Garde Italia.

Winners:
1st Prize – Marco Rizzo, author of the thesis “Architectural symbiosis/monumental necessity: Superclub+. History and interpretation of the contemporary Club through functional hybridisation: Retrofitting of the Ex Cinema Alpi in Milan".
2nd Prize – Filippo Muzzi, author of the thesis “Transonora. Traditional sound transitions".
3rd Prize – Davide Brugnoni, Dario Cassani, Alessandro Dorlini, authors of the thesis “Circularity, flexibility and redevelopment - Silo, a multi-scalar project of residential architecture in the metropolitan interchange area of Crescenzago".

Speecial mentions:
1 – “A night terminal: a window to the universe” by Muge Yuruten - for evocative capacity and poetic representation;
2 – "Next stadium. Sports and architectural paradigm between utopia and reality” by Matteo Gawlak and Riccardo Gialloreto - for boldness and courage in relating to a unique context, for representation;
3 – “Sense of home. From camps to cities, from shelter to home” by Chiara Catani -for the ability to read and interpret the project context;
4 – “Paraíso cerrado. Widespread Museum of Literature in Granada" by Pedro Escoriza Torralbo - for the representation and comparison of the different dimensions of the project;
5 – “M. A. T. C. H. Music. ArT. Culture. Heritage. System of Minimal Architecture for collective use for the city of New York" by Erika Anelli and Linda Guariento - for the finalisation of a design system that can be applied in different situations

Jury:
Alessandro Alì, architect Ubistudio and professor at the Politecnico di Milano;
Cristina Alinovi, architect and Head of the Urban Planning and Territory Sector, Centro Studi PIM;
Walter Mariotti, Editorial Director of Domus;
Stefano Poli, architect and professor at the Politecnico di Milano;
Marialisa Santi, councillor Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservationists of the Province of Milan

Winner: Giovanni Gualdrini with the thesis "Sewing Ahmedabad’s Wounds - Design experimentation in a context of cultural division".

Jury:
Luisa Bocchietto, Chairman World Design Organization;
Yukio Ishiyama, Chairman GARDE Italia;
Enrico Molteni, architect;
Paola Nicolin, editor-at-large Domus;
Alessandro Trivelli, councillor Order of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservationists of the Province of Milan

Winner: Sofia Paoli, Beatrice Maria Rogantini Picco and Simone Marchetti with the thesis "Last Landscape – a park cemetery in the Farini railway yard".

Jury:
Alessandro Trivelli, councilor Milan Order of Architects;
Giulia Setti, Politecnico di Milano;
Enrico Scaramellini, architect;
Silvia Botti, editor of Abitare;
Franco Raggi, architect

Winners: Maria Vittoria Monaco and Riccardo Miccoli with the thesis "Convivium, new social spaces for Verziano prison".

Jury:
Paolo Brambilla, councilor Milan Order of Architects;
Donatella Bollani, deputy editor of Domus;
Laura Montedoro, lecturer Politecnico Milano;
Monica Margarido, architect;
Stefano Tropea, councilor Milan Order of Architects

Winners: Valeria Chiozzi and Tommaso Latini with the thesis "Il Borgo di Toiano. Regeneration of a farming landscape: sustainable tourism and winemaking".

Jury:
Paolo Danelli, architect;
Paola Pierotti, jourrnalist;
Gennaro Postiglione, Politecnico di Milano;
Franco Raggi, Deputy Chairman Milan Order of Architects;
Nunzio Sciveres, architect

Winner: Davide Vernocchi with the thesis "Manhattanville Urban Campus".