The award
The International VELUX Award 2018 for Students of Architecture wants to encourage and challenge students of architecture to explore the theme of daylight – and to create a deeper understanding of this specific and ever-relevant source of energy, light and life.
The award celebrates and promotes excellence in completed study works. These works can be made as works complying with the prize scope of rethinking the values of conscious daylighting design with focus on people?s health in living and working environments.
The award encourages projects that celebrate the privilege of being a student; with curiosity and with the willingness to think ?out of the box? ? as well as consider the social, sociological and environmental dimension of light. The award wants to acknowledge not only the students but their teachers as well. Therefore, teachers of the projects are also awarded.

Theme
?Light of Tomorrow? is the overall theme of the International VELUX Award. The award seeks to challenge the future of daylight in the built environment with an open-minded and experimental approach. Therefore, the award seeks to widen the boundaries of daylight in architecture, including aesthetics, functionality, sustainability, and the interaction between buildings and environment.

1. Daylight in buildings
Projects that demonstrate applicable principles for providing daylight and sunlight into buildings ? including the effects of building construction and context of the site, ...