Castle Resort Competition, Roccamandolfi Young Architects Competitions, Italy Architecture Contest
YAC Castle Resort Competition
Italian Architecture Contest at Roccamandolfi, Isernia, Molise – organised by Young Architects Competitions (YAC)
22 Nov 2016
YAC Castle Resort Competition
Organiser: Young Architects Competitions (YAC)
Location: Castle of Roccamandolfi, Province Isernia, Molise, Italy
YAC Castle Resort Competition
Young Architects Competitions invites architects and designers to provide ideas for transforming the ruins of a medieval castle in Italy into a holiday destination.
Deadline 3rd March 2017
CASH PRIZE 20.000 ?

The Castle Resort contest is organised by Young Architects Competitions (YAC) in collaboration with Marlegno ? a company that develops sustainable housing ? and the Italian Government Agency for State Property.
There are places which belong to the inner being. There are destinations first engraved into the unreal…then on a map. Architectures of the soul, capable of helping us escape from our everyday life and freeing us from space and time. Castles are among the architectures that can, in a more pronounced way, whisper to the heart of human beings. They often are located in marvelous spaces, sheltered in inaccessible and isolated places. These are oftentimes magical places, full of plots and heroism, uncontrolled passions and unspeakable secrets.

Located in a fairy?tale landscape, the Castle of Roccamandolfi seems to come out from th...