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The RENZO PIANO WORLD TOUR AWARD 2025 was made possible thanks to:
UNIVERSITIES involved:
UNIBO, Università di Bologna, Italy;
ENSAPM, École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais, France
ETSAM, Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Universida Politecnica di Madrid, Spain
SELECTION CRITERIA HERE
Partners of the project:
ProviaggiArchitettura - Travel Agency (organization, trip schedule, flights, accommodations)
www.proviaggiarchitettura.com
Professione Architetto - Digital magazine (Publication of articles on the RPWT Award)
www.professionearchitetto.it
RPBW - Renzo Piano Building Workshop
www.rpbw.com
THE WINNERS
Sara Fornaciari (Bologna), Marta Morato Costa (Madrid), Thierry Gedeon (Malaquais)
SARA FORNACIARI was born and raised in Modena and has always had a passion for architecture. She graduated from the University of Bologna in 2022 with a degree in civil engineering, specializing in structural engineering. She is currently working on a project renovating homes for people from war-torn countries, such as Ukraine.
MARTA MORATO COSTA hails from Santiago de Compostela, in northwest Spain, a town best known for being the final stop on the Camino de Santiago, an important Christian site. From there, she moved to Madrid, then Sweden, and currently lives in New York working at Grismshaw Architects. She loves this city and she loves cinema.
THIERRY GEDEON is an architect who grew up between the Ivory Coast and Lebanon. He arrived in France only a few years ago to complete a master's degree at the ENSA Paris-Malaquais University and has remained in Paris to work. Besides architecture, his main passions are storytelling and playing soccer.
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ITINERARY AND PROGRAM
The seventh edition launched in Paris on June 21, 2025, and the three winners traveled for forty days around the world, discovering three continents as Europe, Asia and Oceania, and visiting Paris, Lausanne, Geneva, Bern, Basel, Wheil am Rhein, Ronchamp, Zurich, Lisbon, Bilbao, Santander, London, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Noumea, Milan, and Genoa.
The journey ended on July 29, 2025, in Genoa, with a visit to the Foundation and the RPBW studio in Punta Nave.
You can go over again the journey through the story of Sara, Marta and Thierry on the RPWT Instagram and Facebook pages or through the articles of ProfessioneArchitetto at this link RPWT 40days
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