Design
GRAND PRIX Casalgrande Padana 2022-2024 – Open registration for the XIII edition of the competition
With more than 30 years of history, 13 editions and more than two thousand projects from all five continents, Grand Prix stands out as a privileged observatory, attentive and up-to-date on international architectural production
Entries are now open for the prestigious Grand Prix, Casalgrande Padana‘s competition celebrating architectural works that effectively utilize and showcase the Emilian brand’s ceramic materials. This 13th edition of the triennial event attracts candidates from all five continents, demonstrating how ceramics serve not merely as a functional element but as a central protagonist in architectural design. Submit your entries by the deadline of 31 December 2024.
The Grand Prix was established to identify and recognize architectural works that highlight the technical properties and expressive potential of Casalgrande Padana’s porcelain stoneware products. This cultural initiative reflects Casalgrande Padana’s commitment to staying attuned to the evolving international architectural landscape. By supporting this competition, the company elevates ceramics from a functional element to the undisputed star of the architectural show.
The ceramic products Casalgrande Padana
Casalgrande Padana’s latest generation ceramic products, characterized by high physical-chemical performance and remarkable aesthetic qualities, offer the designer a wide range of application and compositional options. This variety of colors, surfaces, sizes and decorations allows you to adopt innovative and customized solutions. The wide choice available has led to a greater diversification of the areas of intervention, shifting attention from the large commercial and directional areas, typical of the first editions of the Grand Prix, to sectors such as public construction and services, industrial, special applications, facade cladding, exterior flooring, residential construction and swimming pools.
The evaluation criteria and awards
The evaluation criteria consider the design, functional and application aspects of Casalgrande Padana products. The jury will analyse each work to highlight the correct use and enhancement of the ceramic material at various levels: creativity, architectural composition, design, study of colours and finishes, laying and customisation design; functionality and technical performance, in relation to the intended use and type of intervention; execution, application technique and study of details.
The total prize money is 36,000 euros, the award-winning works will be presented on Creative Book, and the prestigious volume will be digitally printed and disseminated in 60,000 copies. The award ceremony will take place, as usual, in a venue of great cultural prestige and high representativeness in continuity with previous editions.
The thirteenth edition of the competition is open to works realised and completed in the period from January 2022 to December 2024 and projects in which Casalgrande Padana ceramic materials have been used in any field of public and private building, both indoors and outdoors, in new constructions and in the renovation and restoration of existing buildings.
How to participate
The competition is open to all designers (architects, engineers, designers, interior designers, private and public technical studios, professional architectural studios and interior decoration) that have realized works in which the porcelain stoneware slabs of Casalgrande Padana have been used for floors and/or coverings of any type. Applications may be submitted by individual professionals or groups with the appointment of a group leader.
To participate in the next edition simply connect to the site, take a look at the call and fill in the application form.
