2026 Steedman Fellowship , Vereinigte Staaten

 

Steedman Fellowship

 

Architect Fumihiko Maki (1928-2024), in his seminal text “Investigations in Collective Form,” grapples with architecture’s role in an increasingly pluralistic society, with growing heterogeneity of institutions, and rapidly changing technologies and methods of communication that were affecting regional cultures. For Maki, Collective Form emerged when buildings came together to produce something larger than the sum of their parts. While today many of these same challenges exist, the notion of Collective Form has also expanded to consider how we assemble, produce new forums, engage overlooked subjects (both human and non-human), and provide a venue for design to have increased political agency. This is particularly important as the challenges that loom on the horizon, such as climate change, require us to come together at a moment when what we collectively value and identify with is increasingly difficult to determine. Collective Form / Forums ask us to reckon with what collective is, how it is formed, and architecture’s role in both gathering us together and providing form to our collective arrangement.

 

The Steedman Fellowship is open to anyone, anywhere in the world, who has received an accredited degree in architecture within the last eight years. Fellows must be able to complete their proposed projects within 18 months of receiving the award.

 

Submission Deadline: November 1st, 2025