2027 Design for Freedom Competition

Ethical and Equitable Materiality: To End Forced Labor

Grace Farms is partnering with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) on a student design competition for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Ethical & Equitable Materiality: To End Forced Labor is a student competition that offers architecture students the opportunity to design a project using responsible design practices. Students are expected to engage both design and material investigation as interconnected processes, demonstrating how architectural decisions can contribute to eliminating forced labor from the building industry. 

The competition is intended to challenge students, working individually or in teams, to explore how architectural materials research and design can eliminate forced labor in the building materials supply chain – to explore and propose how architects can work to eradicate forced and child labor from the built environment.

Registration Deadline: April 7, 2027
Submission Deadline: June 2, 2027