The DEA Award is a competition of ideas promoted by the Brother Sun Foundation in collaboration with ANCE Paviawith the involvement of the Higher Secondary Schools in the Province of Pavia and theUniversity of Pavia.
The initiative was created with the aim of bringing students closer to the project culture and reflection on contemporary architecture, fostering a concrete dialogue between schools, universities and the professional world.
The work of the current edition starts from the new church in Moramangain the region of Alaotra Mangoro (Madagascar), First Prize in the Moramanga Church International Competitionwith the project 'One Roof' of the architect Jisu Lee.
The project represents a significant example of architecture capable of responding to the needs of a community, placing the relationship between space, context, function and social dimension at the centre. One Roof interprets the theme of sacred architecture as a place of relationship, welcome and collective identity, offering fundamental food for thought for the educational path proposed to the students.
The award ceremony of the DEA Prize is a moment of public restitution of the work carried out, but also an opportunity for young people, teachers, professionals and institutions to meet, in the name of education, design and the cultural responsibility of architecture.