Open Call: VARES Spring Residency
DL: 05.03.2026
Maria Muuk / Vares
VARES is an international interdisciplinary residency for spatial practice, whose main task is to seek, find and create alternative spatial practices that are not based on market logic, but rather on the desire to create spaces and places that enrich everyday life and empower the local community and town of Valga.
We are interested in finding ways to practice slow architecture, critically rethinking the discipline of architecture, learning and resurrecting vernacular and traditional crafts, gathering old and used materials and creating a place for lifelong learning for architects and spatial artists.
VARES invites spatial practitioners to Valga who are interested in working with what already exists – through repair, reuse, and rethinking space from the inside out. We welcome projects that grow out of materials, local context, and personal curiosity, and that explore how spatial practice can open up alternative ways of living and working.
→ Residency period: May 11 – June 28, 2026
→ Public sharing event: June 27–28, 2026
→ Location: Valga, Estonia
→ Support: stipend + travel support + production budget
→ Application deadline: March 5, 2026
→ Special stipend for Ukrainian architects and spatial practitioners
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