Drawing and photography international contest (DPIC)

The first edition of the DPIc international contest, Architecture, Art and Image – Utopia 500, was held in 2016 and was aimed at 1st, 2nd and 3rd Cycle students and young researchers from any higher education or research institution. Since its first edition, DPIc has shown an enormous capacity to capture the interest of a significant number of students from different countries and fields of study as a result of the collaboration between the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism of U.Porto’s Faculty of Architecture (CEAU/ FAUP) and the Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies of U.Porto’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities (CETAPS/FLUP). At present, the scopio Magazine AAI publication integrates the International Drawing and Photography Contest (DPIc) – Architecture, Art and Image – UTOPIA, interconnecting the universes of Architecture, Art and Image with the Utopian desire for a better world and for spaces that provide a better quality of life. Important ideas present in the DPIc are opening the Universities to the Civil Society through diverse submitted projects, showcasing the multifaceted richness of activities, experiences and architectures. The DPIc call focuses on the theme of “Utopia” and invites participants from the realms of Architecture, Art, and Image to submit two distinctive images: one portraying a critical representation of an existing space and another presenting an idealized, utopian vision of the same space. The objective is to provide innovative solutions to the issues identified in the initial depiction. The highlight of the call is the identity of university spaces, encompassing teaching and work environments and their connection with the surrounding cities. This call was open to academic communities, both domestically in Portugal and internationally, and while individual applications were accepted, the contest strongly encouraged the formation of multidisciplinary teams. Deadline for the submission of projects: 31 of December, 2025.