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Students Reinventing Cities

The Fifth Edition of Students Reinventing Cities has come to an end with almost 700 participating students across 80 universities!

Zhenjiang © gyn9038
Sao Paulo © Alex Robinson Photography
Rome © Alexander Spatari
New Orleans © Art Wager
Montreal © Pierre Ogeron
Milan © narvikk_b
Melbourne © kokkai
Lisbon © Loic Lagarde
Freetown © Viti
Durban © michaeljung
Chengdu © Philippe LeJeanvre
Barcelona © Allan Baxter
Amman © Emad Aljumah

Thank you to all participating students and teams for your innovative proposals. Winners will be announced on September 30. Stay tuned!


Cities around the world – Amman, Barcelona, Bogotá, Bucharest, Chicago, Jakarta, Lagos, Lisbon, Nairobi, and Rome – joined the competition seeking your solutions to reimagine urban areas into green and thriving neighbourhoods.


Explore each city's Sites in Competition to find out more!

Winning Projects

Find all the winners site by site

Public Spaces in Tufello Neighbourhood

Rome, Italy

Marconi District Student Housing

Milan, Italy

Marvila-Beato Riverside

Lisbon, Portugal

Onrust Archaeological Museum & Islands

Jakarta, Indonesia

La Esperanza/El Señor del Árbol

Quito, Ecuador

Church Square Precinct

Tshwane, South Africa

Amman Southern Gate

Jameel C40 Students Reinventing Cities Challenge, Amman, Jordan

Kliptown | Walter Sisulu Square & Surroundings

Johannesburg, South Africa

Büyükçekmece Lake Natural Habitat Park

Istanbul, Turkey

Passages & Covered Walkways of Ciutat Vella

Barcelona, Catalonia - Spain

Freetown Cable Car Project, Eastern Police

Freetown, Sierra Leone

TEDx Students Reinventing Cities

Battle of the Boroughs, New York opens

Timeline

of a Reinventing Cities Competition

Global launch webinar

Site-specific webinars

Register your team

Submit your project

Evaluation of projects & selection of winners

Announcement of winners

December 2025

January-February 2026

Wednesday 18 March 2026

May differ for each site.
Check the Site Form for more information

Thursday 28 May 2026

May differ for each site. 
Check Site Form for more information

June-July 2026

August-September 2026

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