The theme of the 2009 edition, "Sustainable Multifunctional Center", is the design of a technologically advanced, multi-purpose pavilion for students' activities in the main university campus of Palermo, Italy. The project area is located in a courtyard between large classroom buildings on a strip of land along the South-West edge of the "Conca d'Oro".
Chairman: Antonio De Vecchi | Università degli studi di Palermo
Mauricio Cardenas | Cardenas Studio, Milano
Geoff Denton | Architect RIBA, Stockholm
Eleni Maistrou | National Technical University of Athens
Eric Dubosc | école d'Architecture Paris-La Villette
Ettore Zambelli | Politecnico di Milano
Giuseppe Turchini | Politecnico di Milano
Isabella Giorgia Colombo, Narghes Doust, Francesca Malgorani | Lorenzo Donghi, Daniela Ferrarese, Michela Garavaglia | Enrico Noce, Simone Saruggia, Stefano Valente | Chiara Davì, Michele Sauchelli, Alessandro Tonarelli | Esmeralda Curttaia, Stefania d'Amato | Cosimo Fabio Benza, Maria Valentina di Naro, Francesco Gatto | Euthimia Kritsikokas, Laura Alesi | Maria Teresa Enna, Aurora Rinella