The Prada Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the analysis of contemporary culture through the organization and promotion of art exhibitions, architecture and cinema projects, and other relevant artistic and cultural initiatives that form its institutional object.
The Prada Foundation promotes the establishment of a prize.
The Prize is design to a degree thesis on topics related to art, the management of artistic events, the economic museum management, the restoration, the research and enhancement of cultural heritage, museography, the architecture of cultural spaces, the promotion and use of art and other similar subjects, treated with an innovative approach and analytical method to identify or suggest new paths, solutions, ideas and proposals to be used profitably in the management of artistic events and cultural and in the work of cultural dissemination.
The School of Urban Planning Construction Engineering and the School of Design organize the pre-selection of the thesis for the candidacy of the Milan Polytechnic for the "Prada Foundation Degree Award."
Mainly, Master of Science graduates of the School of Design and Master of Science in Architecture - Built Environment - Interiors, Architecture, and Urban Design, Architecture - Building Architecture of the School of Urban Planning Construction Engineering who have completed the Programmes. Graduates with 110 cum Laude (graduated until July Session) can participate in the pre-selection.
The degree theses must focus on issues related to art, the management of artistic events, economic museum management, restoration, research and enhancement of cultural heritage, museography, architecture of cultural spaces, promotion and use of art and other similar subjects, treated with an innovative approach and analytical method to identify or suggest new paths, solutions, ideas, and proposals to be used profitably in the management of artistic and cultural events and the work of cultural dissemination.
| Project | Now Open: Art and Bioskop Dian |
| Author/s | Wilusty Tengara |
| Supervisor/s | Marco Borsotti |
| Project | Abitare l'estensione Americana: progetto per il centro culturale indigeno Walung |
| Author/s | Maria Teresa Rainone |
| Supervisor/s | Tommaso Brighenti |
| Project | Exploring Photography in Exhibitions. A Pavilion for the Biennale della Fotografia Femminile in Mantova. |
| Author/s | Zuzanna Tomczak |
| Supervisor/s | Elena Montanari |
| Project | Versace at Villa Adriana. The grand theatre of fashion |
| Author/s | Alessia Calzato |
| Supervisor/s | Valerio Tolve |
| Project | Cinema Altino di Quirino De Giorgio a Padova. Recupero e rifunzionalizzazione per la nuova Cineteca del Veneto |
| Author/s | Rocco Pagnoni |
| Supervisor/s | Pierfranco Galliani |
| Project | Comodo. Da un cinematografo a uno spazio ibrido socioculturale a Como |
| Author/s | Eleonora Ghioldi |
| Supervisor/s | Lola Ottolini |
| Project | OF MONUMENT & MORTALS | Re-membering Dis-membered Monumental Elements of the Namibian Heroes’ Acre Memorial by North Korean Mansudae Overseas Projects |
| Author/s | Alexander Jansen van Rensburg |
| Supervisor/s | Gaia Caramellino |
| Project | Spazi alternativi per la musica: storia, immagine, progetto |
| Author/s | Luca Pozzi |
| Supervisor/s | Chiara Baglione |
| Project | Adaptive Reuse, Creative Industries, and the Politics of Arts- Led Redevelopment in Downtown Cairo. |
| Author/s | Ahmed Ashraf Anwar Mohamed Morsi |
| Supervisor/s | Prof. Carolina Pacchi |
Note: the thesis won the Fondazione Prada Award 2021
| Project | Da cultura del fare a fare cultura. Nuovi scenari per l'arte nei pressi di Milano Centrale |
| Author | Giacomo Laffi |
| Supervisor/s | Prof. Gian Luca Basso Peressut - Correlatori: Cristina Colombo e Matteo Sacchetti |
| Project | Flos. Il disegno della luce. Progetto per il museo aziendale |
| Author | Alessandro Zubani |
| Supervisor/s | Prof. Lola Ottolini |
| Project | La critica è morta. Lunga vita alla critica |
| Author/s | Carlo Mazzeri |
| Supervisor/s | Prof. Marco Biraghi |
Note: the thesis won the Fondazione Prada Award 2019
| Project | SEWING AHMEDABAD’S WOUNDS: Design Experimentation in a Context of Cultural Division |
| Author/s | Giovanni Gualdrini |
| Supervisor/s | Prof. Giulia Setti |
Note: the thesis was awarded by the Order of Architects P. P. C. of Milan at the 2019 New Graduates Prize
| Project | MOCI - Il teatro e il gioco come terapia sui disturbi del linguaggio infantile |
| Author/s | Camilla Ceschi a Santa Croce |
| Supervisor/s | Prof. Francesco Zurlo |
