The architecture department receives the 2025 Foundry's educational grant.  

The Foundry's educational meeting or FS25 was held last January 24. The foundry delivered a grant of 500 thousand ISK to the Architecture Department of the Iceland Academy of the Arts.  

The foundry and the Architecture Department of the University of the Arts will then provide the grants for the outstanding final projects in the Master's program in Architecture (MA.rch). The project that deals with environmentally friendly solutions, sustainability or innovation related to concrete will be considered and/or construction industryinum.  

Dean of Architecture Massimo Santanicchi accepted the grant at the Foundry's Educational Forum. In which he thanked the Form for “ in promoting sustainability and for supporting the value and role of education through special recognition of the work of the Academy of Arts.” 

Jónína Þóra Einarsdóttir The leader of Sustainability, Quality and Security and Viktor Sigurjónsson, the market manager of the Foundry, then got to know the architecture department when they came for a formal visit to Stakkahlíð. There they got an insight into the work of the department and met students in architecture.  

Massimo's acceptance speech at the 2025 Steyður educational session:  

Good morning, everyone 

My name is Massimo Santanicchia and I am a professor of architecture and dean of the Faculty of Architecture at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. 

On behalf of the school, I would like to convey my valuable gratitude to the Foundry and the 2025 Educational Forum for this grant The scholarship will be awarded to Master of Architecture students who design and work on the “ most sustainable graduation project. 

Thanks to the Foundry and Education Congress 2025 for promoting sustainability and for supporting the value and role of education through special recognition of the work of the University of the Arts. 

I would like to express my view on sustainability While technological innovations are a fundamental driving force for a more sustainable world, We need to understand that sustainability is the journey of society as a whole A community is created by gaining new awareness and perception, by creating new solutions, activating new patterns of behavior and thus cultural change. 

With that in mind, I accept this grant on behalf of the Iceland Academy of the Arts. 

Thanks 

The picture shows Massimo Santaniccia, Jónína Þóra Einarsdóttir, Viktor Sigurjónsson and Anna Sigríður Jóhannsdóttir.