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Meet the winners of the 2025 Spaghetti Challenge

October 31, 2025
32 teams from across Uruguay signed up for the 7th edition of the Spaghetti Challenge; 16 of them submitted their structures—made entirely of spaghetti—to be put to the test of strength.
Meet the winners of the 2025 Spaghetti Challenge

Universidad ORT Uruguay October 30, the load-bearing test of the structures submitted as part of the 2025 edition of the Spaghetti Challenge.

In that task, each team had to load their structure with clay bricks until it collapsed.

Santiago Burgueño, from Liceo No. 1 in Minas (Lavalleja), won first prize, which consists of an scholarship covering 80% of the tuition for one of the degree programs in the School of Architecture (Architecture program or Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design).

*Santiago Burgueño, winner of the 2025 Spaghetti Challenge*

Second second place went to Gonzalo Comasfrom Liceo No. 1 in Melo; while third place went to Lucía Vieito and Julieta Giudicefrom Liceo No. 6 in Bauzá.

Together, all the winners received a 100% scholarship to take the course Architectural Projects with BIM Methodology

Congratulations to the winners!