London Affordable Housing Challenge
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Description
London is home to some of the most expensive properties in the world, making access to affordable housing almost impossible to all but the very rich. London homes are the second most over-priced in the world, and closely behind Vancouver in its “bubble risk ratingFor the London Affordable Housing Challenge, participants are asked to design a pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within Britain’s capital city. In order to be successful, designs need to be easily rolled out to increase the capacity of housing stock, while at the same time with minimal use of land and resources.
Successful designs will be flexible enough to be adapted to any location across the city, and accommodate different inhabitant capacity requirements. No minimum size or amount of residential units per block is defined. As there is no one specified location for this challenge, participants are free to create designs in a London location of their choice, as long as it fits in with the brief of supplying affordable housing to residents.
This architecture competition requires for both prudent planning and out of the box thinking. Winning participants will need to apply unique strategies as well as creative designs to tackle the housing crisis, while at the same time remaining in keeping with the city’s situation and heritage.
Competition Programme:
Design a pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within London, which can be easily rolled out to increase capacity of housing stock, and is minimal in its use of land and materials.
No minimum size or amount of residential units per block is defined. The proposals should be flexible enough to adopt to different sizes for various inhabitant capacity requirements.
Designs for the London Affordable Housing Challenge should be able to adapt to various locations across the city. The designs should also be adaptable, allowing adjustments to be made in order to suit different residential capacity requirements.
Rewards
1ST PLACE
$3 0002ND PLACE
$1 5003RD PLACE
$500BB STUDENT AWARD
$500BB GREEN AWARD
$500
- Publications
- Certificate of Achievement
- Certificate of Achievement
(6) HONOURABLE MENTIONS
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