Sponsors: Open Source House, Enviu
Type: Open, International
Language: English, Spanish
Eligibility: open to individuals and teams
Registration Fee: None
Awards: The winning design(s) will be built in a pilot project in Ghana, to test the technical and economic feasibility as well as the social perception. Joining the competition is your chance to establish your name as an architect while witnessing your design being built and used by its new residents
Timeline:
17 May 2010 – Submission Deadline
Jury:
Not listed
Design Challenge: The design competition starts on January 15th, 2010 and is open for team or individual participation. The challenge is to design a sustainable, flexible and locally embedded one family house for a specific location in Ghana. The modular construction should be suitable for local implementation and affordable for its future owners. The winning design(s) will be built in Ghana.
Participants all over the world are challenged to design a house for a family in coastal region, Ghana. The basis for designing is a framework of 8 OS-House principles in which houses and specific elements can be designed, developed and implemented. Some of the judging criteria are: How strong are the 8 principles implemented in the design? How feasible is the design? How well is the structure embedded in the urban context?
OS-House conducted research in Ghana to get a better understanding of Ghana's housing situation. These research findings contain essential information that will help you create a design with higher social, technical and economic viability.
Submission Requirements: Digital Submission
For more information, go to: http://www.os-house.org/english/os-house/home
Type: Open, International
Language: English, Spanish
Eligibility: open to individuals and teams
Registration Fee: None
Awards: The winning design(s) will be built in a pilot project in Ghana, to test the technical and economic feasibility as well as the social perception. Joining the competition is your chance to establish your name as an architect while witnessing your design being built and used by its new residents
Timeline:
17 May 2010 – Submission Deadline
Jury:
Not listed
Design Challenge: The design competition starts on January 15th, 2010 and is open for team or individual participation. The challenge is to design a sustainable, flexible and locally embedded one family house for a specific location in Ghana. The modular construction should be suitable for local implementation and affordable for its future owners. The winning design(s) will be built in Ghana.
Participants all over the world are challenged to design a house for a family in coastal region, Ghana. The basis for designing is a framework of 8 OS-House principles in which houses and specific elements can be designed, developed and implemented. Some of the judging criteria are: How strong are the 8 principles implemented in the design? How feasible is the design? How well is the structure embedded in the urban context?
OS-House conducted research in Ghana to get a better understanding of Ghana's housing situation. These research findings contain essential information that will help you create a design with higher social, technical and economic viability.
Submission Requirements: Digital Submission
For more information, go to: http://www.os-house.org/english/os-house/home