The first annual MICROHOME architecture competition is part of the Bee Breeders Small Scale Architecture Appreciation Movement, which hopes to highlight the fact that bigger isn’t always better. With great design and innovative thinking, small-scale architecture could change how this and the next generation view residential property.
For the MICROHOME 2019 architecture competition, participants are invited to submit their designs for a micro home – an off-grid modular structure that would accommodate a hypothetical young professional couple. The only requirement is that the structure’s total floor area does not exceed 25sqm, beyond that participants are encouraged to be as creative as possible. Participants are encouraged to rethink spatial organization and incorporate unique aesthetics, new technologies and innovative materials that will make the micro home an entirely new form of architecture.
As there is no specified competition site, project designs can be set within any hypothetical site of any size, in either a city or countryside location anywhere in the world. The jury will favor sustainable designs and those projects that look to solve economic, social, and cultural problems through the establishment of new architectural methods.
Qualification to participate
Open to all, no professional qualification / Individually or by teams (4 team members maximum)
Timetable
– Early bird registration: May 20~June 21 (fee: non students $90; students $70)
– Advance registration: June 22~July 26 (fee: non students $120; students $100)
– Last minute registration: July 27~October 25 (fee: non students $140; students $120)
– Closing date for registration: October 25
– Closing date for submission: November 22 (11.59pm GMT)
– Announcement of the winners: December 13, 2019
Submission requirements
– Participants are required to upload four A2 landscape-orientated presentation boards (must not exceed 5mb per jpg) with sketches, renderings, plans, sections, elevations, diagrams, and/or other presentation tools to explain their proposal.
– No video files are accepted.
– All information provided in writing must be in English.
Prizes and prize money
– 1st prize: US $3,000
– 2nd prize: US $1,500
– 3rd prize: US $500
– BB Student Award: US $500
– BB Green Award: US $500
– 6 Honourable Mentions: publications, certificate of achievement
Competition organizer
Bee Breeders architecture competition organizers
Website
https://microhome2019.beebreeders.com/
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