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Home International Open Design Competition
for a $30,000 Single Occupancy Home Within An Urban Area of A Developed Country

Our open design competition seeks to find well designed homes for the elderly or homeless within some of the World’s richest countries. The growing rate in single occupancy households has led to increased numbers of young and elderly people affected by poverty being forced to live in substandard living conditions & in the worst cases sleeping rough. We are asking designers, engineers, architects and house builders to provide a solution to the housing crisis by offering sustainable, affordable small homes that give those that are alienated or marginalised within society a safe place to live. We ask contestants to site their proposals in an urban area of a developed country, develop single occupant designs that are sensitive to the local context and keep to a budget of £20,000 ($30,000). Building Trust international will work with local government and community groups to seek funding and planning for the winning design. The design competition has the support of Habitat for Humanity and the YMCA.
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We welcome designs that can be sited in an urban area in any of the countries from the list below:
Norway
Luxembourg Israel
Australia
Singapore Belgium
Netherlands
Czech Republic Austria
United States
United Kingdom
France
New Zealand
Greece
Slovenia
Canada
United Arab Emirates
Finland
Ireland
Cyprus
Spain
Liechtenstein
Andorra
Italy
Germany
Brunei Darussalam
Portugal
Sweden
Estonia Bahrain
Switzerland
Slovakia
Latvia
Japan
Malta
Chile
Hong Kong
Qatar Argentina
Iceland
Hungary
Croatia
South Korea
Poland
Barbados
Denmark
Lithuania

Once you have decided which area you would like to work in please ind a site and situate your project. We want to know why you think the site could have the potential to ofer a home. We know that it may not be possible to ind out every detail about a site i.e. cost, land ownership, etc. However, we do expect a certain level of study into the site conditions that may inform any design. It would of course be great if you can give more information regarding cost of land and ownership but it is not a marked criterion.


Developed Country Design Contest AWARDS
Professional Category
1st prize: We will pursue funding and planning for the winning design.
There will also be 9 honourable mentions.

Student Category
1st prize: $500
There will also be 4 honourable mentions.

Developed Country Design Contest PUBLICATION
1st Prize, will be published in any subsequent magazine press as well as the
Building Trust Website:
There will also be a book that will be compiled of the best designs from the professional
and student categories.

Developed Country Design Contest SCHEDULE
Competition oicially announced - 1st April 2012
Final date for registration and fee payment - 30th June 2012
Closing date for submissions - 31st July 2012
Jury evaluation - 1st- 30th August 2012
Announcement of Winners to be posted on www.buildingtrustinternational.org - 15th
September 2012

Developed Country Design Contest DEADLINES
All entry submissions must be sent via email to competitions@buildingtrustinternational.
org until 31st July 2012 at midnight (11:59 pm.GMT). Competitors will be responsible for
the arrival of their proposals within the corresponding deadlines and no proposal will be
received one day ater the date previously stated.

Developed Country Design Contest website: http://www.buildingtrustinternational.org/competition.html