The competition calls for designing a modular house costing under $10,000 that should be easy to build. The challenge has been designed for three scenarios. Design teams can submit designs for a single scenario or all three scenarios depending on their preference.
Natural disasters are on the rise. Since 1990, natural disasters have affected on average 217 million people every single year. Hundreds of floods, storms, heat waves and droughts have left about 606,000 people dead and 4.1 billion injured or homeless around the world since 1995. And it is often the poorest that suffer the most from these shocks.
Architects and engineers can design resilient and sustainable housing that both reduce the risk of damage and enables rapid reconstruction following a disaster. The World Bank, Build Academy, Airbnb, and GFDRR are calling upon architects around the world to develop designs for resilient, modular and affordable homes that cost under $10,000.
WORTH
- Winning designs will be published and winners will be invited to exhibit at the World Bank in Washington DC, USA and other select global venues;
- Winning designs could also eventually inform resilient housing or reconstruction work for World Bank-funded projects in places like the Caribbean, South and East Asia, etc.
ELIGIBILITY
- At least one member of the team should have an architectural or/and engineering degree. For designers, previous architectural experience is highly recommended;
- Other members who participate can also include graduate students or last year students of architecture. The expectation is to have a multi-disciplinary team that can collaborate with companies and people from many different backgrounds: architecture, engineering, design, social workers, etc.
DEADLINE: November 30 2018
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