*Self-Sufficient Housing
*Architecture does not offer the responses to current environmental
issues that might be expected from it. Instead, the enormous influence
of its historical legacy shapes thinking around today's design
solutions, limiting innovation.
In fact, contemporary buildings might be artificial natures. We believe
that housing - where human inhabitation takes place - should take its
cues from the trees: it should be tied harmoniously to the surrounding
environment, taking only the indispensable resources (energy, water,
etc.) and generating recyclable waste that follows natural cycles.
The main goal of this competition is the development of self-sufficient
dwellings in which technological elements are essential components of a
new architectural concept and not only a reflection of an attachment to
conventional ideas about houses.
The building location is open to the designer's choice, so the project
can be proposed to accommodate local conditions in any region of the world.
*There are two categories: *
1. Self-Sufficient Collective Housing
2. Self-Sufficient Single Housing
The prize (total value: *€ 26.500,00*) will be distributed at the
discretion of the Juries following the bases scheme.
http://www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org/web/en/summary.htm