The inaugural competition addressed the shortage of affordable housing in Australia with offsite construction and prefabrication solutions being ideally placed to develop affordable housing solutions that meet a cost-effective relocation requirement.
The competition’s design concept addressed the building life cycle cost equation. With teams instructed to design solutions for a multi-level building design that can be readily modified, delivered in multiple configurations and with maximum flexibility to accommodate more than one façade type. Thus, providing for a solution that will be responsive to various site locations over a 50-year period.
Aspiring students from a range of Universities across Australia formed collaborative and cross disciplinary teams to tackle the challenge ahead. As part of this year’s competition, the submissions were assessed by an expert judging panel of cross disciplinary AEC professionals in a ‘blind judging’ process and can be viewed in further detail below.
