The Challenge
The 2021 design challenge interrogates the proposition of adaptive reuse in the built environment, addressing not only sustainability and resource scarcity, but also how offsite manufacturing and prefabrication can deliver effective solutions to allow extension and adaption of existing buildings. A phenomena that is gaining renewed focus in light of the current spike in commercial property and hotel vacancies that are occurring in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams are asked to retain, incorporate and extend an existing structure into a mixed-use development comprising retail tenancy space, student accommodation and build-to-rent residential accommodation, using offsite construction and prefabrication solutions.
