Future House 2018: Modular House ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS

FUTURE HOUSE is pleased to announce its third annual international design competition: Future House 2018 – Modular House. The competition is designed to challenge and seek the creation of a modular house with ideas and concepts in architectural design, as well as landscape design and site planning. The aim of this competition is to promote our ideas for space utilization, as well as focusing on awakening the perception of the building process, while simultaneously raising awareness of the sustainability.

This year’s competition focuses on modular house, an extraordinary architectural style with sectional prefabricated components. A typical modular house consists of multiple sections called modules, meanwhile “modular” is a method of construction differing from other methods of building. Those sections are made off-site (eg. in a factory), and then delivered and assembled onsite. This process can cut up to half the time required for a traditional build, but with a comparable lifespan to other buildings.​ With less time spent onsite, this means less damage to the environment. Entrants are challenged to conceive a new and original concept for modular house, however not strictly limited to the style of ‘pre-fabricated structure’. A degree of flexibility and alternative choices are allowed, from ‘private home’ to ‘social house’, from ‘mixed-use apartments’ to ‘student residences’, provided it is backed up with adequate justification. The main philosophy of your submitted work is defined as “modular technology”.

We also encourage the creation of new living style which is not only limited for houses, but also can be like pavilions, structures, or landscape. Whoever you are students or professional architects, or experienced designers, working individually or in teams, we warmly welcome you to take participate in this competition. Winning participants will receive cash prize with certificate. The total prizes are $1,000, including $500 for the first place winner. Winning projects will be posted on the official website as a competition portfolio with exhibition launched.

Please visit website for more details http://Future-House.org

Competition Launch: 10 May 2018

Pre-Registration: 10 May 2018 – 10 June 2018

Early Bird Registration: 11 June 2018 – 30 June 2018

Standard Registration: 1 July 2018 – 31 July 2018

Last Minute Registration: 1 August2018 – 31 August 2018

Deadline for Questions: 31 August 2018

Submission Deadline: 31 August 2018

Jury Deliberation: 1 September 2018 – 31 October 2018

Announcement of Winners: 1 November2018

Note: All deadlines are 11:59 pm GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

First Prize – $500 + Certificate + Portfolio Publication

Second Prize – $300 + Certificate + Portfolio Publication

Third Prize – $200 + Certificate + Portfolio Publication

10 Honorable Mentions to be published on the official website

The Jury is open, professional and anonymous. The Jury members are the key to a good contest. Their experience and the method for evaluation are the best guarantee to ensure transparency and level it. An independent jury of design professionals and/or stakeholders have be formed to ensure an equitable selection process. We’ve invited several professional architects, designers, artists, university professors to join in the Jury team. The process is open and anonymous, in other words the identities of the entrant and creative team are not revealed to the jury. The Jury should include a mix of people with specialist skills and knowledge. The composition is important, as it plays a significant role in generating interest and participation from the widest possible cross-section of competitors. The Jury must engender the respect of the design community. The Jury should be impartial, knowledgeable, and commit sufficient time and energy to the deliberations process. FUTURE HOUSE ORGANIZATION retains the right to disqualify any entry that does not meet the program requirements or that presents a conflict of interest. Following the jury deliberations, winners will be notified by e-mail. The jury will select freely and autonomously one proposal among all the projects delivered, which complies with the rules and guidelines established by these basis. The jury may exclude the works for the following reasons:

• Delivery outside or without complying with the provisions of the basis period.

• Breach of anonymity, either because they revealed authorship by any means, either by presenting identification graphic elements of the identity of the author of the proposal.

• Any attempt at communication or pressure the members of the jury, duly accredited.

Full list of Jury members can be checked here: https://competition.cc/jury