II International Contest “inHAUS LAB

Design your modular house” for students and new graduates

BRIEF

Following on from the work started in 2017 with the I International Competition “inHAUS LAB – Design your modular house”, Casas inHAUS launches this second edition where we would like to repeat the great reception that the last edition received , and increase the monetary value of the prizes. The Competition “inHAUS LAB – Design your modular house” is an initiative of Casas inHAUS that was created with the intention of promoting creativity and innovation in Architecture. It aims to promote new ways of doing architecture among students and recent graduates from all architecture colleges and other related disciplines, rewarding those who stand out for their creativity in the search for new modular housing solutions.

Casas inHAUS stands for two fundamental principles for professional practice within the current context: creativity and innovation. It is always linked to a high constructive quality, the optimization of techniques and the improvement of peoples living space.

The aim is to promote the use of new technologies and the industrialization of the sector without losing the essence of the idea learned in the classroom: “the house must be a reflection of the person who lives in it’.

As a novelty, this year, leading companies in their respective sectors, who are going to collaborate with us to manufacture our homes,and act as sponsors of the competition are: : Nuovvo, Jung, Perfil 10, Renova 10 and Finsa.

Object of the Competition
The purpose of the competition proposed by Casas inHAUS is to design modular concrete housing that complies with the specifications set, and the technical and formal response to the requirements specified in the rules

The selection of the best architectural solutions by the jury, will become part of the inHAUS 2017 Catalogue and will be manufactured as many times as the clients demand, including the winners and their corresponding design Royalties. Here you can see the winning project from last year that we included in our catalogue.

The proposal aims to be an incentive for the youngest; helping them to start their professional journey, introducing new construction techniques, fostering creativity to achieve more with less and promoting the industrialized modular architecture as an optimal option for both quality and design.

In short, an open reflection on the real roads of the architectural world. The bridge between the world of study and work … Are you ready to begin?

Competition Rules
Who can participate in the Competition?

All those students enrolled in the academic year 2017/18 in Architecture or any other discipline related to the sector (engineering, design, interior design, decoration…) from any university.
New graduates, who finished their studies from the year 2014 onwards, whether they are architecture studies or other disciplines related to the sector (engineering, design, interior design, decoration …) at an international level.
The participants can be individuals or multidisciplinary teams. Each student can only be part of a team and each contestant or team are able to submit a maximum of two proposals, either as a group or as individuals.

Group participation is limited to 5 people per group.

SCHEDULE – FEES

Registration deadline

Up to the 12th May, 2018 – Early registration fee 29€ *
From 13th May to 9th June, 2018 –Registration fee 39€ *
From 10th June to 30th June, 2018 –Last registration fee 49€ *

* Any registration fee paid by bank transfer that is made during the last two days of each period (11th -12th May, 29th – 08-09th June and 29th-3rd June) will have up to 48 hours to make a payment, otherwise it will be necessary to pay the corresponding fee by that date shown

Deadline for submission of proposals

29th July 2018.

Publication on the online voting platform

5th August 2018.

Online voting period

From 5th August to 8th September, 2018.

Deliberation by the professional jury and publication of all winners:

From 9th September to 15th September, 2018.

Prize-giving

Will be communicated later.

AWARDS

The following prizes will be awarded to the proposals that best meet the requirements of the object of the competition:

First prize
2.000 € + Publication on the web page Casas inHAUS + royalties of 2% of the sales of the winning design during the first five years.

Second prize
1.500 € + Publication on the web page Casas inHAUS + royalties of 2% of the sales of the winning design during the first five years.

Third prize
1.000 € + Publication on the web page Casas inHAUS + royalties of 2% of the sales of the winning design during the first five years.

2 special prizes inHAUS
Two special recognitions of 500€ will be awarded to those proposals that receive the most votes from the users of the platform and have not been awarded in another category.

5 Special Acknowledgements

Five finalists will be selected with the most interesting proposals in terms of architectural quality, who have not obtained any of the previous recognitions.