Register April 19, 2019 | Submit June 06, 2019 | Student Architecture Competition

International Architecture Competition

Rome
Collective Living
Challenge

BRIEF

Rome is one of the least affordable cities in the world due to a number of reasons. The lingering influence of corruption, mixed with a market flooded with so-called “micro-apartments” – tiny properties with just 10, 7 or even 4 square metres of floor space – has created quite the predicament for those looking to live in Rome on a budget.

As major cities are becoming less affordable, they are also becoming more lonely, with individuals feeling more isolated and separated from each other than ever. The concept of collective living has existed for hundreds of years, and is only just beginning to re-emerge in western societies. Communities are created through intentional architecture which creates shared spaces in which residents interact in numerous different ways, from sharing meals and socialising to sharing the burden of child care.

For the Rome Collective Living Challenge, participants are tasked with designing a concept for affordable housing in Rome that fits the ideals of a co-living lifestyle. This competition is a chance for architecture enthusiasts to conceive an entirely new way of living, one that experiments with the concept of low-income housing as a collective. Rather than rolling out hundreds of new tiny apartments in Rome’s city centre, collective living could offer something more than just an affordable place to live; a community to live in within the hustle and bustle of Italy’s capital.

Designs should be minimal in their requirements of land and materials so that they could potentially be rolled out across the city to increase housing stock capacity. No minimum size or amount of the residential units per block has been set, and proposals should be flexible enough to adapt to different locations, sizes, and inhabitant capacity requirements.

There are no pre-selected competition sites and so participants are free to choose any appropriate theoretical site in Rome. A key factor that participants must keep in mind for the Rome Collective Living Challenge is that this is not a simple housing solution – rather it is a new concept in community living, and would need to be developed following the co-living principles.

Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum). Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; All information submitted by participants must be in English.

SCHEDULE

Closing date for registration
19 April, 2019
Closing date for project submission
06 June, 2019 (11:59pm GMT+0)
Announcement of the winners
04 July, 2019

AWARDS

Total prize fund
US $6,000

1st prize
US $3,000

Publications
Certificate of Achievement
2nd prize
US $1,500

Publications
Certificate of Achievement
3rd prize
US $500

Publications
Certificate of Achievement

BB STUDENT AWARD
US $500 (more details here)

Publications
Certificate of Achievement
BB GREEN AWARD
US $500 (more details here)

Publications
Certificate of Achievement

+ 6 HONOURABLE MENTIONS
PUBLICATIONS:

The winners will get international art and design media coverage and will be featured on the Bee Breeders website and social pages.

CERTIFICATE:

Bee Breeders will also acknowledge the outstanding performance of all winners and honourable mentions with Certificates of Achievement.

FEES

JURY

Alona Martinez Perez – University of Plymouth, United Kingdom;

Andrejs Edvards Rauchut – associate professor at RISEBA and a Fulbright grant recipient, Latvia;

Audrey McKee – Renzo Piano Building Workshop, France;

Brittany Utting – Thomas Phifer and Partners, USA;

Carlos M Guimarães – depA, correspondent of A10 magazine, Portugal;

Collin Anderson – Renzo Piano Building Workshop, France;

Daniel Jacobs – SHoP Architects, New York City, USA;

Daphné Karaiskaki – Renzo Piano Building Workshop, France;

Emeka Nwandu – Principal Partner at ENA Architects, Board of Architectural Education of the Nigerian Institute of Architects, Nigeria;

Eva Cildermane – Sustainability and business development advisor, MSc. Candidate in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford;

Gemawang Swaribathoro – OMA, Hong Kong;

Gia-Hy Hoang – Agence Christian de Portzamparc, France;

Jenna Dezinski – University of Texas, Austin, USA; Alterstudio Architecture, Austin, Texas, USA;

John Paul Rysavy – SHoP Architects, New York City, USA; And-Either-Or Austin, Texas and Brooklyn, New York, USA;

John Simons – KPF, USA;

Dr Louis Gyoh – architect and academic, MCIOB, FRSA, United Kingdom;

Marcella Del Signore – Professor of Practice, Tulane University; LEAD practitioner, USA/Italy

Dr Massimo Angrilli – Associate Professor, Pescara University-Landscape expertise, National Prix du Paysage in Paris jury member;

Pangalos Dugasse Feldmann – École Spéciale d’Architecture, France;

Pierre-Henri Baudart – Studio Akkerhuis, France;

Rajiv J. Fernandez – Tamarkin Co, USA;

Simon McGown – CO-office, USA.

WEBSITE

https://romechallenge.beebreeders.com/

DOWNLOAD

https://beebreeders.com/upload/26.10.2018/dce8bd105b320eee87be79f42c1fea6c.zip

For more information about this competition, please contact us.