11WinnerballOOnThe general typical idea of temporary housing is quite poor, a person is not surrounded by home comfort. We formulate our idea of the pocket home with the help of an air shell, which we associate with something light and inflatable. The ballOOn is an interpretation of the future temporary housing.
36Runner-upUpper HomesUpper Homes extracts the concept of temporary living space from the elevator and its ability to move vertically to create mobile homes in cramped residual spaces in New York City.
73People's Choice AwardLightning Green Pocket HOMESAs Architects and Designers, our mission is to create a sustainable environment rather than economic or aesthetic values. We should consider the general need of the society and cultural development of the city.
6Editor's ChoiceAmI-MODULE POCKET HOMEThe CONCEPT of the AmI-MODULE offers affordable living space in high-density urban areas by combining smart furniture, micro-living principles and biophilic design. The project consists of 12 modular units that can be relocated to a new location without disassembling them.
16Editor's ChoicePocket Home“In search of lost spaces” Architectural activism against non-places. Home is a concept before it goes to be a shelter for humans. This concept makes borders and defines the metaphysical presence of humans with its environment. In this competition, our team tried to redefine these boundaries and understand how urban life has shifted these borders over time
4Editor's ChoiceStackedStacked is a concept which tries to create a space that is both functional and enjoyable despite limitations to size and height. It utilizes the spatial constraints present on the site to create a innovative pocket home that respects the local context.
1Editor's ChoiceKEYSTONEA KEYSTONE SHAPED HOUSING MODULE TO FIT IN ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES LEFTOVER LAND PLOT
0Facing upwards How to take advantage of the vacant narrow areas in a dense urban landscape? How to make them fully usable? Try to change your point of view by rotating your flat, fulfill the area using one module but joined on various angles, make it able to follow the sun rays. Its container form provides them working just like toy blocks, easy to be dismantled.
12POCKET OF LIGHTThe scheme takes Tetris game as inspiration for unit layout. Due to the site constrains, our design follows a performance-driven generation workflow to arrange the unit combination and optimize interior microclimate. In respond to the immigrant homeless issue, the co-living space is added in between for social interactions to re-energize the community.
13Bio-Modular A modular, sustainable using bioplastic material produced from recycled wastes, flexible, and temporary housing design is aimed, using optimum space for maximum comfort conditions, having natural light and ventilation, contextually compatible, and contributing physically and socially to its location in the vacant plot located in NYC.
4New Cycle Art New Cycle Art is located on Bowery Street in New York. The overall building structure is a modular residential unit combined with skettel construction. The residential unit is used with the patio to make elevated areas of different features and atmosphere. The artist's work is placed in the area of the patio, providing a free and convenient area for people
65SplineSpline is a comprehensive, compact and cost-effective solution to temporary modular housing. It is an attempt at activating the unused alleyway and providing an affordable accommodation in the dense landscape of New York.
2An Urban Infill: Echo-MorphismAll cities have different dynamics in terms of their urban plans, streets, and even the functions of each area.In the development process of the Echo-morphism, we search for new methods that can regain those abandoned in-between spaces to the city by using the reflections of each town and culture itself.
16P-HOUSEThe objective of this architectural design was to provide a cost-effective, sustainable, and space efficient living module for visitors to New York City. The overall layout of the living modules within the P-house, along with the layout of the floors and modules themselves were carefully crafted to meet the area-efficient objective while still being function
1Lego housingWe thought of how we can approach the idea of a “pocket home” as literally as possible. What if you could take out the phone from your pocket, download an app, and order yourself a living module? You could even take it apart and assemble much like children’s building blocks.
0Puzzle HomeThe idea of modularity in architecture has always been a discussion. The narrow hallways, limited measurements, ventilation, natural light, privacy becoming more transparent… hence, the life becoming more robotic and standardized. The idea of Puzzle Home is to break this feeling of being cornered while forming a common ground with architecture.
1Bowery 271A modular housing project which connects its users with the city while allowing them to disconnect with the use of landscape and simplicity.
5Daily Light Daily Light is composed of 15 space units, including 13 living units and 2 service units. Through arrangement and stacking, the middle corridor is shaped as the main passage connecting the space, and the stairs in the atrium connect the vertical space. The terrace formed after the units are stacked can be used as an open-air cinema.
