Fast paced residence design competition

No matter how projects are planned – the design eventually is a product of panic and days left to deadline. Even structured processes and schedules fail in a client meeting, where expectations and the design have sought different roads. 

The deadline dilemma is so true and universal across all regions and places that it is an inseparable part of professional and academic life. And despite planning/scheduling being placed, it eventually boils down to the performance in that key period that defines success or failure.

Set academic courses to follow predictability - training for this wild period is quintessential if not more. If deadline frenzy has been the past, present, and the future –

How can we train for it to create meaningful work in a limited time? How can we sharpen skills and techniques that help us train across such short spans to excel despite the turbulence?

Parkinson's law states exactly this by articulating it in a statement – The work expands itself to the time that’s available. It’s funny how it is applicable to all things in a very similar way.

The start and the finishing parts of the project however are indeed the most creative ones. The design challenge looks at this specific part where we push to solve a design challenge in a limited timeframe. The problem statement involves not only good design but finding effective ways to depict and present them in a fast-moving schedule.

The competition focuses on residence design only as a theme with fixed minimum deliverables – Like a set of site/floor plans, interior mood board, elevations, and 4 x 3D views - in 5 days.

The registration period will be open for 90 days followed by which the brief will be released. It will involve a site plan, a concept client statement, and a location to give it a basis. The problem statement contains some basic control regulations like setbacks and height limits. Any additional information can be assumed wherever necessary.

The competition info will be released via the additional resources folder for all the registered participants on the release day on your profile. (Click your avatar > My entries > Download resources). The submission window will be open for 5 days with no extensions. 

It’s expected to complete the work in the 4.5days window and upload everything, then update the project until the last minute with minor changes. The above limit of deliverables is minimum; you can add more elements to the submission based on your design outcome.

The jury for the competition consisted of esteemed designers, professionals, and academicians from around the world. The Lead Jurors for the competitions were as follows: 

Besian Mehmeti, Founder, Besian Mehmeti Architects, Macedonia

Jana Stachova, Partner, Boq Architekti, Czech Republic

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Some of the Best of competition projects are:

Winning Project: House on a Prairie

By: Ishan Dsa & Abhik Kanji

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Description: The House on a Prairie is a proposed residence for a family of five. Its main design ideologies are responsive to the site and Irish architecture. Our main philosophy was to bring contemporary and Irish architecture in an interesting blend.

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People’s Choice: The Sharp House

By: Clara de Souza Gomes, Kevyn Igor Lopes Bortolotti & Desiree Oliveira

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Description: A home for art and music lovers.

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Editor’s Choice: Over the Wall

By: Kaja Stopienska, Alicja Lorenc & Kamil Kordalewski

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Description: The wall - the boundary, which separates two worlds. The main concept is to create an intimate and safe open space for the whole family in the center of the home. In order to strengthen the impression of separation from the outside world, the atrium is separated from the exterior by the stone wall.

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