Prefabricated Row House Architecture Competition

The architectural contest strives, in cooperation with Estonian, Norwegian and other architects, to find contemporary, high quality and progressive solutions for mainly wooden prefabricated houses that wooden house firms could produce and market in cooperation between Estonia, Norway and other countries.

Category Project Competition
Type International, Project, Open, Single-Stage, Anonymous
Genre Housing
Country Norway/Estonia
RegDeadline 26 January 2015 GoogleCal iCal
26 January 2015
Eligibility Architects

Description
We believe that this is a new way of looking at home construction. Ecological thinking and progressive technological solutions must go hand in hand with innovative architecture. We are collaborating with two well-known prefabricated home manufacturers: Kodumaja Ltd and Nurban Ltd, who have international experience of producing up to 14 storey apartment buildings and homes for hundreds of families.

Why can´t our best architects design progressive and contemporary houses that apply the principles of low cost and fast assembly without forgoing good design? We aim to do just this. Organizing a competition we widen a portfolio of well-thought and precisely designed home solutions, while encouraging our partners to promote contemporary architecture.

Competition has two development areas, first one in Svertingstad Gård near Stavanger in Norway and second one in Ülenurme in Estonia. Topics are row (terraced) houses and apartment house, in different countries and different contexts.

Jury
Indrek Allmann, architect, head of the Estonian Union of Architects
Lembit Lump, Kodumaja AS
Indrek Rehme, Kodumaja Real Estate OÜ
Arne Moen, Nurban AS
Margus Pauts, Nordic Urban Houses AS
Norwegian architect
Norwegian architect
Madis Eek, architect
Ülar Mark, architect
Rene Vallner, Elumaja AS, architect

Prize
Development area in Norway:
I prize 5,000€
II prize 3,500€
III prize 2,000€

Terrace house in Estonia:
I prize 4,000€
II prize 2,500€
III prize 1,500€

Special prize from Velux: 700€

Entry Fee
None

Timetable
Announcement of the winners: before 10th of February 2015

Organizer
Katus.eu

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