2023 Davidson Prize winners announced in London

The winner of the 2023 Davidson Prize has been announced during a special live event held last night in Shoreditch as part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture. A team led by Studio Mutt, Liverpool’s The Independence Initiative, and a development company Neighbourhood took home the £10,000 top honors for their Helping Hands proposal, which calls for a consolidation of existing spaces for aid organizations into a “nurturing communal landscape” on the campus of the city’s Hugh Baird College. They were responding to the contest’s theme of ‘Somewhere to Call Home’, which tasked entrants with selecting a hypothetical greenfield or brownfield site with space for up to 50 persons for renewal under the imagined conceit that would have made all unoccupied structures illegal under UK law. "The level and quality of engagement with service users and providers was extremely impressive, and the judges applaud the idea of a project deeply rooted in place," she added finally. "The solution applies design intelligence to tap into and join up local support networks – with tangible and visible results."Two other projects were named Runners-up, along with the 2023 People’s Choice winner. This year marks the third overall edition of the competition. More information about each proposal can be viewed below.1ST PRIZE -  Helping Hands by Studio Mutt, Neighbourhood, and The Independence InitiativeRead the full post on Bustler