Competition: Modular Timber Housing

Registration Deadline: Mar 31, 2023; Submission Deadline: Mar 31, 2023 How can modular timber construction be used to respond to the contemporary housing crisis? How to achieve the greatest architectural variety with the fewest building elements possible?The competition aims to find innovative ideas for a universal modular timber building system. The ideas must be based on real needs, with an eye to the future.We want to redefine the construction industry as the production of standard elements and create a new, more efficient construction system that is both durable and sustainable.We are looking for design solutions for basic prefabricated modules that allow the greatest possible variety of housing units and typological adaptation to different locations.More information: https://outsider.si/competitio...Conditions of participation The competition is open to architects, urban planners, landscape architects, civil engineers, industrial designers and students of these disciplines. Jury Špela Videčnik, architect, OFIS architectsRok Oman, architect, OFIS ArchitectsGregor Turnšek, architect and partner, JKMM ArchitectsDr Iztok Šušteršič, expert in sustainable construction with renewable materials Peter Pavšič, architect Matevž Granda, architect and executive editor of OutsiderPrizes First Prize: 4000 EUR Second prize: 2000 EUR Third prize: 1250 EUR Seven prizes of 250 EUR eachTimeline 20/01/2023: opening of the call for proposals and receipt of applications 15/02/2023: end of acceptance of questions 20/02/2023: publication of the answers to the questions on the website (all registrants will be notified by email) 31/03/2023 at 23:59 CET: deadline for submission of solutions 28/04/2023: announcement of the results. Questions and answers (Q&A) Questions will be accepted by email to modular@outsider.si until 15 February 2023. Registration The deadline for entering the competition is 31 March 2023. Registration is compulsory. There are no registration fees. Applicants will receive a six-digit PIN code (for example: A15GH3) when they apply. The PIN code allocated should be used for the purposes set out in the competition rules. When registering, the applicant will receive an email with a download link to the related competition materials.  Registration form is in the link: https://outsider.si/competitio...Read the full post on Bustler