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The Urban Escape - Designing A Community Of Eco Habitats, India, 2021

The Urban Escape - Designing A Community Of Eco Habitats, India, 2021
Poster Graphic Credits – Maramane House by 1leapingfrog Studio
 
 
 
  • Type: open international single-stage ideas competition.
  • Registration fee: from 25 to 60 USD.
  • Registration deadline: 30 September 2021.
  • Submission deadline: 15 October 2021.
  • Winners announcement: 15 November 2021.
  • Total prize: INR 150,000.
  • Organizer: Archmello (Gujarat, India).
  • Location: Bangalore, India.
  • Official website/webpage: archmello.com.
  • Contacts: [email protected].
 
 
 

Theme & Background

 
What we think when we hear “What is a Home”?
 
Home - a place to unwind yourself, a space where your mind & body are at ease or an enclosure where one feels safe. Pretty simple? Nooo.
 
A home should not be just merely a composition of geometrical forms with a contemporary façade & few greens here and there. It should have spaces that can evoke your feelings both tangible & intangible, a composition of space that is strong enough to play different roles as per the use of individuals, an enclosure that has a perfect mix of open, semi-open & closed spaces. Big or small for everyone their home is the best & it is the way it should be but the pandemic completely changed the image of a contemporary home we use to had in our mind.
 
Continuous lockdowns forced people to stay indoors in their homes for weeks. If you look at this problem of staying indoor in an urban home, architecturally you will find that people were actually packed inside a box rather than their homes. As we all know homes in urban areas lack in terms of connect with outdoor areas, natural light & ventilation & a very minimum space to move around. Rapid urbanization has only forced us to live with polluted environments & has led us to a stressful life.
 
In order to overcome the hustle & bustle of urban lifestyle what people tend to do is go on a vacation for a few days in some environment friendly stays to get themselves rejuvenate but the fact is that it is a temporary solution. Instead of finding ways to escape & relax can we have a gated community wherein each home is in balance with the eco system & the entire community has an access to abundance of natural air, organic food, clean water & is packed with all the sustainable features? It is for this reason we have curated this brief to think & design a community of Eco-Habitats.
 
We invite participants to design a gated housing community where the sustainability is at the center of the entire project. The aim of the brief is to achieve design proposals which are bold, experimental & most importantly functional. To add a little twist we have added a surprise category of design & we hope you will find that interesting.
 
"The Urban Escape" design brief aims to explore innovative & sustainable housing ideas wherein earth, water, food, air and vegetation are considered as the elements of the project. Let us all try to bring a change and create a new category of housing which has all the features of an “Urban” home but at the same time the community experience is “Rural”.
 
 
 

The Challenge

 
The challenge is to design a community of 50 eco-homes. Each home in the community should be designed keeping in mind all the sustainable aspects. 50% of the site should be allocated to community farms, community should have a solar farm, a pond & a club house.
 
Participants can add any other amenities in their proposal.
 
The distribution of 50 eco-homes should be as follows -
 
Type A. 40 Homes
 
20 Contemporary Eco-Homes
Design Type - A
Living Room
Kitchen & Dining
Pooja Area
Guest Bedroom
3 Master Bedroom + Att. Bathroom
Common Toilet & Store Room
Parking for 2 cars + 2 Two wheeler
Garden only (no swimming pool)
 
20 Contemporary Eco-Homes
Design Type - B
2 Living Room
Kitchen & Dining
Pooja Area & Small Office
Guest Bedroom
4 Master Bedroom + Att. Bathroom
Common Toilet & Store Room
Parking for 2 cars + 2 Two wheeler
Garden & Swimming Pool
 
 
Type B. 10 Homes
 
10 Eco-Homes Using Shipping Containers
Living Room, Kitchen & Dining, Guest Bedroom, 2 Master Bedroom with Att. Bathroom, Parking for 1 car + 2 Two wheeler, Garden Only
 
You can use shipping container of any size & also there are no restriction on the number of containers to be used while designing.
 
 
*Participants can feel free to add any other areas in their proposal of home*
 
 
 

The Site

 
The site is located in the outskirts of the Bangalore city. Located at the junction of Adarsha College Road & Duddanahalli Road, the site is surrounded by open farms lands.
 
SITE PARAMETERS
  • Site Area: 37.46 Acre
  • Margins: All sides 6 mts
  • Floor Heights: No Restrictions
  • Contemporary Homes: G + 2
  • Container Homes: G + 2
  • Basement: Not Allowed
 
SITE LOCATION: Bangalore, India
 
SITE COORDINATES: 13° 16'11.18", 77°37'4.54"
 
*Please download & refer the Autocad file for exact site dimensions*
 
 
The Urban Escape - Designing A Community Of Eco Habitats, India, 2021
 
The Urban Escape - Designing A Community Of Eco Habitats, India, 2021
 
 
- NOTE -
 
No need to follow any particular by-laws or consider the F.A.R, just follow the basic criteria mentioned above. Participants can brainstorm innovative space ideas other than given requirements & can incorporate them in their design to bring out the best of the Challenge. It is up to the participants to decide on the areas & location of functions such as community gardens, pond & club house. Participants can decide on the distribution of 50% of site for community farms as per their design proposal. For example you can breakdown 50% of community farms as 10% + 15% + 25% = 50 % or you want 50% at one place, it is totally up to you. Feel free to add any amenities to your proposal. Your sheet should have the unit plan of each home type.
 
 
 

Awards

 
Total Prize – INR 150,000.
 
  • First Prize — INR 75,000. Certificate + Publication
  • Second Prize — INR 40,000. Certificate + Publication
  • Third Prize — INR 20,000. Certificate + Publication
  • Best Student Design Entry — INR 5,000. Certificate + Publication
  • Best Architect Design Entry — INR 5,000. Certificate + Publication
  • Best Presentation Award — INR 5,000. Certificate + Publication
 
 
 

Juries

 
JURY TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
 
Hiren Patel, Principal Architect - Hiren Patel Architects
 
 
 

Schedule

 
Early Bird Registrations 24th July to 22nd August - 2021
FOR STUDENTS (PER TEAM)
INDIAN - INR 1200
INTERNATIONAL - USD 25
FOR PROFESSIONALS - (PER TEAM)
INDIAN - INR 1550
INTERNATIONAL - USD 35
 
Standard Registrations 23rd August to 21st Sept - 2021
FOR STUDENTS (PER TEAM)
INDIAN - INR 1500
INTERNATIONAL - USD 35
FOR PROFESSIONALS (PER TEAM)
INDIAN - INR 1850
INTERNATIONAL - USD 45
 
Late Registrations 22nd Sept to 30th Sept - 2021
FOR STUDENTS (PER TEAM)
INDIAN - INR 1800
INTERNATIONAL - USD 45
FOR PROFESSIONALS (PER TEAM)
INDIAN - INR 2150
INTERNATIONAL - USD 60
 
14th & 15th October - 2021
SUBMISSION DATES
SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED TILL 15th October UP TO 23:59 HRS (IST)
 
15th November - 2021
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS  WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THIS DAY
 
- Note -
After the completion of the payment participant will receive the Unique Identification Code (UIC) within 24 hours.
 
 
 

Registration & Submission

 
The competition is open for all creative minds irrespective of their profession. Minimum eligible age for participants is 18 years.
 
 
Submission to be presented on maximum 1 landscape oriented A1 Size sheet.
 
All text in the submission must be English with a maximum of 250 words for proposal explanation.
 
Teamcode to be mentioned at the top right corner of the sheet.
 
Submission can be presented using any technique of your choice: Sketches, 2d drawings, 3d visualizations, Models etc.
 
Submission must not include your Name, School or Organization which gives away your identity.
 
All dimensions should be imperial or metric unit.
 
Maximumfile size should not exceed 10 MB (150 DPI RESOLUTION).
 
JPEG of your proposal to be submitted via e-mail at – [email protected]
 
 
 

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