The Home International Design Competition is open for 2019 application. The Home remains the most significant architectural place we experience throughout our lives. Home represents safety, ownership, privacy, and stability. Home is where we can be alone and with people we care about most. Historically, the home has been a place of permanence. Despite how chaotic our lives are, we cherish the consistency of sleeping in the same bed and performing the same daily rituals here. However, new trends in digitization and globalization continue to reshape realms of everyday life and alter our physical environments, including our homes. It is important to examine how we adapt our living spaces to these shifts.

The HOME competition invites all international designers to explore ideas of domestic architectural design for the future. Designers may consider the impacts of global population shifts, proximity of major cities to coastlines, new materials and building techniques, as well as the rise of co-housing, tiny homes, smart houses and marketplaces like Airbnb. HOME creates a platform to speculate the ways new technological, political, environmental and cultural changes can redefine the spaces where we live.

Prizes + Awards

The total prize for the Home Design competition is $8,000. Winners will receive awards in the following categories:

• Overall Winner – $5,000
• Innovation Award – $1,000
• Adaptability Award – $1,000
• Pragmatic Award – $1,000

Guidelines For Submission

Submissions may propose a single family home, a multifamily building, an adaptable structure, temporary living experience, or a home that takes the shape of any model or scale. Further, all submissions should clearly define how a resident or residents interact with the proposed living space through graphic representation, text summary, or both.

Designers may propose any geographical location for their home design but should consider the relationship between their proposal and its site, taking into account the inherent benefits, drawbacks, and unique characteristics. Additionally, designers can propose homes with no defined site.

How To Apply

Submissions are acceptable from an individual as well as from a team. A team should consist no more than four members. Further, the application should mention the name of the team members participating in the competition.

Moreover, the application is an online process. Applicants may register any number of design with a registration fee for each design submission.

The registration fee per entry are:

• $55 for advanced entry from April 24-June 17
• $75 for advanced entry from June 18-August 11
• $95 for advanced entry from August 12-October 06 (11:59:00 EST)

Deadline

Applicants wishing to make a submission should do so before the deadline. The deadline is set as October 07, 2019 (11:59:00 EST)