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07-07-2007, 09:35 AM
Self-Sufficient Housing
THE SELF-FAB HOUSE
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia directed by
Vicente Guallart - www.iaac.net - is issuing an international
summons to architects, designers and students from around the world,
inviting proposals for the construction of self-sufficient dwellings
with an emphasis on exploring people's capacity to self-construct
their own homes.
The 2nd Advanced Architecture Contest directed by Lucas Cappelli
encourage in this edition of the Self-sufficient housing
competition, the design of a "SELF-FAB HOUSE" using industrial or
traditional craft-based techniques generated on the basis of the
knowledge of the information age, such as digital processes,
software-driven manufacturing, skills and know-how in the use of new
or established materials, the strategic recycling of other chains of
production or familiarity with the historical processes of the
construction of habitats in natural environments, revised in the
light of new standards of sustainability.
More information: 2nd Advanced Architecture Contest -
www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org
The proposals must be digitally delivered in 3 PDF files DINa3
format.
Registration is free.
The prize (total value: € 39.500, 00) will be distributed at the
discretion of the Juries following the bases scheme.
SEE PAST EDITION OF THE COMPETITION: 1st Advanced Architecture
Contest
THE SELF-FAB HOUSE
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia directed by
Vicente Guallart - www.iaac.net - is issuing an international
summons to architects, designers and students from around the world,
inviting proposals for the construction of self-sufficient dwellings
with an emphasis on exploring people's capacity to self-construct
their own homes.
The 2nd Advanced Architecture Contest directed by Lucas Cappelli
encourage in this edition of the Self-sufficient housing
competition, the design of a "SELF-FAB HOUSE" using industrial or
traditional craft-based techniques generated on the basis of the
knowledge of the information age, such as digital processes,
software-driven manufacturing, skills and know-how in the use of new
or established materials, the strategic recycling of other chains of
production or familiarity with the historical processes of the
construction of habitats in natural environments, revised in the
light of new standards of sustainability.
More information: 2nd Advanced Architecture Contest -
www.advancedarchitecturecontest.org
The proposals must be digitally delivered in 3 PDF files DINa3
format.
Registration is free.
The prize (total value: € 39.500, 00) will be distributed at the
discretion of the Juries following the bases scheme.
SEE PAST EDITION OF THE COMPETITION: 1st Advanced Architecture
Contest