OFF THE GRID - Can you design a tiny home?

OFF THE GRID - Can you design a tiny home? now is over!

OFF THE GRID - Can you design a tiny home?: OFF THE GRID - Can you design a tiny home? is a international competition recently organized by Archiol and Artuminate inviting designers and design student to design a home that matches the idea of their dream home with all the necessary functions at only one condition that it should be ‘off the grid’.

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OFF THE GRID - Can you design a tiny home? is a international competition recently organized by Archiol and Artuminate inviting designers and design student to design a home that matches the idea of their dream home with all the necessary functions at only one condition that it should be ‘off the grid’.

Our lives are dependent on the systems that complete our housing requirements, what happens if these grid systems fail? The sustainable approach to housing is important for human survival. Can we design our dream home within the limit of 37sq.m. and off the grid? With spaces that fulfill all the basic functioning of the house most innovatively and effectively<. Explore your capacity to come up with ideas that can fit within the limited space, mainly focusing on sustainability.

Design a tiny house, max. 37 sq.m. that matches the idea of your dream home with all the necessary functions at only one condition that it should be ‘off the grid’. Home for a maximum of two people with interesting and innovative spaces. Design that truly defines the idea of “Less is more”.

Your home need to be:

➜ Off - Grid: Without using or depending on public utilities.
➜ Tiny Home: Downsizing living spaces, simplifying and essentially living with less.
➜ Sustainable Home: Efficient use of energy and resources with minimal impact on the environment.

Support your design with all possible explanations. Formats accepted are: Text, Video, Audio, and the most obvious drawings).

Submission requirements:

➜ You need to send presentation board (min. 2 and max. 5), A1 Landscape format with text summary (min. 300 words).

Evaluation Criteria:

➜ Sustainability Approach
➜ Design development
➜ Effective use of sq.m. (area)
➜ Originality
➜ Description

Results will be announced on 30th Aug 2022.

Who may enter?

This competition is open to all the designers and design students. Organizer welcomes architecture university students to participate as representatives for their university and spread the word among their fellow students.

Prize:

Certificate of achievement will be awarded to the winners / honourable mentions and a participation certificate to all participants. Exclusive Interview in both text & video format feature on the home page of the organizer.

Entry fees:

during the Advanced registration period (4th March 2022 – 20th March 2022) is $27 (INT) / ₹600(IND). After that period ends the amount of fee will increase.