
Architecture at Zero
Ages:High School, Undergraduate, Graduate, Educator, Professional
Type:Submission
Categories:Architecture, Environment
Scope:International
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The 2021-22 competition challenges entrants to develop affordable housing for farmworker families in Visalia, California, one of the world’s most productive farming regions.
The 2021-22 Architecture at Zero competition focuses on decarbonization, resilience and equity. The challenge is to design affordable housing for farmworker families in California’s Central Valley. Key aspects of this project include responding to the challenges of equity and resilience through the design solution. There are four parts to this competition: First, entrants will create an overall site plan to accommodate the program outlined below. Entrants are encouraged to highlight any energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy storage, and carbon reduction strategies or systems shown. Second, entrants will design the building in detail, demonstrating how the design will result in lower carbon emissions and embodied carbon, and addressing the requirements of the California Title 24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards. In order to indicate how the building design will result in lower carbon emissions, entrants will provide required documentation and may also include supplementary documentation. Third, entrants are asked to describe how this project will build resilience. Entrants will be asked to complete a table outlining the inclusion of climate adaptation strategies and indicate on the site plan or section aspects of design strategies that support resiliency. Finally, entrants are asked to consider how their design addresses equity for the project’s residents. Entrants will be asked to write a short essay and indicate on the site plan or section aspects of design strategies that support equity.
Website: http://www.architectureatzero.com/challenge/
Managing Organization: Architecture at Zero
Contact:
info@architectureatzero.com
Eligibility:
This competition is open to students, architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers and designers anywhere in the world.
Registration Opens: January 1, 1970
Registration Closes: January 12, 2022
Overview
The 2021-22 competition challenges entrants to develop affordable housing for farmworker families in Visalia, California, one of the world’s most productive farming regions.
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Website: http://www.architectureatzero.com/challenge/
Managing Organization: Architecture at Zero
Contact:
info@architectureatzero.com
Entry Fee:
Eligibility:
This competition is open to students, architects, landscape architects, urban planners, engineers and designers anywhere in the world.
Deadlines
Registration Opens: January 1, 1970
Registration Closes: January 12, 2022