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Hong Kong Pixel Homes |
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Type:
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Open International
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Registration Deadline:
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26/4/2017
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Submission Deadline:
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17/5/2017
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Open to:
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All
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Entry Fee:
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US$ 70-90 |
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Awards: |
1ST PRIZE - US $3,000 2ND PRIZE - US $1,500 3RD PRIZE - US $500 STUDENT AWARD - US $500 BB GREEN AWARD - US $500
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Jury:
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TBA
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Hong Kong is one of the most expensive and densely populated cities on Earth. With over 7 million people living on an island just 1,102 square km in size, where the population is constantly struggling for space. Like other major cities around the world, Hong Kong is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. The strict limitations on space mean that there is a capped supply of housing on the island. A limited supply, paired with an ever-growing demand, has caused Hong Kong housing prices to skyrocket.
Helping to ease this problem The Hong Kong Pixel Home architecture competition participants are tasked to utilize the Hong Kong's last remaining pixel-sized spots of the land to design affordable residential buildings that will help alleviate the city’s housing crisis and support its low and middle class community struggle for accommodation.
There is no set competition site, but participants are limited to a single area of just 100 m2, a size that would be considered problematic for high-level construction in any city in the world other than Hong Kong – the land of tiny footprint skyscrapers! Competition Website: https://hongkongpixelhomes.beebreeders.com/
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