Architecture Competition

Extreme Habitat

  • Total Prize USD 4500
  • Closed 05 Aug 2022
  • Early Bird deadline 30 Jun 2022
  • Submission deadline 05 Aug 2022
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Introduction

Volume Zero invited architects, designers, environmentalists, students, enthusiasts, and others to imagine a way of living in the lap of nature. These habitats were to be imagined in extreme contexts and with minimal intervention to the surroundings, thereby preserving the pre-existing topography and also maximizing the human-nature connection through the designs.


Participants were to design a comfortable living accommodation that was a unique way of experiencing the surroundings. The House should have been a self-sufficient dwelling habitat for 4 individuals with an area not exceeding 450 sq. ft built up. Proposals had to consider spatial flexibility as a vital aspect of all the designs fulfilling all the needs of their users.
Choosing a well-justified site was crucial for this architecture contest.  The selected site that was wrapped in nature could be in the midst of coastal areas, deserts, oases, atop mountains, hanging against a cliff, oceans, saltpans, forests, riverbanks, mountains, forests, remote islands, on snowclad peaks, etc. Participants were encouraged to explore site conditions wherein human inhabitation would get challenging.

In response to the challenging brief, many entrants came up with sites in troubled locations and proposed creative design solutions for the respective terrains. The winning and honourable entries created unconventional homes that were underground, floating, hanging by the cliff, etc. With remarkable proposals, each team targeted and solved complex problems through their designs.

Volume Zero thanks all the participating members and teams for their entries in the Extreme Habitat 2022 Architecture Competition!

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Jury


Abin Chaudhuri

Abin Design Studio, India

Abraham Cota Paredes

CotaParedes, Mexico

Andrea Tabocchini

Andrea Tabocchini Architecture, Italy

Aristides Dallas

Aristides Dallas Architects, Greece

Francesca Vittorinii

Andrea Tabocchini Architecture, Italy

Harsh Vardhan

Studio Lotus, India

Lukas Rungger

NOA - network of architecture, Italy

Nikhil Mohan

Thought Parallels, India

Shabna Nikhil

Thought Parallels, India

Winners


Jordan Lutren - Waylon Richmond

United States VZEH22458469


Tony Liu - Ann Ren

United States VZEH22456212


Darshan Lineswala - Shreyash Gupta - Sarthak Mohanty

India VZEH22400310



Honourable Mentions


Xiaotong Ma

China VZEH22538706


Evie - Chengxuan Li

United Kingdom VZEH22919771


Teymur Osmanov - Lala Iskandarli - Dmitry Puzatov

Germany VZEH22617657


Sherman Lo Shui Fung - Wu Wan Sheung - Chi Chau Hang Frankie

Hong Kong S.A.R. VZEH22304995


Annika Siamwalla - Hui Shan Lo - Ilinca Stanescu

United Kingdom VZEH22601710


Ainna Sabri

Malaysia VZEH22687085


Shivam Rawat - Suhail Rehmani - Bramjot Singh

India VZEH22289474


Roumieu Marius

France VZEH22489592


Riccardo Caivano

Italy VZEH22483904


Harry Zaye

United States VZEH22130194



Top 50


Jordan Lutren - Waylon Richmond

United States VZEH22458469

Tony Liu - Ann Ren

United States VZEH22456212

Darshan Lineswala - Shreyash Gupta - Sarthak Mohanty

India VZEH22400310

Ning Xin Cheng - LU WAN TING

Taiwan VZEH22595216

Xiaotong Ma

China VZEH22538706

Evie - Chengxuan Li

United Kingdom VZEH22919771

Teymur Osmanov - Lala Iskandarli - Dmitry Puzatov

Germany VZEH22617657

Sherman Lo Shui Fung - Wu Wan Sheung - Chi Chau Hang Frankie

Hong Kong S.A.R. VZEH22304995

Annika Siamwalla - Hui Shan Lo - Ilinca Stanescu

United Kingdom VZEH22601710

Ainna Sabri

Malaysia VZEH22687085

Shivam Rawat - Suhail Rehmani - Bramjot Singh

India VZEH22289474

Roumieu Marius

France VZEH22489592

Riccardo Caivano

Italy VZEH22483904

Harry Zaye

United States VZEH22130194

Shailee Bhagat - Drashti Talwani

India VZEH22139551

Ji Qi - Mingran Guo

China VZEH22219567

SANDESH C - ARVIND KUMAR - VARSHA RP

India VZEH22453564

Abhinav M

India VZEH22472330

Maoteng Xie - Yuting ZHOU - Yuqiao Jiang

China VZEH22285779

Zhiyi Gu

China VZEH22452338

Jeremy Gleim

United States VZEH22865541

Kris Mangukiya - Vinay Kakadiya - Dhruvil Vaghani

India VZEH22728102

Kanak Kothawale - Siddhi Nandu

India VZEH22199039

Christina Hellema Puga - Federico Reyes - Alani Sanzana

Chile VZEH22884172

Yingkai Xiong - Junpeng Shi

United States VZEH22496647

David Castelan Alarcon - Jaime Alberto Garcia Villarreal

Mexico VZEH22880666

Adityaraj Narsingh Rana - Vinay Chhipa - Pranav Maheshwari

India VZEH22987249

Ecotecture India - Harshal Ganorkar - Nathulal Suthar

India VZEH22121599

Spurty L Kamath - Vanshika Chadha - Simran Shah

India VZEH22655964

Shweta Mishra - Anjali Sharma - Ankita Maiti

India VZEH22825478

Araisha Rab - Mayuri Mehta - Chaitanya Jyoti

India VZEH22757673

Sribalaji D - Praveen LK - Alan Mathew

India VZEH22465846

Kshitiz Rawat

India VZEH22959477

Aakarshit Jain - Akshit Yadav

India VZEH22601449

Tong Li - Biaoyun Fu - Kaifan Zhang

Italy VZEH22767943

Matthew Ross Hunt

United States VZEH22952581

Yuexin Ma

United States VZEH22276921

Justin Lortie

Canada VZEH22830957

Guo Jialing - CHEN QIN YUN - WANG XIN MEI

Taiwan VZEH22216787

Loris Andre Millius

Switzerland VZEH22781016

Vaidik Khorasia - Urmit Kotadiya - Hitarth V Kakadiya

India VZEH22180438

Juan Felipe Alvarez - Santiago Bonilla Toro - Santiago Jimenez Arias

Colombia VZEH22687723

Layan Murrar - Lujain Hussein

Jordan VZEH22214890

Saagarika Kumar - Mandira Pai

India VZEH22899505

Neelabh Bose - Yashika Pradhan - Anjali Gidwani

India VZEH22844464

HungYiKu

Taiwan VZEH22947781

AAYUSH KAPSE - Sneha Jaiswal

India VZEH22672578

Atish Kharat - Shreya Wagh - Bithica Show

India VZEH22418380

Jainil Dadawala - Darshak Koshiya - Varshil Kakadiya

India VZEH22453641

Daniel Arturo Benitez Perez

Mexico VZEH22948399


Best Student


Ning Xin Cheng - LU WAN TING

Taiwan VZEH22595216




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