Competition to design a modular house that can be easily reproduced: Lima’s Human Right to Housing
Lima, Peru is undergoing a continuous change even though its biggest contradiction remains unchanged: a three meters wall that runs over ten kilometers separates people of different social states. Thus, on one side of the wall, the barren landscape dominates, showing no green areas and only a few streets. This area is barely/rarely reached with water supply and electricity, and many small houses have been manually built, up to the top of the mountain. Conversely, on the other side of the wall luxury residences can be seen surrounded by thriving vegetation, in addition to pools, high rises and many infrastructures for the population.The division is strong.
By trying to improve internal safety, people follow the logic of exclusion, Techo Peru is a non-profit association aimed at reducing poverty that affects millions of people in Peru by employing the combined action of the young volunteers and inhabitants. DNADD and Techo share the same mission: transform the Right to Housing in the right of living in a decent house. Develop a new type of house that should be easily reproduced, satisfy the basic needs of Lima’s population and offer them a new place worthy to be called “home”.
Techo Peru aims at tackling this problem in Peru, providing a model of house which is donated to those families living in the most extreme conditions. This competition proposes a redesign of the Techo’s model with the aim of improving those features of the house that are impaired at the moment. Participants should develop a housing unit that is obtained from the combination of four different modules: family module, kitchen, bathroom, garden. After having evaluated the conditions of the houses owned by each family, it will be decided whether to build the entire house “ex novo” or just add the missing modules.The house should be developed so that it can be self-constructed in a few days by volunteers.
DNADD is a nonprofit association, therefore the competition is based on a fund-raising formula, necessary for the construction of the project in Lima, Peru.Write us here: info@dnadd.orgWebsite: www.dnadd.org
Short Description
Today the housing deficit in Perù reaches 1.8 million, 20.9 quantitative and 79.1% qualitative and, besides, 70% of the houses are built without the assistance of either an architect or an engineer.
Do you want to be part of the change?
The right to housing implies the right to live in a safe and inhabitable home. According to this principle, DNADD and Techo Perù share the aim of developing a new type of house that can be easily reproduced and satisfy the basic needs of Lima’s population while offering them a place worthy of being called “home”.
Our common mission is:
1. to improve the living conditions of many people living in informal spaces;
2. educating and sensitizing young voluntaries and the entire community about life in such conditions.
Organizer
DNADD Responsive Architecture
Link to Competition
Link to Registration form
Prizes
1° PRIZE
1000€
– possibility to take part, as a volunteer, in the construction in Lima, Perù
– possibility to see the project published on architecture magazines
– publication of the project on the website of the association and social networks
– free partecipation to another DNADD competition
2° PRIZE
700€
– publication of the project on the website of the association and social networks
– free partecipation to another DNADD competition
3° PRIZE
300€
– publication of the project on the website of the association and social networks
– free partecipation to another DNADD competition
Type of Competition
Open to the public/Minimum requirements (Open to anyone that complies with the requirements), Single stage (Winners selected immediately)
Who can Participate
Participants can enter the competition either individually or in team (4 members max, at least one participant in each team has to be under 35 ). The competition is open to students, graduates and freelance professionals. It is not a mandatory requirement to be an expert in architecture or to be on aprofessional register. The competition is international and open to competitors from any country.
Dates and Time Frame
Registration Closes November 9, 2018
Deadline to Submit Project November 9, 2018
Winners announcement Date November 29, 2018
Languages
English
Location of Competition
Italy
Location of Project (if developed)
Lima, Peru
Additional Information
Banner, Poster, Brochure or Triptic of Competition
