Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Romantic Cabin
For Two
Official partner
Romantic Cabin
For Two

Bee Breeders has focused much of its recent attention on questions of small-scale, affordable and sustainable living. It has done so by organising a number of international competitions seeking innovative solutions to the dual crises of global housing and climate change. Examples of the small-scale living series range from the Silent Meditation Forest Cabins to the MICROHOME competitions; events run as part of the affordable housing series have included competitions for the cities of San Francisco, Melbourne, and London. Bee Breeders has also partnered with ARCHHIVE Books to feature key competition proposals alongside topical interviews with global industry leaders and entrepreneurs in its print publications What is Affordable Housing? and What is Small-Scale Architecture?

The Romantic Cabin for Two Competition fits perfectly within this growing library of design ideas for small-scale, sustainable living. The competition was run in partnership with The Earth Energies Sanctuary, a 200-acre farm located in northern New Zealand. It is a functioning organic farm which uses seaweed fertilisers and follows the principles of natural solid biology to create a more balanced ecosystem on the land, and produces beeswax used in local products and remedies. It seeks ideas for a small, open plan cabin on the Earth Energies property that can provide a comfortable and relaxing escape for two guests to connect with nature and one another. It calls for construction technologies and materials that meet best green-building practices. This is the second competition organised with the Sanctuary after the Tiny Kiwi Meditation Cabin.

This competition posits that eco-tourism and architecture can evolve together to provide visitors with world-class experiences in well-constructed, sustainable buildings that use local materials, are small in scale, and reduce impact on their environments or sites. 'Green building' is not only material in nature - it is also social, economic and ecological. All of these ideas can and should be embedded in architectural solutions. This requires not just well-considered designs by architects but also input from researchers, entrepreneurs, planners and members of communities.

The jury for the Earth Energies Sanctuary competition was regional and international in nature and included: Nancy Beka, an architectural designer and co-director of Studio Edwards, a Melbourne-based design practice established in 2016: Mari Hunt, an Estonian architect, partner and co-founder of the architecture office b210, a lecturer at the Estonian Academy of Arts, a polar enthusiast and a tiny house builder; Suzanne Hunt, founder and principal architect at Suzanne Hunt Architect, a multi-awarded practice in Perth, Australia; Pablo Larroulet, a Chilean architect and founder of LARROU ARQ  - Pablo Larroulet Arquitectura: Marco Lavit founder of Atelier LAVIT based in Paris in 2014, which has realized an exclusive tree house, Origin, for the Park of Raray Castle, France, and a series of surprising, floating cabins for an hotel in Chateauneuf-du-Pape; and Cristina Verissimo, co-founding partner of Lisbon-based CVDB arquitectos and chief curator of the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2022.

Bee Breeders and its jury panel would like to thank all the designers that participated in this competition.

We sincerely thank our jury panel
for their time and expertise

Nancy Beka

architectural designer and co-director of Studio Edwards

Australia

Cristina Verissimo

Co-Founder, CVDB arquitectos

Portugal

Marco Lavit

founder of Atelier LAVIT

France

Mari Hunt

partner and co-founder of the architecture office b210

Estonia

Pablo Larroulet

LARROU ARQ - Pablo Larroulet Arquitectura

Chile

Suzanne Hunt

founder and principal architect at Suzanne Hunt Architect

Australia

1st Prize Winner

Project name

Intimo

In our public university there is a strong tradition (75 years and running) of a housing competition, sponsored by the students every year, which has stuck and carried over with us. To us, competitions offer the challenge and opportunity to break free of academic and/or commercial restrictions which we may encounter day to day.

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Maria Lucia Arce
Lucas Cardona
Gonzalo Camargo
Country
Uruguay

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

cocoon

Architecture competitions are a great way of collaborating with like-minded people on projects that reflect your values and provide an opportunity to implement them into real-world use. Having great and inspiring ideas is one thing, but competitions provide realistic boundaries, further shaping and honing whatever you have in mind. Additionally, they present a real need and purpose, and nothing is more satisfying than a realised project that may be of benefit to others.

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Marcel Dawid
Anita Wiśniewska
Brian Dam
Country
Poland

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

TAPATORU

By participating in architectural competitions, we learn the methods and ways of finding architectural ideas. It`s always surprising to find many different solutions for one location.

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Authors
Grzegorz Mączka
Marta Mączka
Country
Poland

BB STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Sanctuary Beacon

Competitions are great platforms to test out our skills and ideas as young architects. They provide a “middle space” between academia and practice, where the unavoidably competitive nature of the profession is channelled positively into a collective intellectual output.

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Yolande Wang
Zekun Qin
Country
United Kingdom
+74 points Buildner University Rankings

BB GREEN AWARD

Project name

Romantic Cabin - Nature Retreat

Authors
Naro Goller
Burak Camgöz
Alexander Lehmann
Country
Germany

Client Favorite

Project name

Romantic Cabin For Two

Authors
Andrea Smaniotto
Barbara Sandri
Country
Italy

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Love nest

Project name

Nurture Amongst Nature

Authors
Amanda Wijaya
Annuska Menoita
Country
New Zealand
Project name

Romantic Quarters

Author
Rand El Haj Hasan
Country
France
Project name

Nestled

Authors
David Gallo
Franklin Min
Shivani Bakhru
Country
Finland
Project name

all in ONE

Authors
Hüseyin Melih Baktır
Nebile Ece Onulay
Çağla Kıran
Country
Turkey
Project name

The Circle of Life

Company
Authors
Misak Terzibasiyan
Taura Aurylaitė
Amir Feizinezhadgheshlaghi
Danai Dafnouli
Country
Netherlands

Shortlisted projects

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A Cabin For Love

Yaoyi Fan
Gabriel Munnich

Design with FRANK

United States

Living the Vacuum

Emanuele Cavaglion
giovanni cavaglion
xing li
xiaoxu liang
Italy

MADE_IN

Paolo Montesanto
Germany

c.42: THEM' and THEIR's

Elliott Morgan
Zimin Lee
New Zealand

Intimo

Maria Lucia Arce
Lucas Cardona
Gonzalo Camargo
Uruguay

Project ID 55734

Christian Maidankine
Canada

Axial Cabin

Bridget Scott
Manjeera Kancharla
Tyler Dodd
Australia

cocoon

Marcel Dawid
Anita Wiśniewska
Brian Dam
Poland

Tairongo

Warisa Chaisutyakorn
Thong-ek Kladpan
Surunchana Chotivisit
Yotsawadee Potippayawong

Nikken Sekkei (Thailand) Ltd.

Thailand

Love nest

Plamena Draganova
Tsvetelina Gadzhelova

University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Bulgaria

LEVITATION

Györgyi teréz Jánszky
Vanda Beatrix Buriana

Jánszky Design Kft.

Hungary

Plot 4

Ryuki Han
New Zealand

PC4

Rob Brown
Australia

Romantic Cabin For Two

Andrea Smaniotto
Barbara Sandri
Italy

Tomasz Gęsiak
Poland

Romantic Cabin for Two

Mark Chalhoub
Lejla Sejdinovic
Niyousha Ahmadi naeini
Canada

NGĀWARI CABIN FOR TWO

Mayawee Panjaphakdee
Thapana Kositchaiwat
Natchanan Bonoy
Wachiraporn Sumranjit

King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Thailand

The Frame

Javier Anzueto busto
María Arriola flesch

Universidad Francisco Marroquín

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Guatemala

The Circle of Life

Misak Terzibasiyan
Taura Aurylaitė
Amir Feizinezhadgheshlaghi
Danai Dafnouli

UArchitects

Netherlands

CABIN

Dairis Tiesnesis
Latvia

Romantic Cabin - Nature Retreat

Naro Goller
Burak Camgöz
Alexander Lehmann
Germany

Coromandel Cottage

Jacques Orton
South Africa

Cameram

Graham Oakley
Wilfred Rodriguez
Hanna Aaron
United States

Romantic Retreat

Andrew Glicksberg
United States

Gate to symbiosis

Artur Gała

Silesian University of Technology: Faculty of Architecture

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Nurture Amongst Nature

Amanda Wijaya
Annuska Menoita
New Zealand

Bach 42

Emanuele Lisci
New Zealand

Waitakaruru

Seth Trocio
Chris Gandhi
William Creighton

Victoria University of Wellington

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
New Zealand

Mauri Tau

Pawel Pacak
Poland

Sanctuary Beacon

Yolande Wang
Zekun Qin

Architectural Association

+74 points Buildner University Rankings!
United Kingdom

Romantic Quarters

Rand El Haj Hasan
France

Bon Voyage

Honggi Lim
South Korea

Harmony House

Olivia Wong
Justin Crook
New Zealand

all in ONE

Hüseyin Melih Baktır
Nebile Ece Onulay
Çağla Kıran
Turkey

TAPATORU

Grzegorz Mączka
Marta Mączka
Poland

Romantic Cabin For Two

Ana Niza
Portugal

360

Liis Sepp
Angeelika Kaja
Estonia

Romantic Cabin For Two

Ufaira Abida
Sulaiman Abedi
United Arab Emirates

The Nest

Ahmed Elmaghraby
Taha Ghaleb
Mohammed Zaki
Egypt

Nestled

David Gallo
Franklin Min
Shivani Bakhru
Finland