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Buildner, in collaboration with Kingspan, has announced the winners of the MICROHOME Kingspan Edition 2024/25, a global architecture competition challenging participants to design an off-grid, modular home for two within just 25 square meters. With a €100,000 prize fund, the competition attracted forward-thinking projects addressing sustainability, adaptability, and affordability in the face of the global housing crisis.
1st Prize went to Thomas William Ewing (UK) for Monsoon Pontoon, a flood-resilient microhome for Bangladesh built from bamboo and recycled plastics, integrating solar energy and rainwater harvesting. 2nd Prize was awarded to Yi Yang Chai (Malaysia) for Jenga, a modular retrofit strategy that transforms abandoned towers into vertical microhome communities using low-carbon materials and renewable systems. 3rd Prize went to an Italian team—Nguyên, Egidi, Solar Lezama, and Mcdonell—for a wildfire recovery housing system combining modular timber construction with off-grid sustainability.
Special Awards:
Kingspan Award: Floaterra by Yi Yan and Andres Felipe Pineda (USA) — a floating, climate-adaptive microhome with autonomous systems.
Student Award: First Aid Kit by a team from Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) — modular housing for displacement relief.
Sustainability Award: A project from France integrating housing with agriculture and zero-cement construction.
The competition was juried by experts from Zaha Hadid Architects, Snøhetta, MAD Architects, Peter Pichler Architecture, and Kingspan. Visit the MICROHOME competition website for the full list of winners and shortlisted projects.
The 10th MICROHOME competition is now open with another €100,000 prize pool and selected projects set to be constructed. Register now to shape the future of compact, sustainable living.
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1st prize
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Kingspan Award
Student Award
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