Competitions serve as a platform for us to explore fresh ideas, challenge ourselves, and experiment with cutting-edge design concepts. They grant us the freedom to think creatively and approach problems in unconventional ways, fostering a culture of innovation within our team. This environment also enables us to continuously refine our skills as we engage with diverse design briefs and problem-solving scenarios, offering a strong sense of growth and development.

We participate in architecture competitions because they offer a space for exploration beyond the constraints of conventional practice. Especially as a recently graduated architect and someone from other disciplines who are interested in architecture, we find them valuable for testing ideas, shaping our voice, and showing the direction we want our career to take. They allow us to engage with topics we are passionate about—such as housing, adaptability, and sustainability—even if those themes aren't always accessible in the early stages of professional practice. Competitions also create a space for dialogue: with other designers, with urgent issues, and with possible futures. In addition, they provide an opportunity to push boundaries, challenge assumptions, and develop a more critical and personal approach to architecture.

We take part in architecture competitions because they give us the freedom to experiment and exercise our creativity beyond the constraints of everyday practice. Competitions also offer a moment to pause, step back, and gain a critical perspective on our ongoing projects. Each new challenge brings valuable insights, and we often find ourselves integrating the ideas and solutions we develop into our daily work.

We participate in architecture competitions because they provide a space for exploration unconstrained by commercial, procedural, or pragmatic limitations. Competitions allow us to test ideas, challenge norms, and engage with global conversations about the future of the built environment. As a team with diverse architectural backgrounds, these platforms give us an opportunity to merge our different strengths from strategic thinking and sustainability to narrative-driven design and spatial experimentation. Competitions are a way to continually challenge our understanding of architecture as an experience, not just a discipline. They push us to rethink how spaces influence behaviour, how design can respond to social needs, and how architecture can shape more meaningful ways of living.

I enjoy participating in architecture competitions because each one is an opportunity for professional growth. Every competition leaves me enriched, with new perspectives, refined skills, and a strengthened creative approach.

I participate in architecture competitions as an opportunity to learn, to identify meaningful problems and offer thoughtful, beautiful solutions. More than that, I’m curious about how my ideas can contribute to the broader architectural dialogue. What perspectives do I bring? What can I create that serves others? These challenges help me uncover my values as a designer and push me to grow.

I participate in architecture competitions as a setting to follow a design idea to its most extreme end.

Architecture competitions are a great opportunity to push the limits of our creativity and work in an unrestricted and speculative way which can establish an interesting narrative and really push it to its limits - which can be hard to achieve in day-to-day practice. In the case of the Microhome 10 Competition, our experience of residential architecture in London has highlighted the housing crisis that we are in. The Competition gave us the opportunity to develop on an innovative design solution to this crisis.

We participate in architecture competitions as they provide opportunities to explore new design methods and test ideas beyond the constraints of typical briefs. Competitions encourage a level of experimentation that expands our architectural thinking and allows us to investigate how theoretical concepts can translate into tangible solutions.

We participate in competitions because they provide a space for creative freedom, allowing us to explore ideas without the typical limitations of professional practice. They enable us to take on conceptual challenges, experiment with new strategies, and dive deeper into topics we consider priorities, such as minimal housing, climate resilience, and social integration. Furthermore, competitions motivate us to grow as a team, strengthen our methodologies, and share our vision with a global community.