Foreword

MICROHOME is the fourth edition of an annual architecture competition launched as part of Buildner’s Small-Scale Architecture series and in partnership with ARCHHIVE BOOKS publications. As the affordable housing crisis continues to expand to cities around the globe, and as natural resources dwindle in the face of climate and economic crises, the competition seeks replicable ideas for living small, to better serve our changing world.

The MICROHOME competition series challenges participants to submit designs for an off-grid, modular structure to accommodate a hypothetical young professional couple. The only project requirement is that the total floor does not exceed 25 m². Participants are encouraged to rethink spatial organization and incorporate unique aesthetics, new technologies, and innovative materials. Projects can be set on any site, of any size, anywhere in the world.

Buildner collaborated with an international jury that included: Sevince Bayrak, architect, writer, and co-founder of SO?, an Istanbul-based studio working on architecture and urbanism; Anne Cecilie Haug, the director of staffing, senior architect, and member of the research and innovation team at Snøhetta; Thomas Heyer, lead designer of Cover Technologies, whos company mission is to make living in a thoughtfully designed and well-built home a reality for everyone; Sheri Koones, author of Bigger Than Tiny and other books focused on small-scale housing projects and prefabrication; Francesca Perani, founder of Bergamo, Italy-based Francesca Perani Enterprise, and co-founder of activist project RebelArchitette; Carlo Ratti, director of the research initiative MIT Senseable City Lab, and founder of CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati; Patrik Schumacher, company director at Zaha Hadid Architects; and Christina Seilern, founder of London-based creative practice Studio Seilern Architects.

Buildner and its jury team thank each of the designers who submitted ideas to this competition, from cities around the globe.

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
MICROHOME
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MICROHOME

Design a new concept of small-scale home and share a prize fund of 150,000€

Kingspan Edition - Small living, huge impact! ideas COMPETITION

1st Prize Winner +
AAPPAREL SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Project name

Nomad

Architecture is a process of exploration for me.While being inspired by fields such as art, history, philosophy, sociology and culture, architecture continues to contribute these fields. 


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Author Şeyma Çimen
Country Turkey

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Solar Glass House

Competitions are a good way to train as a team and explore new ideas. They are also an opportunity to share your work to a larger community.

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Authors Antoine Chauvin, Jean d'Ursel
Country France

3rd Prize Winner +
ARCHHIVE STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Urban Shelter

To find out these answers I mentioned above, architects need to challenge themselves, to experiment new strategies. Architecture competitions provide a platform for architects like me to show their understanding of these questions and discuss the durability of these experiments. That’s something practical architecture can never have.

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Author Zhi Zheng
Country United States
+122 points Buildner University Rankings

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Vatra home

Company Archimatika
Authors Valeriia Sema, Dmytro Yahodin, Olga Kovalchuk, Maryna Machulina
Country Ukraine
Project name

Hydro

Authors Daniella Leal, Paloma Maximiliano
Country Brazil
Project name

Césure

Authors Chloé Bourget, Gabriela Neyroud, Jonathan Tordjman, Antoine Foucault
Country France
Project name

Pocket Home

Project name

Glass Dome

Author Yuting Zhang
Country United States
Project name

SYMBIOSIS NEST.

Authors Nikos Sokorelis, Mary Giannaka
Country Greece

Shortlisted projects

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The Boquete Cabin

Kelly Yau

China

Revolve

Damien Lees

Australia

Urban Shelter

Zhi Zheng

United States

Teacher's House

Irene Ilunga

United Kingdom

We must be separately, together

Byeonghyeon Kim

Subin Cha

Seohee Han

Sejong University, 세종대학교

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
South Korea

HORTUS HOME

Jurij Bardelli

Switzerland

Vatra home

Valeriia Sema

Dmytro Yahodin

Olga Kovalchuk

Maryna Machulina

Archimatika

Ukraine

LIFE CONTAINER

Raffaele Merone

Italy

Nomad

Şeyma Çimen

Turkey

Hydro

Daniella Leal

Paloma Maximiliano

Brazil

Dwell-In

Nicholas Ooi

Singapore

sunflower

Sebastian Orner

Christoph Zacharski

Germany

Apta Domum

Claudio c. Araya

Chile

Amir Moradi

Canada

Embedded House

Camila Silvera

Giuliana Panizza

Alba García

Universidad ORT Uruguay (Campus Center)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Uruguay

World micro shelter

Catarina Rodrigues

Ana Ferreira

Maria Azevedo

Portugal

THREE-PIECE SUIT

Félix Roudier

France

Glass Dome

Yuting Zhang

United States

The New Arc

Teymur Osmanov

Lala Iskandarli

Naila Safarli

Germany

REMORA. Mutual Benefit Urban Dwelling.

Victor Ebergenyi kelly

Patricio Manzo Diaz

Mexico

Kinetic Cube

Khaled Abou taam

KHALED ABOU TAAM ARCHITECTS & ATELIER

United States

SU.PER SAYAN

Osrithalita Gabriela

Abimantra Pradhana

Jasmine Pranasiwi

Indonesia

Pocket Home

Michael Rees

Jemima Ashton-Harris

Barbara Witczak

Tom Kerr-Bell

United Kingdom

House of Maena

Dixon Leung

Xiaoqi Sang

Yutao Mei

Tristan Kovacs

Canada

Regenbogen

Ludvig Netré

Sweden

Gone with the wind

Anne Der haroutiounian

Selin Delamare

Imen Bel hadj yahia

Juliette Selingue

France

Césure

Chloé Bourget

Gabriela Neyroud

Jonathan Tordjman

Antoine Foucault

France

The Nook

Chiara Lombardi

Sweden

SYMBIOSIS NEST.

Nikos Sokorelis

Mary Giannaka

Greece

Not just another brick in the wall

Edoardo Marini

Francesca Loreti

Italy

Hybrid Habitats

Samia Kayyali

Carla Bonilla

United States

LOOP

Luca Augusto

Ana clara Cavalcante

Gustavo Zorzeto

Ana paula Gomes

UNB - University of Brasília (Universidade de Brasília)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Brazil

THEATER House

Yusuma Ponnsmith

Kitsupphat Na lampang

Ye Tong

Royal Danish Academy, Det Kongelige Akademi

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Denmark

Solar Glass House

Antoine Chauvin

Jean d'Ursel

France

less is enough

Aristarco samuel Torres

Mariana Tostado

Mexico

Turning Green

Kai-chi Chen

Hsing-yu Ou

Yung-hsiang Yang

Ee-ching Eugenie chiew

Taiwan

CORE HOUSE

Nir Feferberg

Libat Eden

Yuval Yadlin

Israel

HOME ON THE PLATEAU

Ansley Huang

the University of Sydney

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
China

eco wheel

Quoc huy Trinh

France

Over My Garage (OMG)

Nicolo Guida

United States