Foreword

Buildner is pleased to announce the results of its Portugal Elderly Home Competition!

This event tasked participants with designing a retirement home on a sloping site in central Portugal to house 60 residents and ten support staff. The brief outlined a program which included features such as a small library, a gathering room, a chapel, a kitchen, and a dining room, as well as a private area that could function as a nurse's room and therapy room for psychological support. The competition was designed to seed innovative ideas for housing an aging population.

Buildner collaborated with a regional and international jury boasting a broad range of experiences: Ricardo Gomes is partner of Portugal-based KWY.studio; Samuel Gonçalves is the founder of SUMMARY, an architectural practice based in Porto, Portugal which was selected as the 2020 “The Emerging Architect of the Year” by Dezeen readers; Tiago Krusse is a professional journalist with more than 22 years of experience writing about design, architecture and art, and is manager of a digital media group that holds the publications Design Magazine, Design Magazine Brasil and architectura MAGAZINE; Marta Frazão and Inês Vicente are partners at Atelier Data, a Lisbon-based office; Tudor Radulescu is Partner and Co-founder of KANVA, a Montreal-based multidisciplinary architectural firm whose work is at the forefront of thinking, imagining, drawing and constructing collective space; Catarina Ribeiro is a co-founder of merooficina, a Porto-based office; Lera Samovich is an architect at Fala Atelier in Porto, Portugal; and Robert van Kats is an architect and partner at bkvv architecten, an architectural practice based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Buildner and its jury panel would like to thank each of the participants from around the world that submitted ideas to this event.

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Portugal 
Elderly Home

1st Prize Winner +
Client Favorite

Project name

Casa das Oliveiras

One brief, multiple answers. Competitions broaden our views, revealing the multitude of approaches that can be taken to address the same question, thus transforming it into a powerful learning experience.

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Authors Natalia Maslennikova, Sara Martins , Alecsandra Trofin
Country Portugal
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 9/10 Annotation
  • 9/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Jardim do Sobreiro

Architecture competitions provide an opportunity for Atelier L’Abri to explore new ideas, foster innovation, and showcase the workshop's creative capabilities and expertise.

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Country Canada
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 8/10 Annotation
  • 8/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

The Terrace

We join the competition for the reason that it provides us with a platform to inspire our passion and create works freely. Architects often face multiple restrictions in their routine work due to various reasons. However, in this competition, we can delve deeper into current social issues and problems, giving more attention to the context of our designs. By enhancing our design philosophy and updating traditional design styles, we strive to pursue optimal solutions.

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Authors Dian Luo, Xiang Liu, Guisong Zhang
Country China
  • 9/10 Linework
  • 9/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 7/10 Annotation
  • 8/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 9/10 Quality of overall presentation

BUILDNER STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Elderly oasis

We appreciate the fact that competitions contribute to the creation of new and high-quality projects. For the client, this means having access to multiple answers for a specific brief, which enhances the quality of the final design by validating it through various solutions. Simultaneously, we embrace competition as it stimulates our interest in the perspectives of other architects and the diversity of ideas. It is highly positive that architectural competitions are gaining prominence these days and encompass a wide range of interesting briefs at different scales.

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Authors Samuel Andrejcak, Jakub Ceresnik, Lukas Bim
Country Slovakia
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
  • 10/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 10/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 8/10 Annotation
  • 9/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

BUILDNER SUSTAINABILITY AWARD

Project name

Embrace

Competition projects serve as the perfect laboratory for us to imagine and test new ideas, serving various purposes. For the organizer/initiator of the competition, we strive to present a different, unique, yet always fitting and realistic idea to address the challenges of the design brief. For a broader audience, we aim to create inviting, understandable, and compelling design proposals that facilitate discussions on specific socially relevant subjects. Personally, competitions provide us with a method to push ourselves further, expand our knowledge as a design team, and specialize in a particular area within architecture. In this case, the focus is on elderly housing and the relationship and impact of the built environment on a person's well-being through eco-friendly design.

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  • 8/10 Linework
  • 10/10 Quality of drawings
  • 10/10 Balance of color
  • 9/10 Layout
  • 10/10 Hierarchy
  • 10/10 Annotation
  • 10/10 Text
  • 9/10 Clarity of story
  • 10/10 Clarity of diagrams
  • 10/10 Quality of overall presentation

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Patium "Elderly retirement"

Authors Carlos Aridane Gonzalez Cuervo, Rafał Matusik, Jakub Masłowski, Justyna Masłowska
Country Spain
Project name

Mosaics of Daily Life

Author Virginia Lucía Chavarría Elvir
Country Nicaragua
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O Pavilhão

Authors Quentin Roy, Samuel Cabiron
Country France
Project name

The local park

Authors Manh Nguyen Hoang, Long Nguyen Quoc, Huy Nguyen The, Minh Mai Ngoc
Country Vietnam
Project name

Terrace

Authors Tianyu Zhang, Huilian Tang, Zhiwei Liu
Country Germany
Project name

Andorinha de Areia

Authors Jeroen Mensink, André de Hoop, Salomé Suarez Vilas, Shane Kemp
Country Netherlands

Shortlisted projects

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"Arches of Tranquility: Elderly Residence Project"

Alborz Nazari

Madison Young

United States

EXPANSIVE LANDSCAPE

Nicholas Holanda

Kaique Xavier

Gustavo murilo Pessini

Manuel eduardo López

Brazil

Circulos da Vida

Ramon Yepez

Anastasia Carvallo

Venezuela

TOGETHER

Muhan Li

China

Casa Povo

Agustín Larrosa

Santiago Arizcun

Gastón Palermo

Universidad ORT Uruguay (Campus Center)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Uruguay

Town-Homes: Structuring the Social and Solitary

Tucker Douglas

Taylor Halamka

United States

HOLM OAK COMMUNITY

Yanis Newman-pache

The University of Melbourne

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Australia

Elderly oasis

Samuel Andrejcak

Jakub Ceresnik

Lukas Bim

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU)

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Slovakia

ATRIUM

Noui Sara

Hugo Chassard

Charlotte Fontaine

Ami studio

France

Braided Homes

Madeline Engen

Carla Engen

Canada

The Shape of Home

Zhenting Jiang

United Kingdom

Avô

Vlad Olaru

Alexandru Călin

Andra Drăgan

Bogdan Mihăilă

Romania

Embrace

Christian Meezen

Adrian Martinez Morcillo

Idris Bahadur

ROP Architects

Netherlands

PINHA

Maral Günenç tıkıroğlu

Ezgi Kalender

Deniz Topaloğlu

Zeynep yasemin Değermenci

Turkey

Jardim do Sobreiro

Atelier L'abri

Canada

Portuguese home for the elderly

向磊 丁

玉楠 张

佳怡 毛

卓杰 李

China

Our Little Farm

Ahmed Elmaghraby

Egypt

Terrace

Tianyu Zhang

Huilian Tang

Zhiwei Liu

Germany

The Terrace

Dian Luo

Xiang Liu

Guisong Zhang

China

Saudade

David Rodriguez

Mariela Lugo

Brian Torres

Fernando Irizarry

Partner Studio llc

Puerto Rico

Now and together

Konstantin Kim

Austria

Vida na Colina

Dara edrei Zilli garcía

Regina Mestre vargas

Universidad Anáhuac Querétaro

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Mexico

O Pavilhão

Quentin Roy

Samuel Cabiron

France

Casa do planalto

Oskar Stare

Julius Andersson

Andersson & Stare Arkitekter

Sweden

SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSE

Andrea Bergamini

Italy

sensitivity to needs. eldery home in Portugal

Patryk Włodarczyk

Cracow University of Technology (Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

portugal elderly home...a little village

Paweł Gacek

Poland

Trinitas

Sabrina De sousa carriço

Fiorella Rapisarda

France

Home of New Horizons

Tamás Herczeg

Hungary

Active ageing

Kristina Klimova

Pe.Pl.CULT

Kazakhstan

Elderly Home Portugal

Nadav Gefen- furestain

Neta Gefen-Grinbaum

Israel

Patium "Elderly retirement"

Carlos Aridane Gonzalez Cuervo

Rafał Matusik

Jakub Masłowski

Justyna Masłowska

Spain

Andorinha de Areia

Jeroen Mensink

André de Hoop

Salomé Suarez Vilas

Shane Kemp

Netherlands

The local park

Manh Nguyen Hoang

Long Nguyen Quoc

Huy Nguyen The

Minh Mai Ngoc

MIA Design Studio

Vietnam

Casa De Jardim

Geza Gyetvai

Solongo Batsaikhan

János Szőke

Buda-Office KFT

Hungary

Returning Home

Inês Guilherme

Leonor Teixeira

Luísa Maruny

Porto School of Architecture , Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Portugal

Mosaics of Daily Life

Virginia Lucía Chavarría Elvir

Nicaragua

Casa das Oliveiras

Natalia Maslennikova

Sara Martins

Alecsandra Trofin

Portugal

WHITE BLOCKS

Koki Masumi

Makoto Wada

Japan

deference

Ana rita Gomes

Samuel Leite

Nide Marques dos santos

Portugal