Introduction

COMPETITION ORGANISERS
Rome 
Collective Living Challenge
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Rome 
Collective Living Challenge Rome 
Collective Living Challenge

In 2018 protesters took to the streets of Rome to rally against resident evictions. After years of housing shortages, rising rental prices, and unemployment, thousands of families and individuals were no longer able to meet their mortgage and rent payments, and many were being forced from their homes. This is just one event that exhibits how Rome, like several capital European cities, has simply become unaffordable.

For the Rome Collective Living Challenge, we’ve asked architects and designers to propose solutions for collective living in Rome.

Participants were tasked with designing a concept for affordable co-living. Instead of considering ways to construct thousands of new, individual apartments in Rome, this competition focused on housing solutions that might offer both affordability and community. We sought ideas that could potentially be implemented across Rome to increase housing stock. There was no minimum size required, and proposals were asked to be flexible enough to adapt to different locations and inhabitant requirements. Participants were free to choose and identify their own competition sites.

Several submitted proposals sought methods for increasing density within the existing generic building stock. Others targeted specific Roman sites such as the Aurelian Walls or the Tiber riverfront. Others still sought to rework parking lots and other low-density spaces seemingly present everywhere throughout Rome.

When judging the proposals, the jury asked two primary questions: Does the proposal introduce thoughtful or novel concepts for community living? And how does it respond specifically to Rome’s urban situation?

This competition is part of Bee Breeders’ Affordable Housing Crisis design series, which has over the past year introduced a number of proposals to address the global demand for urban housing. Some of these submissions and others have been included in the inaugural print publication by ARCHHIVE: Issue 1: What is Affordable Housing?

Bee Breeders would like to thank all designers who participated in this competition!

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1st Prize Winner +
BB STUDENT AWARD

Project name

Vita del Muro

To participate in an architecture vision competition is an important step from the imaginative stage to the professional. When participating, one is pushed into thorough research, clear communication as well as questioning and refining the material produced.

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University
Authors
Karin Frykholm
Lisa Fransson
Rron Bexheti
Country
Sweden
+178 points Buildner University Rankings

2nd Prize Winner

Project name

Anti-Isolato

These competitions give a voice to what is most needed in our built environment. It creates a platform upon which to develop new narratives in hand with provocative designs.

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Authors
George Guida
Country
Italy

3rd Prize Winner

Project name

R[h]ome: diverse community living

I find that architecture vision competitions give participants more freedom to tackle social and architectural issues, while at the same time providing a platform for discussion around sensitive topics which architects and designers would otherwise not have the ability to discuss or argue. In a vision competition it's not about providing enough content to achieve an 'A+' on your report card, neither is it about meeting client demands, strict budgets and bureaucratic restrictions. It allows architects and designers the opportunity to research, experiment, create and discover, in an attempt to solve real problems in an 'out of the box' yet educated and inspired manner.

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Authors
Philip Kolevsohn
Country
South Africa
+74 points Buildner University Rankings

BB GREEN AWARD

Project name

COOP - a construction system for city-actors

We participate in architecture competitions because we can explore creativity, create remarkable designs and study unusual themes. In this specific competition we were especially interested about the site, the city of Rome, a historical and cultural environment where Camilla and Rafaela had lived.

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Authors
Isabel Magalhães
Rafaela Barcelos
Ana Marta Lins
Camilla Rodrigues
Country
Brazil

Honorable Mentions

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Project name

Rome In Ruins

University
Authors
Tara Fartash-Naini
Paul Weedle
Kajsa Henriksson
Country
Sweden
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
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Living on the Lungotevere

University
Authors
Isak Jannert
Anna McDermott
Gustav Svanberg
Country
Sweden
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
Project name

Domestic Equipment for a New Collectivity in Rome

Authors
Jacob Comerci
Eli Braff Back
Country
United States
Project name

Coliving Family Tree

Authors
Daria Studneva
Julia Studneva
Vitali Arabei
Country
Belarus
+72 points Buildner University Rankings
Project name

Network Communities Rome

Authors
Oleksandr Kolesnykov
Anton Zheleznov
Ruslana Lomakina
Ivan Seleshok
Country
Ukraine
Project name

Forum Domus

Authors
Chang Yuan Max Hsu
Jeremy Leonard
Country
United States

Shortlisted projects

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living on the edge

Maja Mawusi

Gdańsk University of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Jolanda Devalle
Alison Zuccaro
United States

Customized

Agata Popieluch

Politechnika Wrocławska

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Open Up! - private living, communal life

Nienke Borgman
Netherlands

The Living Commons

Changfeng Chen

University of Waterloo School of Architecture

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Canada

WHY COURTS ARE EMPTY

Alessandro Di egidio
Martina Di egidio
Leila Bochicchio
Italy

Maria Cheltsova-bebutova
Anna Vorobyova
Yana Kurilova
Denis Omelchenko

Moscow Institute of Architecture

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Russian Federation

CIRCUIT BOARD HOMES

Kelvin Kong
Shun ming King
Hong Kong

Co-Block, an Urbanistic Approach to Collective Housing

Naomi Hébert
Ji won Jun
Shu Guo
United States

BENDING STANDARDS

Andrea Bosio
Cristina Caprioli
Italy

Our Urban Living Room

Fatemeh Bahari
Soheil Shahnazari
Sweden

Living on the Lungotevere

Isak Jannert
Anna McDermott
Gustav Svanberg
Sweden

Rome In Ruins

Tara Fartash-Naini
Paul Weedle
Kajsa Henriksson
Sweden

Casa di Tutti

Justyna Krokowska
Chen yi Lee
Nicholas Hartman
Sweden

Vita del Muro

Karin Frykholm
Lisa Fransson
Rron Bexheti
Sweden

Select ! Insert ! Revamp !

Yeong joon Ko
Jae kyeong Moon
Dong hyun Limb
Gwang hyeon Park
South Korea

Co.Villa

Maria Amado mannise
Maria Eizayaga
Natália ayumi Sato
Taís De moraes alves
Uruguay

Up-world

Zheng Yang
Hansen Sentosa
Fan-kai Lin
United States

Amanti Del Cibo

Kyungen Kim
Borum Kim
Jayeon Chung
Nha Npark

Suh Architects

South Korea

Youtopia

Siyka Georgieva
Katia Al chosmpan or al hussban
Italy

Living Vessel

Xin Chen
Danlei Yang
Hsin-wei Wang
China

mod 1.60

Dimitrije Milic
Aleksa Asanin
Visnja Trudic
Dusan Kitanovic

Arhi.pro

Serbia

Urban Bionics

Varalika Raj singh
Poojitha M p vadana
India

Domestic Equipment for a New Collectivity in Rome

Jacob Comerci
Eli Braff Back
United States

The Elysian Co-Housing Project

Sara Mountford
Eric Anderson
United States

ALL ROADS LEAD TO HOME

Katie Burrell
Abigail Vanderlek
Elise Wang
United States

Roman Archi Alphabet

Nadezda Vozzhaeva
Uliana Zhomnir
Fedor Shemyakin

Moscow Architectural Institute MARKHI

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Russian Federation

SCREENS

Giacomo Caputo
Germany

Project ID 17476

Tomáš Martiš

Czech Republic

Colorful intimacy

Ekaterina Lavrinenko
Olga Garanina
Olesya Opara

Moscow Institute of Architecture (State Academy)

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Russian Federation

URBAN HOUSE

Magdalena Baraniak
Katarzyna Pieprzyk
Joanna Stefańczyk
Zuzanna Jankowska

Poznan University of Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

Digital Cave

Olga Sizoy
Elizaveta Nikolskaya

Moscow Architectural Institute

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Russian Federation

Anti-Isolato

George Guida
Italy

Cohabitation: New layer of Rome

Paulina Lechowska

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Poland

[inside ROME]²

Gabriel grothge Faria
Henry Farkas
Beatriz Cressoni
Carolina mescollotto Moretti

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Brazil

R[h]ome: diverse community living

Philip Kolevsohn
South Africa

Network Communities Rome

Oleksandr Kolesnykov
Anton Zheleznov
Ruslana Lomakina
Ivan Seleshok
Ukraine

COOP - a construction system for city-actors

Isabel Magalhães
Rafaela Barcelos
Ana Marta Lins
Camilla Rodrigues
Brazil

REGAIN ROME

Weronika Gajda
Maja Wrzeszcz
Marta Przygoda
Poland

The (Un)divided City

Alexandru octavian Mitea

Architectural Association School of Architecture

+22 points Buildner University Rankings!
Romania

vivadotto

Laura carina Kurz
Jörn Kehrer
Germany

CommonGround

Shaun Lee
Kelly Choi
Jade Tan
Australia

Insula IV

Ruslan Lukashchuk
Ukraine

The Co-Folding Project

Eirini Kanargieli
Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Maria Chatzikallia

Greece

Wooden boxes for living

Erik Vodenik
Simon Magerl
Slovenia

The Synergy Station

Hao Wu
Qing Xu
United States

Forum Domus

Chang Yuan Max Hsu
Jeremy Leonard
United States

Coliving Family Tree

Daria Studneva
Julia Studneva
Vitali Arabei

Belarusian National Technical University

+72 points Buildner University Rankings!
Belarus

Bogdan Bondarenko
Alexander Lazurenko
Maryna Biletska
Costiantyn Bondarenko
Ukraine

Co-MASSIMO CONNECTS From past to present | From Contrada to Borgata to Rione | From individuals to intentional community

Jo Janssen
Laura Piovan
Andi Belulaj
Maud van Oerle
Netherlands