BLA DESIGN GROUP has won first place for a sustainable microhome design called Shifting Nests through the 2019 International MICROHOME architecture competition.
BLA Design Group – Rendering of Competition Winning Design (CNW Group/BLA Design Group)
Presented by Bee Breeders, the inaugural MICROHOME architectural design competition is the first chapter of Bee Breeders? Small Scale Architecture Appreciation Movement, which highlights small projects from around the world that offer big ideas.
The Vancouver-based studio?s project is intended to provide an alternative, entry-level option for the city?s increasingly unaffordable housing market.
The jury commentary states that the jurors were “impressed by the sensible linear plan layout,” and that “the project is depicted beautifully in plan and section, giving sense to the project’s layout and form.” “The key requirement of the competition was to create a livable entry-level home that didn’t exceed 25 square metres. In the context of the affordability challenges of Vancouver’s housing market, this felt like more of a mission than an academic exercise,” said Jerry Liu, co-founder of Vancouver’s BLA Design Group. “We’re incredibly humbled to have had our vision recognized by such a well-respected group of prominent architects and university professors, particularly given the strength the submissions by the short-listed competitors.”
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