Volvo Cars Canada and the Interior Design Show Toronto have announced the shortlist finalists for The New Garage Design Challenge, a sustainable design challenge to imagine the future of garage spaces.
The New Garage Shortlist Finalist Concepts (Image: Volvo Car Canada Ltd.)
According to Volvo, born from the insights of a recent study that showed 40 per cent of Canadians have the desire to create more livable spaces in their homes, The New Garage Design Challenge aimed to empower conceptual thinkers, design thought leaders, and ultimately inspire all eligible Canadians to re-think the garage and vehicle relationship into one that embodies innovative, beautifully designed and sustainable elements.
Submissions for the challenge were accepted from across Canada from October 29th ? December 31st, 2020. A panel of Canadian architects and designers judged the challenge, including: APPAREIL architecture: Kim Pariseau and Justine Dumas, MSDS Studio: Jonathan Sabine and Jessica Nakanishi, Campos Studio: Javier Campos, and from Sweden, Volvo Cars’ Head of Design, Robin Page. “We were all agreeably impressed with the diversity in design thinking across the entries,” said Robin Page, Head of Design, Volvo Cars. “The interpretations were clean and modern, Scandianvian-inspired, but also imaginative in the ways they re-framed the space to embrace nature and address more liveable functions.”
According to Volo Cars, while designs were received...