Office pods that could replace parked cars and a conceptual technology that brings nature into the home are among the three finalists of the inaugural Davidson Prize.
Launched in 2020 by the Alan Davidson Foundation, the Davidson Prize is an annual awards programme that celebrates "transformative architecture of the home".
This year's finalists are Com-View-Nism by New Normal, The Antipody by Origin 3 Studio and HomeForest by HomeForest, chosen from an 18-strong shortlist.
Each project envisages how people could live and work following the coronavirus pandemic, in response to a brief called Home/Work ? A New Future.
Above: Com-View-Nism is one of three finalists of the Davidson Prize. Top image: HomeForest is also in the running Com-View-Nism by New Normal is a concept for a pop-out window pod that doubles as a workspace, built from sustainable and widely available materials.
It was developed to address the solitude associated with working from home by helping to visually connect neighbours and encouraging community interaction.
Com-View-Nism is a concept for a flat-pack window pod
The HomeForest proposal explores the benefits of bringing artificial nature into indoor environments using everyday technology.
It imagines a system that senses the presence of an occupant in a space and then transforms their surroundings with sound, smell, light and projections. The idea draws on nature's restorative benefits and is intended to "trigger the body's healing mechanis...