Architecture International Contest: Emergent Housing

Submission: 22nd September 2025 Registration: 7th September 2025 Location: Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico Language: spanish Prizes: US $3,500 Type: Ideas competitions

About Competition
Ideas Competition for the conceptualization of a modular, emergent housing model for the people displaced by disasters. The model must be adaptable to diverse contexts (urban/rural, warm/cold), low-cost, rapid implementation, and scalable. EMERGENT HOUSING will be conceptualized as a modular, sustainable housing prototype that can be rapidly implemented and adapted to different geographic and cultural contexts.

Requirements / Eligibility
The contest is aimed at all qualified architects and architecture students of theworld, as long as Spanish is maintained as the official language

Submission / Key Dates
This proposal must prioritize local and recyclable materials, safety, and privacy, integrating aesthetic, modular architecture and construction economy, in order to offer an immediate solution that can evolve into a long-term habitable home.

This prototype is designed to be adaptable to other crisis contexts such as Tacloban (Philippines), Gorkha (Nepal), Beira (Mozambique), Lahaina (Hawaii), among others. Its modular and low-cost approach allows for scalability for international use in areas affected by earthquakes, hurricanes, or conflicts.

SCHEDULE

23 june | Call to announcement

23 june – 29 june | Pre registry

30 june | Start of inscriptions

25 july | End of the first stage of registration

16 august | Ad members of the Evaluation Committee

21 august | End of consultation period

22 augustv | Second stage of registration ends

07 september | End of registration period

22 september | Deadline for submission of proposals

29 september | Judgment of the Evaluation Committee

01 october | Dissemination of results

03 october | Awards

PRIZES

1º PRIZE US $ 3,500

+ Exhibition and diffusion in the main architecture sites worldwide.

+ Virtual booklet of the best proposals.

3 HONORABLE MENTIONS

+ Exhibition and diffusion in the main architecture sites worldwide.

+ Virtual booklet of the best proposals

About the Organizer

We are a company that organizes Architecture Ideas Contests for young architects and architecture students around the world. Every year we strive to create themes related to building a new Architectural culture, from a sustainable and planet-friendly perspective. We always stay up to date with the problems that our planet is suffering, and that, as architects, we can always help with new and innovative ideas.

RATES

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