iNTA 2025 Design Competition
Design Innovations for Housing in the Tropics
An International Competition on Climate-Responsive Housing in the Tropics
In coordination with the 9th International Conference of the International Network for Tropical Architecture (INTA), the 2025 iNTA Design Competition invites designers, architects, engineers, students, and interdisciplinary teams to submit climate-responsive housing projects for tropical regions that address the unique environmental, cultural, and social challenges of tropical climates.
Submissions must have been completed within the last five years, including unbuilt design submissions, and should either be located in a tropical/subtropical region (defined as between latitude 23° north and south) and/or addressing extreme tropical/subtropical extreme weather-related conditions (e.g., coastal storm events, extreme drought).
Designs should embody the conference’s themes of resilience, sustainability, action, and adaptive reuse focusing on the integration of environmental performance with architectural expression. Housing proposals should demonstrate sensitivity to local culture, materials, and community needs, while advancing strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation.
Entrants are challenged to rethink tropical housing as an ecological interface, a cultural artifact, and a platform for community action. The competition calls for innovative, resilient, and sustainable roof designs that respond to the unique challenges of tropical climates while embracing local culture, materials, and community needs. Designs should reflect the conference’s themes of resilience, sustainability, and action, focusing on the intersection of environmental performance and architectural expression.
