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Submission: December 28, 2021
Registration: December 27, 2021
Language: English
Location: Kenya
Prizes: $24000
Type: Open Competition

 

The challenge is to design a folding house model that is transportable and does not consist of a settled building. More than 80 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide, of which 26.3 million people are refugees. The accommodation of most of these refugees is done by developing countries. The task at hand is to provide an immediate shelter that is safe and provides supplies for a short time. Even though the concept is temporary, most refugee camps are forced to exist, way beyond the time that they were planned for.

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Submission: July 3, 2019
Registration: July 3, 2019
Language: English
Location: Mexico
Prizes: 20.000€ + CONSTRUCTION
Type: Open

 

THE WINNING PROPOSAL WILL BE BUILT

The social catastrophe of Latin America has its epicenter in the popular settlements.
It is in Latin America, the most urbanized and unequal region in the world, where 104 million people live in popular settlements. Here, 1 of every 4 inhabitants of urban areas, lives in a slum, villa, favela or camp, in a situation of poverty. These populations must subsist by their own means, with the constant violation of their rights. Continue reading

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