
...Design "HER PLACE" a girls’ development centre that welcomes girls from Nepalese municipalities, spreading knowledge and support to rural areas and above all providing a safe environment for deeply vulnerable young women in need.
There are thousands of young women in deeply difficult and abusive situations with nowhere to turn. The region desperately needs a centre where these girls can come for help, support, refuge and education about their rights.
The aim of this competition is to encourage and reward,
- design excellence on a humanitarian issue which integrates function, aesthetics and structural ingenuity, improving the lives of people in Nepal.
-Research, respond to and highlight the unique aspects of design through consideration of contextual + environmental factors.
-Encourage sustainable design that provides a secure, long lasting building proposal for the charity partners and its benefactors.
- See your design built and aid in improving the life's of young women and their families.
The Site is located on the edge of Devachuli, close to a river and currently is made up of agricultural fields. It is a long rectilinear site that runs from east to west and is 100m by 13.5m. The client team would like to construct the building on 50% of the site leaving the rest of the site for garden and parking. All proposals should include (approx. areas given in m2):
- Reception and admin area
(15m2)
- 2x washrooms (each with 6 toilets)
- 2x large training halls
(300m2)
- 3x office rooms
(16m2)
- 2x ensuite guest rooms
(20m2)
- 1x multi-purpose storage area
(15m2)
Winning proposals will consider the following factors,
Entries:
- Each proposal should include 3x A3 panels (combined in a PDF to include): 1x full page render, and 2x pages with plans, sections and elevations along with any other information that supports the main elements of your design. Please note you will recieve a site plan, google map location, short video of the site, unique reference number and information on how/where to upload your proposal when you have completed the registration process.
The Prize:
- The selected winning design will be built this year with secured funding... This is your chance to see your design make a real difference!
9 excellent projects will receive honourable mentions along with the press pack released with the winning announcement.
The Considerations - Proposals should;
- be a maximum of 2 storeys in height.
- carefully consider the seismic activity in the zone.
- use design to provide a safe welcoming space for local user groups.
Key Dates:
FEB 15 LAUNCH
APRIL 1 REGISTRATION deadline
APRIL 10 SUBMISSION deadline
APRIL 24 ANNOUNCE winners
Fee + Registration:
- This single stage competition is open to all. Fees will support this and other building trust charitable projects.
Take a look at some of our past winners from the last 10 years!
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MOVING SCHOOLS: Amadeo Bennetta / Daniel LaRossa, USA. UNDP HOUSING CHALLENGE: Neha Rane and Avneesh Tiwari, India. CAMBOO: Roberto Bologna, Fernando Barth, Chiara Moretti and Denny Pagliai from Firenze, Italy. PLAYSCAPES: Gerrit Strydom & Lwandile Gcume, South Africa. COOL SCHOOL: Kyle Wylde, Nathan Woodward, Stephen Hawkins and Charley Burrough, UK. SUSTAINABLE HOME: Mary Ann Jackson, Ralph Green, Muhammad Kamil, Nick Shearman, Australia. - Keith Greenwald, Lisa Ekle, USA. - Jess Lumley, Alexander Koller, UK, HOME: levitt bernstein, UK. - MOVED2CARE: Patrick Morgan, Simon Morgan, Jhanéa Williams, USA
HOME: Elena Ardighieri, Denmark MOVED2CARE: Christopher Knitt, University of Wisconsin, USA. PLAYSCAPES:Ricardo Alves Morais, Ivo Castro Nascimento, João Maria Bebiano Peixe, Diogo Baeta Neves dos Anjos, Rúben de Sousa Teodoro & Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, MOVINGSCHOOLS: Gauri Satam, Tejesh Patil, Sir J.J. College of Architecture, India .
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