shoestring challenge Competition to build starter homes on a shoestring
the design must be capable of being customised to also suit a range of potential self-builders. Designs must recognise that
with Grand Designs Live, has launched a design challenge to create a low-cost Starter Home. The competition, which is run annually, was launched during National Custom & Self Build Week and selected entries will be displayed at Grand Designs Live with winners sharing a £5,000 prize fund. The NaCSBA challenge sup-
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ports the Government’s announ- cement that it wants 200,000 ‘Starter Homes’ built by 2020. The Government defines a starter home as having a maximum dis- counted sales price of £250k outside London (£450k in London), to ensure that Starter Homes are within the financial reach of the young first-time buyer.
he National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA), in collaboration
However, the NaCBSA
believes it is possible to build and sell a Starter Home for much less than this guide price through the use of low-cost ‘modular’ solu- tions, or by offering a home that can be completed by the home- owners themselves. The challenge is open to
everyone and judges will be looking for entrants to design an attractive, cost-effective and sus- tainable 65 sq m starter home that can be built for £50,000, or ideally less. The home must include a reasonable living/din- ing area, kitchen, bathroom, study area and one or two-bed- rooms, and the design must be capable of being built to a fully finished state and ready for occu- pation. The home must be capa- ble of sitting on a typical level, fully serviced building plot and
people are attracted to custom and self-build because it gives them the opportunity to customise their home to suit
their
needs. Entries must show at least three different layouts, and a range of internal finish options. One of
these might be a
‘self finish’ option for those purchasers who want
to fit
their own kitchen/bathroom and take care of their own tiling and decoration. Technical detail will also be
important and entrants must explain exactly how the home would be procured and built, who and what kind of builder would construct it, the materials proposed,
insulation levels, heating systems and finally the
method of manufacture. The Starter Home should be
designed work as a standalone and terraced property, or ‘stacked’ to deliver a block of maisonettes or flats. There is a total prize fund of
£5,000, which will be distrib- uted by the judges. In addition to identifying an overall winner, the judges reserve the right to also commend other entries. The judges will decide how much to award to each. Entrants must present their
designs (images, plans and text) on one side of an A2 portrait sheet mounted on lightweight board, and also as a PDF file. A cost report will be required. This must be no more than five sides of A4 (portrait format) provided as a hard copy (in an envelope, attached to the back of your A2 board), and also as a PDF file.
The closing date for entries is 5.00pm, Friday 16th September. For more information visit the website:
nacsba.org.uk/selfbuildonashoestring
At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow
18 May – 29 August 2016 The Architecture Gallery, RIBA (free entry)
of Tomorrow’. The exhibition examines how we live and showcases ideas for future housing design. Six contemporary architec- ture practices from Britain, the Netherlands and France were commissioned to transform cottage, terrace and apartment design to reflect the way we live and work in the 21st century. Using material from the RIBA Collections
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as stimulus, the architects celebrate and cri- tique vernacular housing of the past but also explore ideas of affordability, communal living and housing density today. The new work will be displayed alongside photographs, books and drawings from the collections. The RIBA exhibition is held in partnership
he Portland Place Architecture Gallery at RIBA is hosting a free exhibition ‘At Home in Britain: Designing the House
with a three-part BBC FOUR series, Dan Cruickshank: At Home with the British, which explores the historical development of the British home. Each episode will feature a housing type:
the terraces of Toxteth in Liverpool, the high-rise towers of Bow, East London and the cottages of
rural Stoneleigh
in Warwickshire. Talking about the exhibition, RIBA Head
of Exhibitions Marie Bak Mortensen explained: “This exhibition offers a platform for creative thinking about the way we live now. Through their responses to trends in housing, from connectivity to affordability, the six featured practices will be both shining
The Architecture Gallery at RIBA is open from 10am – 5pm Monday to Sunday and until 8pm every Tuesday and is located at 66 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
a light on intriguing items from RIBA’s collec- tions and creatively reimagining some of the housing typologies that are part of the fabric of our
lives and our environment.” The exhibition, which runs from 18 May
to 29 August, is co-curated by Anna Holsgrove, Curatorial Exhibitions Manager and Justine Sambrook, Curator of Photography at RIBA, and designed by Jamie Fobert Architects. It will be accompa- nied by a series of talks and events.
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