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SqrFoot House Housing For One

We believe that to bring about a change for billions of needful people, we must start with ONE.

Background The growing issue of homeless people around the world is one that needs to be tackled on a war footing. As our cities grow, each of them are occupied by a diverse narrative of migrants who make the city their home. A third of all urban dwellers worldwide – 1.2 billion people – lack access to safe and secure housing. The gap is worst in lower and middle income countries, where some cities are growing so quickly that governments cannot build out services and infrastructure fast enough to accommodate new arrivals. The result is millions living in inadequate conditions and fraying trust in governments.

The Brief Affordability is a fundamental challenge faced by our most successful cities. Where supply cannot keep up with demand; there are often a lot forces at work, and technology has the potential to help mitigate all of them. To design effective experiences that achieve positive social change, we need design principles that integrate the systems and Human Centric Design approach. Firstly, We need to understand the challenges faced by the migrants and people who need it. Secondly, we have to understand the idea of design itself – a design so efficient which can be multiplied and drive individual actions, which, when performed by many individuals, drives wide-scale, societal change. Affordable house starts with the design phase itself, an integrated design approach by the designer is very much essential during the early phase of the project.

The Challenge We aim to impact at least one needful family by using design as a tool to create sustainable and affordable product. We are focusing on 4 major problems faced by homeless migrants : • Affordability : Access to safe and secure housing

which is easy on pocket and doesn't brand itself as housing for the poor but an asset which is useful for everyone.

• Mobility & Portability : Floating population/seasonal migrants, who might not want to invest in property — an immovable illiquid asset, no matter how subsidised or cheap it is, we need a mobile/portable solution which is designed with innovative technologies.

• Sustainability and Scalability : A design solution which sustains not just the weather conditions but is easy to maintain and can be replicated to bring a scalable change.

• Economic Opportunity : Can this new product design generate revenue either for the Individual/family living in it or the government?

Design Program A good modular design concept can definitely save up a lot and the productivity will be much higher in modular design, thus the tenements can be delivered on time. • A small house for a family of 4 members not

exceeding an area of 250 SqrFt and maximum height of 12 feet, the lesser the area – the better. The shape of the house is not restricted but it shouldn’t exceed the total cubic feet volume (250 SqrFt. X 12 Ft.).

• Basic amenities like sleeping area for 4 members, Kitchen and toilet to be provided.

• Not necessarily but design a product which is movable, portable and affordable. A design so efficient which can be carried, transported, fixed and dismantled when needed.

• You have to design a small housing colony for 50 families, combining one module with other similar modules. Your modular design should create an impact by solving the mass housing problem.

• The area for the colony is not restricted and you can grow either horizontally or vertically.

2nd Prize INR 30,000 + Certificate

1st Prize INR 50,000 + Certificate

3rd Prize INR 20,000 + Certificate

Top 10 Entries except top 3 winners will be awarded INR 5,000 + Certificates

Top 3 Special Recognition and Awards for the Teachers/Mentors having maximum teams in

top 30 short-listed entries

Top 30 short-listed entries will be featured on Sqrfactor’s website +

Eligible for Voting For People’s Choice Award + Digital Certificate

Awards & Recognition

Subscription and Publication in Design Detail Magazine to top selected winning teams and mentors. Featured passes to the events organized by education partners. Results publication on e-architect.co.uk

ratLAB workshop passes to the selected and interested participants from Top-30 winning teams.

Eligibility Architects, students, engineers, product designers, thinkers, companies, organizations and everyone interested in

the mission of the competition to submit their ideas. No professional qualifications are necessary.

Registration Entrants may register by signing up on sqrfactor.com and then participation in the competition by paying the

registration amount through a payment gateway on our website.

Submission Requirements Maximum 3 A2 Sheets | Participants will have to upload the submissions on the competition page at

www.sqrfactor.com in Article (SqrFactor Editor) or PDF format. Uploaded PDF should not be more than 20 MB.

Early Registration 1st August to 25th August 2018

Indian - INR 900 (per team) International – USD 20

Standard Registration 26th August to 15th September 2018

Indian – INR 1500 (per team) International – USD 30

Registration and Important Dates

Late Registration 16th September to 25th September 2018

Indian - INR 2400 (per team) International – USD 40

Date of Submission - 30th September 2018 | Announcement of Winners - 20th October 2018

Previous Competitions : Info, Partners, Jury and Stats Competitions we have organized previously

Re-Inventing Gwalior’16

The aim of the competition was to design a School of Music and Arts particularly

responding to Indian classical style of music at the proposed land by Gwalior Municipal

Corporation.

Gwalior Municipal Corporation

Dates – 29 Jan’16 to 29 May’16 Eligibility – Architecture students and Fresh graduates who have

graduated in year 2014 and after. Type – Paid Competition – National (1200, 1800, 2400 INR)

In association with

Re-Inventing Gwalior’16

Ar. Krishnarao

Jaisim

Ar. Karan

Grover

Ar. Krupa

Zubin

Jury Panel

Partners

Event Sponsors (28 & 29 May’16)

279 Teams (India) | 820 Participants

Statistics of Participation

Previous Competitions : Info, Jury, Partners and Stats Competitions we have organized previously

Envisioning Gwalior Trade Fair

Ar. Sheila Sri

Prakash

Ar. Shirish

Beri

Ar. Jitendra

Mehta

Jury Panel

Partners

132 Teams (India + International) | 470 Participants

Statistics of Participation

Envisioning Gwalior Trade Fair

The aim of the competition was to re-design Gwalior Trade Fair to reawaken the glory of a historic trade

fair ground and to give back the original charm, through sustainable architecture, for the Land which

is owned by Gwalior Trade Fair Authority.

Dates – 20 Aug’16 to 15 Dec’16 Eligibility – Architecture students and Fresh graduates who have

graduated in year 2014 and after. Type – Paid Competition – International (1500, 2100, 3000 INR)

Gwalior Trade Fair Authority

M.P. Chamber of Commerce & Industries

In association with

Previous Competitions : Info, Jury, Partners and Stats Competitions we have organized previously

Archcember’17

Ar. Anuj Kale

Founder - Leewardists

Jury Panel

Partners

341 Participants (India + International)

Statistics of Participation

Archcember’17

An engaging challenge which started in December’17 was about storytelling through illustrations

(sketches/doodles/paintings or computer generated illustrations and graphics) related to architecture with

a 100 word story explaining the illustration.

Dates – 4 Dec’17 to 29 Dec’17 Eligibility – Open to all the students, designers and architects from the

field of architecture & related fields. Type – Free Competition | Individual Participation Only

In association with

Ar. Fabiola Morcillo

Founder - 1989

Honorary Jury Panel SqrFoot House : Housing For One

Ar. Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Ar. Krishnarao Jaisim

Ar. Gita Balakrishnan

Ar. Vijay Narnapatti

Has been practicing eco-friendly, cost,

effective architecture for past 20 years. He also writes for The Hindu since 2010

Former chairman of IIA- Karnataka. His

work has been featured in New york

Times, The Hindu, The Times of India etc.

Founder of Ethos India – an organization which focuses on networking

of community and launch educational

competitions

Co-founded mayaPraxis - renowned architecture

firm in India. He also teaches at the School of

Architecture at RVCE, Bangalore.

One of leading architects in Bangalore, practices eco friendly architecture. Has been writing for The Hindu since 2010

Ar. Sathya Prakash Varanashi

Building Community Network An initiative to interview top architects emphasizing the need of building a community network and

help design reach to the masses

One of India’s top architect; designed iconic buildings. Former chairman of IIA

Karnataka.

Famous writer/ journalist who has worked globally with magazines and websites . Awarded for journalism.

Ar. Krishnarao Jaisim Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta

Interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl2

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Interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs

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Interview : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI7

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