Helping Haiti Restructure

Competition Description: www.CompetingArchitecture.com is holding a competition to help the people of Haiti that have lost their homes. We would like you to design a temporary structure that can be built for under $400, and assembled with basic construction skills. The structure should be able to protect 4 adults from the elements, support itself on unknown possibly uneven terrain, provide secure storage, and provide privacy. Please design your structures out of readily available materials; also include a plan for adaptive reuse. How can your structure turn into something that will be useful in the future as its inhabitants start to rebuild their lives?

Submission requirement: Email images of the structure completely assembled, descriptions of the spaces and diagrams of the structures uses, as well as assembly diagrams, a budget breakdown, and adaptive reuse descriptions and diagrams to [email protected]. Images of any types of drawings and or models are acceptable. Please include your name and the name of you structure.

Submission Fee: $20

Competition Due Date: Submissions are due February 28, 2010 11:59pm EST. Email images to [email protected]. Please keep file size to reasonable.

Competition Judging: Judging will be open to the public through www.competingarchitecture.com by emailed vote. Judging will end March 5, 2010 at 5:00pm EST.

Competition Prize:To be determined after all submittals are received. (The winner will be announced on www.competingarchitecture.com and publicized as the designer of the competition winning structure, plus a prize. The amount of the prize will be determined after all submittals are received.)