an open-air commons wins arch out loud's future housing competition

architectural initiative arch out loud has unveiled the winners of its’ HOME competition 2020 – an annual design call that asks ‘what is the future of home?’ proposals from all over the world were submitted and they approached this question from three main perspectives: innovation, adaptability, and pragmatism. the jury that selected 2020’s winners consisted of tatiana bilbao, sean canty, vishaan chakrabarti, j. yolande daniels, neil denari, peter eisenman, amanda levete, aya maceda, toshiko mori, jennifer newsom, william o’brien jr., clark thenhaus and andrew zago.

overall winner: ‘shadow housing’ by jeffrey liu/haylie chan

‘shadow housing’ by jeffrey liu and haylie chen received the overall winner award. shadow housing is a model for collective living in a post-pandemic era in central los angeles: an open-air live/work commons that configures new domestic schedules of work and care through an architecture of light and shadows. as COVID-19 ruptures the boundary between the office and the home, shadow housing embodies a natural time that tethers the workday to the movement of the sun, establishing a spatial and temporal separation between work and the necessary labor of care.

overall winner: ‘shadow housing’ by jeffrey liu/haylie chan

other notable projects include the ‘biohackers residence’ by superficium/samuel esses/jonathan wong, which took the innovation award for a design that considers what it means to be human. carla bonilla huaroc won the adaptability award with ‘STUYVESANTTOWN’, which transforms luxury condos in new york city into transitional housing for people leaving prison. and finally, the pragmatic winner was ‘house is not a home’ by qin ye chen/yiwen wang. this project seeks to facilitate a strong sense of community engagement. to find all the HOME 2020 winners and honorable mentions, you can visit the results page here.

overall winner: ‘shadow housing’ by jeffrey liu/haylie chan

innovation winner: ‘biohackers residence’ by superficium/samuel esses/jonathan wong

adaptability winner: ‘STUYVESANTTOWN’ by carla bonilla huaroc

pragmatic winner: ‘house is not a home’ by qin ye chen/yiwen wang

competition info:

competition name: HOME 2020
organizer: arch out loud

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edited by: lynne myers | designboom

an open-air live/work commons wins arch out loud's future housing competition

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