Sustainable Housing for Life Design Competition
Background We are looking for the most sustainable modular home designed for the subtropics for the 2015 Sustainable Housing for Life Design Competition. Modular and prefabricated homes are gaining popularity in Australia. They re simple modular structures that can be easily replicated and adapted to suit the changing needs of people living in the dwelling. This year we invite you to think creatively to design a sustainable modular home that adapts to different stages of people s lives. Who can enter? Professionals architecture and design professionals and students. Community (Lismore, Byron and Tweed) anyone with an interest in sustainable and social house design. Young people 18 years and under enter your sustainable modular dream space. What are the prizes? Professional Category First prize: $1,000 cash plus one-year display of your business at the Green Building Centre (total value $2,235). Second prize: One-year tradesperson membership of the Master Builders Association (value $250). Community Category Lismore City Council area: $500 cash Byron Shire Council area: $500 cash Tweed Shire Council area: $500 cash Young Person Category First Prize: $200 cash Second and third prize: $50 cash 2 Competition
Entries displayed to the public All entries will be displayed at the Sustainable House Expo at Lismore City Hall on Saturday, 19 September 2015. Entries will also be displayed at the Tweed Living for the Future Expo and at a pre-screening at the Green Building Centre in Byron on Sunday, 13 September. Entry requirements Eligibility People and businesses living or operating in the Lismore, Byron and Tweed Local Government Areas are eligible to enter. Entry Fee Entry is free. Closing date 4pm Friday, 4 September 2015. Where to send entries All entries are to be delivered to the Green Building Centre between 9am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday and from 10am to 2pm Saturdays at 1 Brigantine Street, Arts & Industry Estate, Byron Bay, NSW 2481. Any entries not received by 4pm on Friday, 4 September will not be accepted. Call the Green Building Centre on 0427 701 653 if you need to deliver a 3D model. Entry Specifications Entrants must complete an entry form via www.sevenonsibley.com/shd2015 or contact the Event Coordinator for a paper copy. Designs must address the Sustainable Design Principles below. The design needs to demonstrate a flexible modular home that can be changed internally and/or include the addition of extra modules. Designs must nominate the inhabitants and demonstrate adaptability for the changing needs of their life-course, i.e. the modular home could provide for a changing life-course of a couple; first with children, then renting out half the house, and later as elderly people themselves. Be sure to demonstrate how the modules can include infrastructure and 3 Competition
fixtures to provide for equal access for various levels of ability and mobility (see Universal Design). Be as creative as you can and design for the great diversity of people that make-up our communities. These can be demonstrated in the design and also in a written dot-point summary. Designs of new homes or documentation of dwellings already built will be accepted. Must fit within the Site Plan attached. Sustainable Design Principles Sustainable home design creates healthy, active, inclusive and vibrant communities. Consider the three areas of Sustainable Design in your modular home design: 1. Ecological Sustainability Passive solar design to include the following: Solar orientation (optimise summer shade/winter sun access). Energy efficiency (optimise insulation, thermal mass, natural lighting and natural ventilation as well as all technology, e.g. whitegoods, other electrical goods). Renewable energy systems (solar technology). On-site water harvesting and management. Sustainable sourcing of materials (local, natural, embodied energy and life cycle rating). Ecosystem services on site (including both native planting and edible food). 2. Social Sustainability Net positive socio-cultural benefits to home environment and surrounding community, Universal Design (equal access). This can include building design and fixtures. For more info: www.sevenonsibley.com/shd2015/universal Flexible and modular (lifecycle and intergenerational adaptability of design). For more info: www.sevenonsibley.com/shd2015/flexible 3. Economic Sustainability Cost-effective and affordable to a wide cross section of society (e.g. first homeowner families and low-income pensioners). Efficient, innovative and effective materials and building systems and technology. Efficient and minimal building envelope scale (not a McMansion). 4 Competition
Professional and community categories Can be CAD or hand drawn. Must be at 1:100 scale. And include: Floor plan Must be A3 size and at a minimum show: North arrow. Identify the dimensions of internal rooms, any decks, ramps and overall footprint. Nominate the use of each room and any planned adaptions. Identify the location and width of doors and windows. Include a dot point explanation of why and how the building design addresses the Sustainable Design Principles as well as the life-course you have nominated. Elevations Must be A3 size and at a minimum show: Building height. Ceiling height(s). Identify the width and height of each door and window. Detail the materials and colours used for the walls, floor and roof. Identify the location of the hot water system as well as any water tanks, solar photovoltaic (PV) panels and other services. Include a dot point explanation of why and how the building design addresses the Sustainable Design Principles as well as the life-course you have nominated. Cross Sections Must be A3 size and at a minimum show: The materials and colours used for the wall, floor and roof, including the thickness and any explanatory notes. The type of insulation used throughout the building. Wall height(s). Roof pitch. Include a dot point explanation of why and how the building design addresses the Sustainable Design Principles as well as the life-course you have nominated. 5 Competition
Optional extras You may include a mini-model and/or photos of the dwelling if it has already been built. Young person category (18 and under) Entries in this category can be more creatively presented. You can use A3 drawings, paintings or Google SketchUp as well as handmade minimodels, diorama etc. Follow the Entry Specifications and Sustainable Design Principles but don t let our suggestions limit your creativity! Site Plan Entrants should include the site plan as an A3 template at 1:200 scale (see following page) to show position of dwelling within envelope. Suggested landscaping to consider in design. You are welcome to alter the landscaping as you wish. Contact: Alice Moffett, Event Coordinator Northern Rivers Sustainable House Day Collaboration PH: 0431 649 091 E: sustainablehouse@selfseed.com.au www.sevenonsibley.com/shd2015/ The 2015 Housing for Life Design Competition is a join initiative by Lismore City Council, Byron Shire Council, Tweed Shire Council, The Green Building Centre, Nimbin Neighbourhood & Information Centre, North Coast TAFE, Rous Water, Byron Community College, Dorroughby Environment Educational Centre and Self Seed Sustainability. 6 Competition