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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Co-Living Complex
6.38
6.00
5.85
6.85
6.27
Meryem Yalcin
Meryem Yalcin Assistant Professor at TOBB University of Economics and Technology
6
6
5
5
5.5
Hans J. Galutera
Hans J. Galutera Founder and CEO at HG DesignWorks LLC
Interesting concept but there is a...
6
6
6
7
6.25
Mike Tristram
Mike Tristram Strategic Lead at Checkland Kindleysides
6
5
5
7
5.75
Rosie Haslem
Rosie Haslem Director at Spacelab / Labthinks
Love the idea of the communal roof...
7
5
5
8
6.25
Sonya Simmonds
Sonya Simmonds Global Head of Design & Build at Spotify
I like the reinvention and use of t...
7
6
7
7
6.75
Wang Guan
Wang Guan Founder of Matrix Design at Matrix Design
5
5
5
5
5
Francesca Perani
Francesca Perani Founder at Francesca Perani Enterprise
7
6
6
7
6.5
Dang Ming
Dang Ming Founding Partner / Chief Designer at HONG Designworks / XUST
6
6
5
5
5.5
Luís Pedra Silva
Luís Pedra Silva Founder and Lead Architect at Pedra Silva Arquitectos
7
6
5
8
6.5
Minyu Zhang
Minyu Zhang Interior Design Director at SUNAC ShangHai Group
6
7
7
8
7
Mustafa Afsaroglu
Mustafa Afsaroglu Interior Designer, Co-founder at TS-DS
I voted higher on sustainability si...
7
7
7
8
7.25
Jose Manuel Ferrero
Jose Manuel Ferrero Creative Director at Estudihac JM Ferrero
7
6
5
7
6.25
Jun Aizaki
Jun Aizaki Founder & Owner at Crème Jun Aizaki Architecture & Design
I find the exterior of the building...
6
7
8
7
7
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Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
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GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Co-Living Complex of the Year
6.50
6.06
5.88
6.96
6.35
Howard Duffy
Howard Duffy Founder at HTDSTUDIO Arkitekter AB
Clever example of infill project....
6.38
6
5.85
7.38
6.4
Hana Ahriz
Hana Ahriz Co-founder at Space & Pepper
Nice roof top idea but the sustaina...
6.38
6
5.85
6.85
6.27
Zaiba Mian
Zaiba Mian Professor at Humber College
There is an emphasis on describing...
6.38
6
5.85
6.85
6.27
Michael Long
Michael Long Director at _novospace
6.38
6.31
5.85
6.85
6.35
Elena Apiou
Elena Apiou Head of design at Adagio Aparthotels
This project proposes an interestin...
7
6
6
6.85
6.46
Client
Judith Lehmeier
Floor area
284 ㎡
Completion
2019

The building shows how we imagine people living in the future. The rooftop garden increases the biodiversity of cities, enhances the air quality and cools down the building through shading and water vaporization. Furthermore, the residents can use the garden to grow vegetables and fruits while farming the beds together. The ideas of sharing and community are the cornerstones of this project. The image of the building is based on the historic appearance, which was demolished during the bombing of World War II. Unfinished, raw and open, the architectural volume is a representation of its own remains. Materials: This project is the experiment of using unconventional materials in order to create high quality architecture in an urban setting. The construction methods are borrowed from industrial structures. Cost efficient and highly prefabricated materials guarantee a timely construction progress and economical implementation. Urban gardening: Every resident of the city house has access to planters for growing wholesome and healthy foods. The house becomes a symbiosis of organic structure and inner city housing. The presence of the plants increases biodiversity while also playing a vital role in shading and cooling the building during the summer. This building is a prototype for a future form of cohabitation that ensures access to healthy food and conscious community-based living in cities. Future Oriented Housing: The steel structure ensures a flexible use of space, which can easily be adapted for other uses. The plants on the roof are being watered with collected rain water and they are significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the building, by contributing to the cooling of the building through vaporization and shading.