Bee Breeders Announces Winners of Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge

First Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Bee Breeders has announced the winners of the recent Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge. The international architecture competition asked entrants to address the growing affordable housing crisis in Sydney. The challenge aimed at "garnering global attention to the important issue of housing in Sydney, Australia, where the economy is strong but the residential market is among the least affordable, according to surveys of major metropolitan markets."

First Prize

Bridging Affordable Housing: Tae Jung, Pauline Sipin, Hazel Ventura, Diana Lopez

First Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

The winning proposal is comprised of "a simple module: a structural bridge pier with decking that contains prefabricated housing units topped by a green roof." The design takes the traditional approach of stacked housing, and instead weaves the homes through the urban fabric raised above the street. Parks are formed on top of the units, creating a system of green bridges throughout the city.

First Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders
First Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Second Prize + BB Student Award

Newborn in the Crevice: Xu Jiatong, Gao Xinyuan, Shi Ying, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts

Second Prize + BB Student Award. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Designed to fit inbetween the existing density of Sydney's urban center, this vertical arrangement of units provides a combination of housing units and common spaces. The overall simple form is offset by "colorful openings of various sizes" within the underlying structural grid. 

Second Prize + BB Student Award. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders
Second Prize + BB Student Award. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

Third Prize

TOD and Waterfront Housing: Olga Filipowska, Tomasz Twaróg, Podhale State College of Applied Sciences in Nowy Targ

Third Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

This submission features "stacked prefabricated units floating within the bays of Sydney." Transit-oriented development (TOD) on an urban scale transforms waterfront industrial sites into housing and commercial spaces just outside the density of the city along a rail system as a means to decrease the use of cars.

Third Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders
Third Prize. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

BB Green Award

Water Smart Home Sydney: Kevin Pham, Alex Hoang

Green Award. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

This entry incorporates a complex environmental system into the building design to create a community that boasts an independent water system. Through active and passive sustainable systems, the building harnesses energy via multiple different sources while also incorporating modular construction.

Green Award. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders
Green Award. Image Courtesy of Bee Breeders

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Cite: Collin Abdallah. "Bee Breeders Announces Winners of Sydney Affordable Housing Challenge" 04 Apr 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/891471/bee-breeders-announces-winners-of-sydney-affordable-housing-challenge> ISSN 0719-8884

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