Launched in partnership with the 2011 Australian and New Zealand Student Congress: FLUX, the competition brief was to design a two bedroom, light weight, quick to construct and deconstruct temporary ‘home’ that could be replicated, and which has minimal environmental impact over the building’s life-cycle -an Emergency Kit home
It was Anthony’s innovative use of shipping containers and skillful application of Autodesk Architecture, Analysis and Rending software that impressed the judges. |
My solution to the ‘Emergency Kit’ house is to make use of used shipping containers and create a “template” room, which is pre-fabricated and can be used over and over again as a sustainable temporary house for people in need. This “template” room can also be combined to create larger houses and even different typologies of housing including common rooms, temporary medical centre, indoor playground etc.”
Source: Anthony Ip, Winner, 2011 Autodesk Student Design Competition
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The Prize
Anthony travelled to Autodesk University, along with Brenton Wyett from Autodesk Australia in December 2011. Autodesk University brings together designers, engineers, architects, industry and technology leaders to better understand new technologies, exchange best practices, and form new strategy’s.
Autodesk University is the largest gathering of software users, with attendees coming from all over the world to experience this larger than life event- there are over 700 classes and up to 10 things happening at any one time! From presentations on BIM, Designing a Better World and the Promise of the Cloud, Anthony will learn from experts and industry leaders such as Mark Foster Gage, principal and architect, Gage/Clemencea; Randi Zuckerberg, former Facebook founder and director of marketing and Ed Mazria, Founder and CEO of Architecture 2030.
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THE COMPETITION
Autodesk is proud to have sponsored the 2011 Australia & New Zealand Student Architecture Congress: FLUX, which was held in Adelaide from 6-9 July. In responding to this year’s Congress theme Architecture in Crisis Autodesk in collaboration with the FLUX Creative Directors, the Emerging Architects Australia and the Australian Institute of Architects has launched a hypothetical design competition titled Emergency Kit.
Creative Brief
Devastating flooding swept through many areas of Queensland Australia during late December 2010 and early January 2011, with three quarters of the state declared a disaster zone. Recovery work is underway, and as part of the flood relief an area of parkland in Bruce (made-up location), one of the worst affected areas of Queensland, has been gifted for the purpose of developing a temporary village of micro accommodation units for up to 100 of the most vulnerable families. Bruce is located on the Brisbane River, approximately 20km south west of Brisbane.
The challenge is to design a two bedroom light weight, quick to construct and deconstruct, temporary ‘home’ that could be replicated for the site, and which has minimal environmental impact over the building’s life-cycle - an Emergency Kit home.
Entrants are required to use the predefined site detailed with a Revit file, click here to download the site (Autodesk Revit Architecture software is required - Free* Revit Software can downloadable from Autodesk Education Community). The entire structure should not exceed 6m in height, 12m wide and 20m deep and should focus on issues of basic shelter and passive design elements and be designed to accommodate a family of four. Entries are also encouraged to be cost effective and demonstrate adaptability to smaller or larger typologies.
The parkland is located on top of a coal mine, which means light weight buildings only, and aspects of electricity, gas, water and sewage should be implemented (where possible) as stand alone elements.
Note: the briefing process for this competition was originally defined by Emergency Architects Australia, being based on their work carried out during the recent flood relief in Queensland.
Eligibility
The competition is open to students enrolled in an undergraduate or post-graduate architecture course in Australia, New Zealand or Papua New Guinea in 2011. Individual submissions only are accepted. Eligible entrants must be 18 years or above as of 1st December 2011.
WIN a Scholarship to Autodesk University in Las Vegas!
The winner of the competition will receive a scholar trip to the 2011 Autodesk University 2011 Conference and Exhibition
- The AU scholarship includes:
- AU event registration conference fee
- Hotel accommodation (November 29 Monday - December 02)
- One economy class ticket to Las Vegas, NV
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