Five winning designs, as well as five honorable mentions, have recently been announced for the international Open Source House competition.
The design competition started on January 15, 2010 and was open for team or individual participation. The challenge is was to design a sustainable, flexible and locally embedded one family house for a specific location in Ghana. The modular construction has to be suitable for local implementation and affordable for its future owners. The winning design will be build in Ghana as a pilot. The aim of this pilot is to test cultural perception, technical feasibility and economical viability. Cape Coast Municipality has provided Open Source House with a plot to build the pilot. Together with a local contractor and Stichting Bouwen the pilot will be realized.
The results of the pilot form the base of the business plan to start implementing the Open Source Houses on a larger scale in Ghana. The aim of this social venture is to provide affordable and sustainable housing to the people of the lower middle-income bracket in Ghana. A local entrepreneur in co-creation with Enviu develops the business plan and will be responsible for local implementation.
After this first competition and pilot project, OS-House plans to continue to promote the implementation of more OS-Houses, challenge platform members to improve available designs, organize new competitions and stimulate local parties to take designs and adapt them to their local conditions.
All designs of the first OS-House competition are made available on the Open Source House platform.
1st Place:
'Emerging Ghana'
By: Ana Morgado, João Caeiro, Lara Camilla Pinho, Maria de Paz Sequeira Braga and Maria de Carmo Caldeira.
Country of origin: Portugal/Mexico/Brazil
2nd Place:
'W.B.C.'
By:Kari Smith, Dan Burkett and Erin Bodin
Country of origin: US
3rd Place:
'BambooOS'
By: Yong Tang, Elena Eijgenseer, Jalal Spiegel and Yan Chen and Alice Hu
Country of origin: China
4th Place:
'Booing'
By: Sergio Guzman
Country of origin: Peru
5th Place:
'Oshouse MAD'
By: Patxi Gastaminaza and Jürgen Münzen
Country of origin: Spain
Honorable Mention:
'OTA-KWAKU HOUSE'
By: Lucas London
Country of origin: US
Honorable Mention:
'WBR House'
By: Ovidiu Talos and Miruna Stroe
Country of origin: Romania
Honorable Mention:
'Solidair House'
By: Shaun Daniel Morris
Country of origin: US
Honorable Mention:
'Hous'n!'
By: Gregory Mathers and Daniela Ciarcelluti
Country of origin: UK
Honorable Mention:
'Superoof'
By: Philipp Schaefle and Matthias Winter
Country of origin: Switzerland
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