Life Edited

Open to: Everybody
Entry Fee: none, free
Awards: Total prize value $70,000
Jury: Yves Behar, Allan Chochinov, Mark Kushner, Ashok Gupta, Darin Dinsmore, Susan Casey, Paul Hawken, David de Rothschild, Suchin Pak, Lloyd Alter, Timothy Ferriss, Zem Joaquin, Mike Kisch, William McDonough, Graham Hill, Ken Rother

Description:
What if we could save money, radically reduce our environmental impact, and have a freer, simply BETTER life? Treehugger founder, Graham Hill, has committed to putting that theory into practice.
Create a design based on Graham Hill’s 420 sf (~39 m2) apartment. The design needs to support the life of a real person in the apartment - someone who works, eats, lives, and entertains. We’re looking for apartment designs that allow for:

• a sit-down dinner for 12 people
• a comfortable lounging option for 8 people
• space for 2 guests with some visual and ideally auditory privacy
• a home office
• a work area with space for a rolling tool chest
• a hideable kitchen

As the room function is changed, it should not feel like you are sleeping in your office or eating in your bedroom. At the same time, it should be easy and quick enough to change the room function that one would actually do it.
When a design is found that meets all of Graham’s criteria (he needs to love it, since he’ll be living in the space and paying for it) an additional contract will be awarded to use the design or elements of the design in his apartment renovation.
Keep in mind that feedback and conversation can help you improve your ideas. Therefore we encourage you to post and update your entry at any time up until the submission deadline. In return, you’ll receive feedback from Graham, your peers, and our jurors.

Website: http://lifeedited.treehugger.com/