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Social Housing Revolution: competition and workshop


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COMPETITION & WORKSHOP
THEME: Social Housing
PLACE: Yaroslavl, Russia
DATE: May, 1-9, 2012
CONSTRUCTION BUDGET: 9000 $
MORE INFO: http://cih.ru/j2/p53b.html

In May of 2012, from 1st till 9th, in Yaroslavl, in a picturesque place on the bank of a pond, not far from the Volga-river an architectural bureau “Narodnij architektor” and an information portal www.cih.ru, with the support of the department of Architecture of Yaroslavl State Technical University will spend WORKSHOP devoted to a social architecture and innovative approaches to the typology of modern habitation.

The organizers of workshop aim to teach participants a creative method of doing free-for-all architecture with the minimum construction budget.

Within the holding of workshop, the action which does not have any analogs in Russia will be spent — the construction of the sample of the house in real time; with step-by-step analysis of each constructive and architectural decision with the participants of workshop.

All participants of the workshop will make impressive common theoretical and practical work with the house of new typology as a result. The final lecture will be read in this new house of social availability.

In the run-up of the workshop a competition among the students-architects in Yaroslavl and other interested professionals will be held. The goal is to design a house-”minimum”.

Ten best works will be exhibited and discussed in the workshop; the authors of the most striking works will be awarded with prizes from the sponsors, an opportunity to present your creative methods in front of the audience and be published on the websites of the organizers and media partners. Final results of the competition and the 3 best works will be determined by a vote on the final day of the workshop.

10 Responses to “Social Housing Revolution: competition and workshop”


  1. eduardo fernando marin fiscal Says:

    need rules and how apply for competition to social housing, yaroslavi russia

  2. Bishwodev Bhattarai Says:

    I am a student form Nepal and i would like to know how can i participate in this workshop? I would be pleased if you give some suggestion.

  3. Bishwodev Bhattarai Says:

    I am student of Architecture from Tribhuwan University, Institute of Engineering, Nepal. I am interested to know about the seminar that you are conducting. I would be mine pleasure if you could tell me the procedure to participate in this workshop. I am looking forward for your reply.
    Thank you.

  4. Simon Says:

    The competition officially starts on December 15. Until this date, the organizers will answer all your questions. The FAQ section will be created on the site of the contest, because we have already a lot of questions via e-mail. Detailed contest rules will appear on the site on December 15. I’ll informs you about further updates.

  5. Social Housing Revolution: FAQ 1 | Social Housing Revolution Says:

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  6. savyasachi Says:

    Is there any fixed site for it ?……or only a idea project based on world society ? whats the requirement for it ?

  7. FAQ 4 | Social Housing Revolution Says:

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  8. Simon Says:

    Competition deadline: April, 29 2012.
    Competition rules here:
    http://cih.ru/j2/p53d.html

  9. julie Says:

    where can we download competition material?

  10. Simon Says:

    Downloads page: http://cih.ru/j2/p53f.html

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