Friday, 17 June 2005 | bengisu
Urban Habitats
Registration: June 17 Submission: July 1
Urban Habitats
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville, in partnership with the Charlottesville Community Design Center (CCDC) is pleased to announce an open ideas competition for the transformation of Sunrise Trailer Court into a vibrant, attractive urban community called Sunrise Park. In communities where Habitat is accustomed to building single-family homes, the shortage of affordable land requires Habitat affiliates to build at a higher density. URBAN HABITATS is in search of innovative models that provide sustainable, affordable multifamily housing.
The competition integrates affordable and market rate housing into a medium-density, mixed-income, mixed-use community. The goal is to generate culturally and climatically responsive architecture through a sustainable continuum, from site development to energy efficient unit operation. The proposals should provide compact efficient floor plans that utilize innovative building technologies.
Design concepts generated by the competition will provide the baseline for a new national model of community development. The results will guide non-profit organizations, private developers, or public/private partnerships in the redevelopment of trailer parks while providing affordable housing for the current trailer park residents.
Source: Urban Habitats
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