Shelter Challenge
Shelter Challenge
Eco-Adobe - Shelter Open Call
The current scenario of punishing cycles of unpredictable natural calamities, overcrowded conditions or lack of access to land and affordable housing poses people the risk of living with a constant burden of uncertainty, stress and fear. The Eco-Abode shelter design challenge aims to address this situation and design a modular shelter that is affordable, compact, portable and promotes community living.
Challenge
The shelter design should consider the local context and growth from unit to community-scale specific to the Southeast Asian Climate. Create your own scalable, self-sustaining, modular Eco-Abode which focuses on human-cenctric design supported by technology. The requirements of the solutions are listed below.
Rewards
The chosen concept will be built
at Jurong Innovation District
(JID) in Singapore.
Eligibility
with proof of concept
Target
Deployment
December 2020
June 2021
December 2021
Recycling Materials
- Registration
- Application
- Evaluation
- Testbedding
Registration
Application
Evaluation
Tesbedding
Requirements
- The design should be for 5 people with 20 sqm per person, with private and additional shared spaces
- Meet the needs of the individual (bath, cooking and work) and the larger spatial needs of the community in terms of water, food and energy
- Flexible and versatile living configurations and to accommodate the changing lifestyle of millennials
- Responsible material sources with details of the life-cycle
- Cost effective, climate-resistant and eco-friendly materials
- Flat Pack Shelter System
- Modular, scalable solution (unit to community level), with the provision for working and living full time for 5 days
- Transportation & Weight Constraint
- Able to fit into a 20′ truck and not exceeding 30kg per person
- Assembly Time
- 1 day for the outer skin and interiors with 2 adults of average fitness level
- Indoor Thermal comfort
- Maintain within the range of 24-28°C
Submission
- Submit to project-shea@ntu.edu.sg
- Submissions Must Include:
- System drawings and overall layout of the system
- Technical specifications and compliance with relevant Singapore standards
- Costing of the systems (Cost-benefit analysis and savings/reduction in energy/water usage)
- Implementation plan and timeline
- Key Advantages/ Value Proposition of system
Construction Technology
- Registration
- Application
- Evaluation
- Testbedding
Registration
Application
Evaluation
Tesbedding
Requirements
- The design should be for 5 people with 20 sqm per person, with private and additional shared spaces
- Meet the needs of the individual (bath, cooking and work) and the larger spatial needs of the community in terms of water, food and energy
- Flexible and versatile living configurations and to accommodate the changing lifestyle of millennials
- Responsible material sources with details of the life-cycle
- Cost effective, climate-resistant and eco-friendly materials
- Flat Pack Shelter System
- Modular, scalable solution (unit to community level), with the provision for working and living full time for 5 days
- Transportation & Weight Constraint
- Able to fit into a 20′ truck and not exceeding 30kg per person
- Assembly Time
- 1 day for the outer skin and interiors with 2 adults of average fitness level
- Indoor Thermal comfort
- Maintain within the range of 24-28°C
Submission
- Submit to project-shea@ntu.edu.sg
- Submissions Must Include:
- System drawings and overall layout of the system
- Technical specifications and compliance with relevant Singapore standards
- Costing of the systems (Cost-benefit analysis and savings/reduction in energy/water usage)
- Implementation plan and timeline
- Key Advantages/ Value Proposition of system
