Posted
May 1, 2009 02:28
by
David
Tags: architecture competition, green architecture, greensburg, greensburg greentown, chain of eco-homes, free house plans
Architects and Designers around the world can now Design a Community's Future & Win $10,000 in the process. FreeGreen is proud to announce our first architecture competition being held with our partners Greensburg Greentown. For those of you who don't know Greensburg, KS is a town that was destroyed by an EF5 Tornado in May of 2007. Since this horrible disaster the entire community has come together to rebuild sustainably, striving to become the model green town for future. This wonderful story has allowed Greensburg to become an inspiration for all of America, and even President Obama with his current mention of Greensburg in his first State of the Union Address.
The Competition is based around one of Greensburg's projects called the Chain of Eco-Homes. This is a project through which Greensburg will be building a set of 12 Eco-Homes which will be used for education and eco-tourism. Through our Chain of Eco-Homes Competition Architects and Designers around the world are asked to develop a design using one of three disaster resistant wall system. Specifically, these wall systems are Amvic’s ICFs, Virginia LimeWorks’ EMUs, and HIB Systems. Competitors will be asked to choose one wall system per entry and judges will choose one winner per wall system. Another key component to the competition is cost. The goal of the competition is to choose designs that can be built for $110 per sq. ft. (the average building cost in that area), with a construction cap of $154,000 per house. This is not a competition to develop an unattainable future house, rather it is a competition based in the realistic and common sense roots of the Greensburg Community. If you design something that no one can every build, then what was the point of the competition in the first place?
You don't have to be an Architect or Designer to get involved either. Through this competition website we are asking for individual donations. These donations will go directly towards the construction of these winning designs. We highly encourage everyone to give what they can to this great cause as you will not only be helping Greensburg, but also the world of green design. To that end, all winning designs (and their subsequent house plans) will be placed on FreeGreen.com and will be able to be downloaded for free.
We are very proud to be bringing you this architecture competition, and are excited to work with Greenburg Greentown and their wonderful project.
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