Challenge Cup 2024 Submissions

SMART BUILDING; CONNECTED COMMUNITIES

How can “Smart” building connect communities, deliver social capital and foster positive health and well-being outcomes?

The 2024 Challenge Cup explored how “smart” building practices can be used to create an architectural intervention that supports real intergenerational connections in built environment programmes; beyond mere colocation strategies.

The challenge is to create social architecture, where the built form becomes the positive armature upon which community can be built.

The benefits of intergenerational community connection on the human condition, physical and mental health and wellbeing are well understood and supported. Evidenced not only through decades of research and well documented studies, but through lived examples in cultures around the globe.

The benefits of this intergenerational connection run in both directions, amplifying its positive contribution to the growth in social capital. How can we develop built environment programmes in the real world that remove the barriers to this growth in social capital? And how can we do this effectively and efficiently leveraging “smart” building?

Submissions

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Winner

Hexa | Deakin University

Winner

The Living Bridge, located in Geelong, serves as a testament to imaginative, budget-conscious, and environmentally friendly design.

Winner

2nd Place

Intersected Generations | Curtin University

2nd Place

“Intersected Generations” is a four-storey mixed-use residential complex located at an entry point of Curtin University that specialises in multigenerational and student accommodation. It benefits from modular construction due to the dynamism of the site and the time-saving aspects associated with prefabricated buildings.

2nd Place

3rd Place

Modular Makers | Western Sydney University

3rd Place

The FlexiGrid Pavilion is a visionary concept integrating modularity and prefabrication to create versatile, adaptable spaces for residential and communal functions.

3rd Place

4GE | Curtin University

Bentley Terrace seeks to meet the future demand for family apartment complexes, enabling multigenerational living and still catering to smaller groups and students to create a diverse housing that can be reconfigured for future demands.

60 Degrees | Deakin University

The proposed facility excessively aims towards the aspect of sustainability in different perspectives.

BPJS Design & Construct. | Curtin University

The University Boulevard Block Build Complex proposes a rich, intergenerational precinct where an existing student interface can closely interact with multi-generational families, diverse communities, and flexible, open housing.

Bridging Blocks | Curtin University

This design integrates adaptable living spaces with communal areas to bridge generational gaps and enhance residents' quality of life.

Bridging Generations | Curtin University

In an opportunity to bring a sense of home to the Curtin University Bentley precinct, Bridging Generations is a modular proposal with a strong community focus.

Bunya | Curtin University

There is increasing demand for the affordable housing sector, where multiple age groups of people and diverse family compositions stay together in Perth.

Oasis on University Bvd | Curtin University

Oasis on University Bvd is a multi-residential apartment in Bentley exploring the importance of community connections.

Stage | Deakin University

The "Intergenerational Hub - The Stage" introduces a multifunctional, self-

sustaining space that transitions through various experiences, symbolized by a reflecting water element.