HONOURABLE MENTION R10.000, Kristina Olsson, Birgitha Persson, Gothenburg, Stockholm
The merit of this proposal is its visionary approach on the development of a network of common spaces intertwined with dwellings. Within the pattern of linear plots with narrow frontages, it gives a range of opportunities for flexible dwelling spaces, workshops, courtyards and gardens. It is also easily adaptable to low-cost technical and ecological systems.
While the submission considered a number of important design principles in terms of promoting and introducing an urban argument, the jury felt that these remained at an abstracted level and were not consistently developed. The scheme at both the urban design level and at the housing typology level, is too diagrammatic. The jury was also concerned about the design proposal extending unreasonably beyond the limits of the available site. These concerns limited the award winning potential of this scheme to a honourable mention.
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