Fifteen architectural consortia from across the globe have been selected as finalists for the New South Wales Pattern Book Design Competition.
The competition seeks to increase the supply of quality and improve the diversity of low- and mid-rise housing through designs that can easily be replicated. The endorsed designs will be contained within a pattern book and will qualify for expedited development approval.
The shortlisted professional candidates include 12 architecture teams from New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, alongside three international consortia: one from London, one from New Zealand, and another featuring architects from Germany, Italy, India and Australia.
Additionally, six student teams have been shortlisted, including four from the University of Sydney, one from Western Sydney University and another from the University of Melbourne.
The competition received 212 expressions of interests, 176 from Australia and 36 from Europe, the UK, Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. This figure is only 18 entries less than that of the Sydney Opera House international design competition, which attracted 230 entries.
The panel responsible for evaluating entries includes NSW government architect Abbie Galvin as jury chair; architect, urban designer and 2024 gold medalist Philip Thalis; NSW emerging architect 2024 Jennifer McMaster; architect and Indigenous spatial expert Michael Mossman, and international architect Paul Karakusevic, who is based in the UK.
Acting government architect NSW Paulo Macchia said the process of narrowing down the expressions of interests into a final shortlist proved to be quite challenging, as the quality of submissions was high.
“It’s encouraging to see the innovative and thoughtful submissions and the jury looks forward to reviewing the shortlisted candidates’ detailed designs,” Macchia said. “The competition will support more diverse and contemporary designs for the Pattern Book to suits people’s changing needs – from raising children, to working from home, to retirement.”
Shortlisted teams in the professional category:
- Aileen Sage Architects – NSW
- Andrew Burges Architects – NSW
- Angelo Candalepas and Associates – NSW
- Archier – Vic
- Housing is a Verb – a collaborative team including Other Architects, NMBW Architecture Studio and Tarn – NSW and Vic
- Includesign and Six Degrees – NSW
- Mae Architects – United Kingdom
- Neeson Murcutt Neille – a collaborative team including Finding Infinity and Maryam Gusheh and Monash Urban Lab – NSW and Vic
- Officer Woods Architects – WA
- Partners Hill – Vic and Tas
- Retallack Thompson Architects – NSW
- Scale Architecture – NSW
- Site Office – a collaborative team including Rashi Shah, Schlaich Bergermann Partner and Christos Diplas – Germany, Italy, India and NSW
- Spacecraft Architects – New Zealand
- Studio Workshop and Clare Design – NSW
Shortlisted teams in the student category:
- Amanda Eessa from Western Sydney University, NSW
- Chris Stelzer and Illiana Jones from the University of Sydney, NSW
- Cicely Brown, Angus Gregg and Finn Holle from the University of Sydney, NSW
- Georgia Reader, Angela Xu and William Badaoui from the University of Sydney, NSW
- Madeleine Gallagher, Poppy Brown, Kangyun Kim, Paris Perry, John Suh and Catherine Taylor from the University of Sydney, NSW
- Stephanie Wills, Lachlan Balia, Maya Welsch and Nathan Arceri from the University of Melbourne, VIC
Finalists will have until mid-October 2024 to submit designs for stage two. The designs will be assessed on liveability, buildability, replicability, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and their capacity to address the needs of industry and local communities.
To find out more about the competition, visit the website.
Source: Architecture - architectureau
