2020 Galleries
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Galleries // 2020 Spark:Space // New Story
New Story
Winner - Platinum
Competition: Spark:Space
Designer: Yves Behar & fuseproject Design Team
Design Type: Concepts & Prototypes
Company / Organization / School: fuseproject
Website: fuseproject.com
Team Members: Yves Behar, Mark Little, Jonathan Igharas, M.C. Abbott & Benoit Malta
Vulnerable populations are typically the last to benefit from innovation. It is our belief that designers, builders and technology innovators have the potential to bring unprecedented speed and scale to housing design that can elevate the lives of some of the most impoverished populations around the globe. The solution by ICON, a construction technology company dedicated to revolutionizing homebuilding, combined with the vision and in-the-field experience of New Story means we will be building the world’s first 3D-printed community: with the fastest and most efficient method of construction is now coming to poor families in Latin America.
JUDGES COMMENTS:
New Story, Spaces Design
"Intriguing. A good result for the brief. Friendly, charming homes with personality."
"Brilliant concept. Hopefully the nuanced improvements coming from the up-scaling will benefit the industry"
"Pioneering 3D printed solutions to end homelessness in communities around the world. The technology has also been adapted to a tropical environment with heavy rainfall by utilizing strategically placed windows, door openings, and an open floor plan to encourage natural cross-ventilation. Not just about materials but also how the materials adapt to the environment (location and people"
"Looks unique and inviting. Mobile 3D printing process is well suited to this application"
