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Oceansafe announces design competition winner

27 Jul 2010

Winning design by:
Judith Kinnard Architect
with Tiffany Lin

The winning firm received a $10,000 prize and will have their building constructed in the Oceansafe parking lot at Julia Street and St. Charles Avenue. All of the entries will be displayed in the house, which will be open to the public.
All design models on display at the Building Block and will be submitted as part of the Oceansafe design catalogue to prospective builders

Competing Architects include :
Ammar Eloueini Digit-All Studio, Billes Architecture, Bild Design, Judith Kinnard Architecture, Mathes Brierre Architects, Metro Studio, Trapolin Architects and Wiznia Architecture + Development.

The houses can be built “right out of the box” using local labor & modular parts and they operate totally off the grid.
http://www.oceansafeinc.com

More info here:
http://readinform.com/feature/kinnard-and-lin-wins-new-orleans-house-competition/

http://www.ecohomemagazine.com/news/2010/07-july/design-competition-challenges-architects-to-create-sustainable-safe-housing-for-disaster-victims.aspx

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