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Affordable Housing Design Competition winners
Released 31/03/2008
108/08 31 March 2008
Chief Minister Jon Stanhope today announced the winners in the Housing Industry Association (HIA) and Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Affordable Housing Design Competition.
“HIA and REIA have partnered on this important competition with the ACT Government pleased to provide $15,000 funding for the awards, as part of its Affordable Housing Action Plan announced last year,” Mr Stanhope said.
“HIA and RAIA are to be congratulated for taking carriage of this important initiative, and for committing themselves, and their considerable influence, to the pursuit of excellence in affordable housing design and construction.”
Showcasing excellence in affordable dwelling construction and design through this competition, and the two demonstration villages released at Franklin and Dunlop, will help to increase diversity in the market by demonstrating new affordable housing products.
“This is a wonderful example of how the Government and private industry can partner on initiatives to showcase innovation”
“The awards are designed to encourage and foster innovative thinking and design. They are about rejecting the notion that size equals quality, or that design excellence is the province only of those who can afford to pay a premium.
“They show that good design can be married with affordable construction to provide quality housing and design choices for both standard residential blocks and compact blocks in new areas, and for redevelopment sites in established areas.”
The ACT Labor Government has also progressed many other initiatives in the Affordable Housing Action Plan including:
- increased the supply of land to the market – by an additional 1000 blocks to an unprecedented total of 3200 this financial year;
- streamlined the release and approval processes for land, including responding to industry calls for englobo releases;
- mandated the delivery of new house and land packages priced between $200,000 and $300,000;
- provided more generous and more targeted financial concessions, to help more Canberrans take the step into home ownership, and to do so with greater confidence and less trepidation;
- embarked on an exciting initiative that will involve private investors in the provision of affordable private rental accommodation;
- massively expanded the role of community housing;
- ensured that better and more targeted use is made of public housing; and
- released two demonstration projects to showcase affordable land and housing packages.
The winning designs will be on display at the HIA Home Ideas Showroom at 28 Collie Street, Fyshwick for the next two weeks.
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Media Contact: Penelope Layland 6205 9777 0438 289 714 penelope.layland@act.gov.au
HIA/RAIA Affordable Housing Design Award Winners
Category One – Inner greenfield site
Category one was the inner green field site owned by Community Housing Canberra at 27 Trickett Street, Holt.
The prize of $5000 is awarded to the team comprising Marcus Graham & John Katsanevakis.
Category Two – Outer greenfield at Section 63 Franklin 2 Estate
The prize of $5000 is awarded to the team comprising the Expert Client & Vision Building Group.
Commendation of $1000 is awarded to the team comprising Nathan Judd and Darren Goodwin;
Category Three – The entrant's choice of own site
Commendation of $1000 is awarded to Strine Design and Strine Construction;
Commendation of $1000 is awarded to Collins Caddaye Architects and Capezio & Co.
Student Category – Two commendations
Commendation of $1000 is awarded to the team comprising Renee Roberts and Andrew Driscoll.
Commendation of $1000 is awarded to the team comprising Wesley Perrott and Nathan Watt.