The Challenge
Building for the Future; NOW
The 2023 Challenge Cup competition theme; “Building for the Future; NOW” looks to address the materials supply and embodied energy agenda driving the increasing need for agile architecture, continuously evolving and developing our buildings for future use. Students are asked to explore new ways to leverage the unique value proposition of prefabrication and modular building by employing extraordinary design and technical innovation that cannot be matched by traditional construction methods.
With increasing resource scarcity, inflated construction costs and supply chain sovereignty challenging the construction sector, teams are asked to adopt a mindset of long-term value creation over short-term market demands by harnessing offsite construction and prefabrication solutions to develop design solutions for a multi-level unit typology with a building design that can be readily modified, delivered in multiple configurations and with maximum flexibility to accommodate more than one façade type.
