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The focus of screening for housing works (Category 12 & 13)

In the screening of the GOOD DESIGN AWARD for housing works, the Judging Committee focuses on the following points for housing works, which is a space and place for people to live, based on the GOOD DESIGN AWARD's basic perspectives and thoughts on design.


Category12
Commercial/industrialized housing; Detached house; Small sized housing complex; Small sized cohousing/dormitory; Construction method for housing; Service and system for detached house and small-sized housing complex/HEMS(Home Energy Management System); Interior for detached house and small sized housing complex

Lifestyles of people

  • Proposal for the new lifestyle

  • Proposal of universal values

Relationship with the local community

  • Proposal and concern for cultural landscapes, regional landscapes

  • Proposal related to the local economy and regional industries

  • Solution of local and social issues

  • Rediscovery and creation of local values

Proposal for space

  • Creation of private space

  • Creation of shared spaces and public spaces

Revitalization of land and assets

  • Proposal for creative use of existing housing resources

  • Creativity in land use

Qualities as commercialized housing

  • Quality as a standard solution, new proposal related to housing production

  • Proposal for institutional issues

Qualities as customized housing

  • Proposal for experimental, residential possibilities for individual solutions

  • Proposal with universal application

  • New idea for assembling

  • New idea for utilization


Category13
Medium/large sized housing complex; Medium/large sized cohousing/dormitory; Service and system for housing complex/HEMS; Interior for medium to large sized housing complex

Lifestyles of people

  • Proposal for the new lifestyle

  • Proposal of universal values

  • Proposals for pooled housing as high-quality social capital catering to diverse lifestyles, age groups, and income levels

  • Creativity in land use

Relationship with the local community

  • Proposal and concern for cultural landscapes and regional landscapes. Especially for medium/large sized housing complexes, due to their large footprint in the city, it is particularly important to explore its physical elements such as configuration and volume and to show concern and contribution to the area.

  • Proposal related to the local economy and regional industries

  • Solution of local issues

  • Rediscovery and creation of local values

  • Proposal for the creation of the new local community, proposal for connecting existing local community

Proposal for space

  • Creation of high-quality private spaces

  • Creation of high-quality shared spaces and public spaces based on housing complexes

Research on technical aspects of housing complexes

  • Proposal that provides leadership in urban planning

  • New proposal for technologies and systems for housing complexes.

  • Proposal and concern for the preservation and restoration of the natural environment

  • Proposal and concern for the maintenance and functionality of housing complexes.

  • Proposal for modeling and popularizing ideas, toward solving social issues.


In both categories, the expression of the housing design and the originality and quality of the plan are the basic points of screening.

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