Global architectural firm Aedas has teamed up with the South China Morning Post's Homes for Hope project to launch a design competition for creative, sustainable, affordable and quake-resistant housing for Sichuan province.
The Greenville Design Competition 2009, which will accept online registration from tomorrow, is open to students in Hong Kong, Macau, the mainland and Taiwan.
Aedas chairman Keith Griffiths, who came up with the idea of a competition, said that as well as financial assistance, the company hoped to use its 'intellectual power' to help the quake-devastated province.
'This competition is actually the best thing we can do to use our design power to raise awareness at a professional level for Sichuan,' he said.
It also would provide budding architects with a good learning opportunity and a chance to obtain national recognition.
The competition has two categories based on planning criteria being implemented in Chengdu , the capital of Sichuan.
The first category is a design for low-density housing in rural areas of Sichuan. Each building, two to three storeys high, should be able to accommodate 100 households. Flat sizes should be between 90 square metres and 150 square metres.
