2023 ADU Design Competition , Vereinigte Staaten

 

Montclair Gateway to Aging in Place

 

This is an ideas competition which has two major goals:

 

1. Address the housing income challenge for seniors who want to age in place

2. Propose solutions for increasing density in first ring suburbs that are least impactful on streetscape and infrastructure.

 

With great design insights and innovative thinking, small-scale architecture can create viable, sustainable opportunities for seniors to age in place, and open the suburbs up to more and better ways to live. The mGAP ADU Design Competition, sponsored by AARP and The Partners for Health Foundation, would like to hear from representatives of universities, schools, and colleges offering architecture/design studies. We are tasking both individual and teams of undergraduate and graduate architectural students currently enrolled in an architectural program in the northeastern quadrant of the USA to design a detached ADU suitable for a first ring NJ suburban community. Designs should explore how architecture can offer a new housing unit on existing single-family plots that will potentially:

 

● generate new rental income for the homeowner

● provide a barrier-free residence on owner’s property

● conform to a minimum requirement of 6 ft to property line

● conform to a maximum height of 15 feet to the top of the roof

 

We intend to use these designs as: 1) proof of concept and 2) to generate further dialogue within Suburban Essex and environs toward relaxation of existing zoning constraints where justified.

 

Competitors will start design development process with a generic design based upon a real case scenario to provide context. See Appendix. (Case herein referred to as generic case.)

 

See appendix for survey and photos of the targeted generic case study. Competition participants are invited to submit their designs for a free-standing, barrier-free ADU that would accommodate a hypothetical one or two individuals.

 

June 30, 2023: Public Announcement

July 26, 2023: Early Bird Registration

July 31, 2023: First Public Q & A via Zoom

August 7, 2023: Second Public Q&A via Zoom

September 13, 2023: Third Public Q&A via Zoom

September 20, 2023: Registration Deadline

September 30, 2023: Closing Date for Questions

July – October 25: Design Development

October 25, 2023: Deadline for Submission

October 30, 2023: Deadline for Juror scoring

October 31, 2023: Announcement of Winners

November 5, 2023: Award Ceremony

 

Total Prize Fund: $5,000

 

Note: Contestants can only win in one category.

 

First Prize (Winner Overall): $2,000

Second Prize (Second Overall): $1,500

Third Prize (Third Overall): $1,050

Best in Category (575 sq. ft.): $150

Best in Category (800 sq. ft.) $150

Best in Category (1200 sq. ft.) $150