For single dwellings, apartment blocks, tall buildings and multiple dwellings (eg. cluster of villas, terraced houses, farmhouses). Projects need to showcase how the residential development is designed with high indoor/outdoor amenity space and accommodation standards. The project needs to showcase how it is contributing towards a successful streetscape and the wider urban settlement. This award will not assess the interior design/layout of any single dwelling.
Eligibility Criteria
- Submissions can only be made by a local warranted Perit or a practising firm of architects;
- The projects must have been completed and commissioned over the past 5 years.
- The project may contain a minimal commercial component within the building.
Compulsory Entry Requirements
- An abstract of the project describing the design concept intention, also supported by a statement outlining the purpose for which the project is intended and why the project is being submitted as an entry for the particular selected category;
- A 1:500 block plan with the project centred on it;
- Documentation on innovative solutions that were used within the project which raised accommodation standards for the occupants;
- What measures were taken to reduce the project’s overall environmental impact and how well were those measures carried out;
- Photos of the building within the streetscape in a wider context, showing how the project has positively contributed to its surroundings (before and after);
- Photos of the completed project.
Note:
The jury has the prerogative to honour a Sustainability Award to any of the submitted projects. The project must clearly demonstrate a profound commitment to sustainable design principles, balancing environmental, social, and economic needs while minimizing the project’s ecological footprint. It celebrates innovation in creating resilient, energy-efficient, and resource-conscious buildings that integrate seamlessly into their context and positively impact the environment and community. (Including but not limited to adaptive reuse of existing structures or materials, Offsetting embodied carbon through design strategies or certification systems, life cycle thinking and designs that prioritizes biodiversity corridors or urban greenery.)
Judging Criteria
Form – Through its materiality, shape and detailing, is the residential project clearly recognizable and relevant through its response to its site, audience and intent?
Function: Does the design positively contribute to making the project work well for the intended use, including for its client and user. What indoor/outdoor amenity spaces have been included to ensure a quality of life for its occupiers?
Impact: Does the building have a positive impact on its context and allow it to respond better in its relationship to its surroundings?
Environmental consideration: What active and passive means were used through to assure more efficient use of energy and minimise negative impacts on the ecological environment?
Innovative: does the project have originality of concept and thinking? Has the project taken a fresh approach? Does it work to improve existing practices? Does it push material and conceptual boundaries?
