2023 IRACDC Discussion and Comment for Shortlisted Projects

The Direction of Housing Development in Post-Pandemic Era –also Commentary on Award-Winning Projects

Huang, Chang-Mei Architect／Director of Taiwan Residential Architecture Award Association, Director of 《TA》Magazine

Going to a Higher Level

Chen, Chung-Heng／Sun-Yuan Architects & Associate Host Architect、President of Taiwan Residential Architecture Award Association

2023 IRACDC Awards Ceremony Forum─The challenges of architecture in the post-pandemic environment.

Time: March 19, 2023 Venue: The Mayor’s Residence Art Salon >Attendee: Rem Koolhaas／OMA Founding Partner David Gianotten／OMA Managing Partner–Architect Lee, Shwu-Ting／Feng Chia University Vice-President、Dean School of Architecture >Winner First Prize: Duan, Ai-Xin、Geng, Rui-Jia、 Chen, Li-Ying Second Prize: Алиса Романова Third Prize: Chi, Ko-Yu Host: Wang, Chin-Kun／traaa Secretary General Translate: Su, Kun-Feng

2023 IRACDC─The final selection review of selected works

Write: Wang, Chin-Kun／traaa Secretary General Translate: Su, Kun-Feng Note: The following groups are sorted according to the ranking of the winners; the judges Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten are referred to as Rem and David respectively, and the winners are called W. Note: The work Four Filtering Pieces House was unable to participate in the final selection review, and No One is an Island was not subject to a question-and-answer review due to poor network connection quality.

2023 IRACDC Awards Ceremony－OMA Lecture／Residential Trends

David Gianotten: Thank you very much for inviting us being the jury of the competition this year.It is interesting to see these visions also range to think about residential architecture in a different way through commissions. Yes, we are asked to show you some of our works can think about residential topics which is very important currently. So such as creating community, sustainability, and also kind of reuse and kind of situation to increase capacity in cities without taking more lands.

2023 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition Awards Ceremony

The third「International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」, which is co-hosted by Taiwan Architecture Magazine and Sun-Yuan Architects & Associates and also the affiliation of Taiwan Residential Architecture Award Association, has held awards ceremony in The Mayor's Residence Art Salon of Taipei in March 19.

「2023 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」Winners Announced

The third「International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」, which is co-hosted by Taiwan Architecture Magazine and Sun-Yuan Architects & Associates and also the affiliation of Taiwan Residential Architecture Award Association, invites Rem Koolhaas, founder and partner of OMA, and David Gianotten, managing partner, to be the judges for the competition.

2023 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition－10 works to final

Finalists Announcement for「2023 IRACDC」 Shortlists：10 works Review time：Febuary 1 ,2023 Selection procedure：be conducted by video conference

「2023 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」has closed.

Submissions for the third“International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition” is closed on November 30th , 2022. The competition is hosted by Taiwan Architecture Magazine and Sun-Yuan Architects & Associates wich is affiliated to Taiwan Residential Architecture Award Association. Topic contributor and judge Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten. The total of 274 works from 24 countries has been collected over a period of 5-month submission for chasing the total prize of US$20,000.

2023 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition Competition begins

【Topic contributor and judge】 OMA（Office for Metropolitan Architecture） Rem Koolhaas／OMA Founding Partner David Gianotten／OMA Managing Partner – Architect

Inspiration of future housing architecture in 2021 IRACDC during Covid-19

The insight of Francine Houben to city, architecture and living can be seen in the design of winning works and Q&A of final review. At the same time, the host and planner will discuss the design inspired by each work from the viewpoint of Taiwan practitioners to help the public to understand the idea of the 8 winning works and its inspiration for housing architecture and design.

Inspiration from the Architectural Concept Design Competition of “The Future of Housing”

Given that “2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition” unexpectedly coincides with the outbreak of Covid-19 raging around the world. The topic of “The Future of Residences – Before and After the Epidemic” proposed by Judge Francine is a most relevant topic for the participants. In order to curb the spread of the pandemic, countries worldwide have implemented lockdown of cities and quarantine policies.

A Reflect on a New Living Model from the Pandemic of COVID-19

The topic of this competition "The Future of Housing-before and after a pandemic" received 328 works from 35 countries around the world, and the results were quite fruitful. Although it was only a conceptual design competition, and the results will not be implemented, some of the conceptual ideas also reflect the impact of the pandemic of COVID-19 on us over the past year or so. On top of that, since the judge attaches great importance to the feasibility of the ideas, many possible changes in th

The future of housing

This year, the Taiwan Residential Architecture Award had to concern the COVID-19 pandemic. Affecting every person in the world, it has been putting our way of living under review. We know that this pandemic is not a one-off event. Viral outbreaks have occurred in the past, and they will happen again in the future in our high-density, globalised world. Resiliency is increasingly important to live in our contemporary world, not only in the scale of cities, but also to the scale of our homes.

「2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」Winners Announced

The awards ceremony of “2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition” was successfully completed on February 19th by live streaming and the winners have been announced by Judge Francine Houben. The project of “Ghost to Host” designed by Pongpol Puangniyom from Thailand and Mah Yi Jun from Malaysia is awarded the first place with prize of US$2,500.

「2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」─Awards Ceremony

2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition －8 works to final

A total of 8 works is selected through the deliberate review by judge Francine Houben as the final shortlists.

2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition is closed

「2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」has closed.

The competition has closed. We are checking on all works, please wait for our mail. Thank you for joining.

「2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition」is launched!

The purpose of the 2021 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition is to improve the quality of the residential environment, breakthrough the existing framework for residential design and promote design creativity.

2019 IRACC Awards Announcement

The awards ceremony was also successfully completed on March 23, 2019.Congratulations to all the winners.

2019 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition

The purpose of the 2019 International Residential Architecture Conceptual Design Competition is to improve the quality of the residential environment, breakthrough the existing framework for residential design and promote design creativity.