STUDIOIOIO is a collaborative platform for Architects and Designers. In order to start your own architecture practice, you need a first project, to get your first project, you need an established practice. So, how do we solve this chicken-and-egg problem? Design Competitions have, historically, been the way to break this cycle. With pressing issues in the built environment, it is essential that Architects be empowered to bring innovative solutions to realization. By lowering the barrier to entry into practice, we seek to support scalable positive change in our industry.
Title:
Our Homes: Inclusionary Housing Now!
Organization:
Ndifuna Ukwazi
Link:
Cost:
Fee for Entry
Deadline:
February 28, 2026
Project Type:
Prize
Typology:
Housing
Qualification:
Open
Prize:
R30 000 - R10 000
Location:
Cape Town, South Africa
Description:
As Cape Town faces increasing pressure from unequal urban development, the Our Homes: Inclusionary Housing Now competition asks participants to reimagine underused government-owned parking lots in the city center as inclusive, affordable housing. The challenge centers on designing realistic and dignified housing solutions that bring residents closer to jobs, transit, and essential services, while demonstrating how public land can serve long-term community benefit through equitable urban transformation.