For the sixth time, INFONAVIT, through CIDS, has launched the call for entries for the Sixth Student Competition 2018, as part of its effort to promote and encourage creative practices toward new forms of construction, as well as to achieve better intra-urban social housing based on an efficient, compact, sustainable, and regional model.
The objective of this competition is to develop projects capable of adapting to the specific conditions of the territory and its inhabitants. Beyond defining a housing prototype, the goal was to identify processes and understand replicable procedures. This requires engaging with the community, listening to their stories, and understanding their dynamics and customs, as well as conducting extensive historical research to discover how ways of living have provided valuable lessons for housing design in each region.
In Mexico, assisted self-built housing is under constant review and transformation; although it is one of the countries with the most urban housing in the world, it also has one of the highest housing deficits. Therefore, the questions raised in this edition were: how to address the housing problem in Mexico? How to address assisted self-built housing? And how to do so while considering participatory processes, applied research, and public development programs?
During the submission period, 451 registered teams participated, comprising 1,512 students from all 32 states of the country. A total of 100 universities took part—including 41 public and 59 private universities—resulting in 285 submitted projects.
In this edition, the jury consisted of the architects from Taller de Arquitectura Gabriela Carrillo + Mauricio Rocha, Saya + Arquitectos Félix Sánchez, Gaeta-Springall (Luby Springall + Julio Gaeta), and Francisco Pardo Arquitecto, who selected the top three winners and one honorable mention. Read on to discover the winning proposals.
First Place
Hugo Humberto Arteaga Espíndola / Fernanda Denisse Duarte Arriaga / Eber Granados Ávalos / Lupita Monserrat Ramírez Loyola
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Advisor: Arch. Paola Bárcena Mapi
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Second Place
Diego Malo Araiza
Universidad de Guadalajara
Advisor: Arch. Diego Ángel Vergara Álvarez
Third Place
Ivette Andrea Caveli Elizondo / Juan Pablo Carrera García / Lorenzo Andrés de Anda Lobo / Pavel Martínez Lara
Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey
Advisor: Arch. Roberto García Rosales
Honorable Mention
Saúl Eduardo López Escalera / Karen Fernanda Mariscal Camacho
Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey
Advisor: Arch. Antonio Marco Ríos Lucio.
This article was written by Mónica Arellano. The translation is powered by AI.
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