BACA’s Floating Solution Shortlisted in NLA Housing Competition

BACA’s entry has been shortlisted in the New Ideas for Housing competition, a contest that invites ideas to solve Greater London’s ‘housing crisis’.  

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The New London Architecture (NLA) international competition, organised in collaboration with the Mayor of London, attracted over 200 entries from 16 countries around the world.

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The competition encourages innovative thinking to explore what needs to happen in the capital to improve the speed, scale and quality of housing. Buoyant Starts, a collaboration between Floating Homes Ltd and BACA architects, addresses the issue by providing high-quality, prefabricated floating homes at an affordable price on the un-used water space of the capital.

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Ten winning ideas, selected by a distinguished jury, will be announced in mid-October. Winning submissions will be invited to join a Greater London Authority working group to examine how their ideas can be applied to real London sites to deliver future housing for the capital.

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The 100 shortlisted ideas will be on display in a free public exhibition at the NLA galleries in The Building Centre from 15 October to 17 December 2015, supported by a three-month programme of talks, conferences and tours.

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