The Challenge

Through the Covid-19 lockdown all of us, with our families, however large or small, whatever ages, genders and generations, have been living much more of our lives at home than usual. We have shared spaces of different sizes, layouts and styles and using different facilities.

A lot of us have been thinking about our homes much more, what we love about them, what makes them work for us and what we might change to make them even better. So what better time for you to think about your home and the community in which you live?

The Brief

The way we live in our homes and the technology we enjoy is changing rapidly and it will continue to change and improve into the future. Now, at the start of a new decade, is the perfect time to think about what the designs of your future home would look like.

Our design challenge asks you to think about and design your home of the future. You can create your design in any way you like using whatever materials you can lay your hands on – you could draw your house by hand, use computer software, use games such as Minecraft, Fortnite or Sims, make a model out of cardboard boxes, use Lego, make a collage using magazine pictures or photographs, even produce a short video using Tik Tok or any other social media platform. If you don’t like any of these options, then you could write an article, story or a poem about your future house.

Future Homes

What sort of home do you want to live in by 2030 and beyond? How might the way we live in our homes be different in ten years’ time?

The items listed below may all change the way we design and build homes in the future:

• New gadgets, equipment and technologies
• Robots
• New building materials

• Changes to our climate
• Wellbeing
• Health and Care
• Education
• Jobs
• Transport

What to show?

Quite simply, we want you to tell us about your home of the future and show us what it looks like by drawing a picture or creating a design from photos and pictures or on a computer:

• Sketch or draw your home – you can free draw, use a computer or create a storyboard or booklet. You can draw by hand or use some software, Minecraft, Sketchup, Tinkercad, whatever methods best helps you. A story board might include pictures from magazines, the internet, photos, or anything else that has inspired you.
  
  
• Think about your house layout, how it will look, what rooms will it have, how it will work for you and your family and maybe show it within your area and community
• Write a short piece that explains what you have thought about and proposed in your project. Lower Key Stage 2 students 1-page of A4 please, Upper Key Stage 2 students 2-pages of A4 please. (This could go towards your end of year writing moderation)
• You could make a model to show how your home will look and be used
• We would love to see the research that you have carried out that has led to your ideas and designs. This could tell us about your reading, or about examples you see around you, or in books, on the internet or films and TV, or asking questions of your family and relatives. Please tell us how you have changed your thinking and design along the way
• Tell us about the building materials you have chosen to build your home and tell us why you chose them
• Finally, create a logo and a name for your home.

Entry Details

This challenge is open to schools that Wates Residential is working with in London, the South coast of England and South Wales.

To enter you will need to submit your design and some words about the ideas in your project.

We will judge the winners and runners up through a virtual judging panel. At a future date, when we are no longer socially distancing, we will hold an exhibition and presentation ceremony!

Good Luck!

If you wish to discuss the competition further or you have any questions, then please contact MOBIE’s CEO Mark Southgte :mark.southgate@mobie.org.uk