MOBIE Report Launches Young People's Ideas
About the Report
MOBIE Founder, George Clarke today, World Environment Day, launched a showcase of the homes that young people dream about and want to create for themselves and their families. The report summarises the key design themes that matter to young people and showcases their high-quality designs.
Appropriately on World Environment Day, the designs majored on reducing the environmental impact of our homes by:
- using recycled and repurposed traditional materials, such as reclaimed steel, timber and even plastic, and using alternative building materials including cork and bamboo
- generating energy naturally through solar power and recycled heat (from the London Tube Network); and
- providing lots of greenspace and beneficial environments in the form of gardens, planted roofs and green walls.
“Young people responded brilliantly to our design challenge with incredible and inspirational, future thinking designs – they clearly demand homes that protect and enhance our natural world”
George said:
The visions of young people published in the report set solid foundations upon which we can create affordable, energy efficient, beautiful, healthy homes and communities for future generations to live in and love.
The Home of 2030 challenge asked young people to let their imaginations run free by designing an innovative and inspirational green home that meets the changing needs of future generations, including protecting the environment, promoting wellbeing, quality of life and healthy ageing - homes young people can afford and enjoy, where they can bring up families, create memories, and grow old, and that utilise smart new technologies and do not further damage our planet.
Winner - Rachael Milliner - Nottingham University
Young people had to design a ‘home for life’, and to think about how people will live in their homes in 10 years’ time. The designs needed to tackle the key issues facing our society today - climate change, an ageing population, multi-generational living, and changing work patterns and lifestyles. It called for homes that incorporate new technologies and that use sustainable materials and construction methods to create a healthy, happy and affordable home to live in.
Runner-up - Ella Rogers - Nottingham University
George continued,
“The home of the future will be lived in by today’s young people and they should have a hand in the way homes are designed. That is why I am so excited to be launching the Home of 2030 young persons’ design challenge report today. It showcases brilliant sustainable, adaptable and green future home designs by young people aged 11 and 25. Young talent is fundamental to the transformation and future of design and construction and it is essential for the house building industry to nurture this talent. The future of homes is in safe hands if we let these amazingly talented young people help design our homes of the future!”
