Bell Phillip Architects proposed building modular homes on the roofs of existing postwar homes that would increase housing 30 percent without using public lands, according to slate. WSP Parsons-Brinckerhoff suggested building housing on top of existing hospitals, schools, and libraries, which it said could create 630,000 new homes.
Alastair Parvin and Adam Towle, in partnership with the WikiHouse Foundation, proposed allowing suburban homeowners to demolish large, inefficient homes and replace them with smaller green, ecofriendly dwellings providing they build on half the land and sell the other half to another family.
Floating Homes Ltd. in conjunction with Baca Architects want to build 7,500 floating modular starter homes and site them on unused London waterways.
A jury will choose ten submissions in October for future consideration. ##
(Image credit: New London Architecture-floating modular homes)
