27 April 2012


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27 April 2012
co+laboradović wins an international design competition
THE NEXT GENERATION SUSTAINABLE HOUSE in Taiki-cho, Hokkaido


Following public presentation and a final session of the Jury (Professors Kuma, Nishiro and Kaijima) at the United Nations University, Tokyo, the  co+labo team - Millica Muminović,  Komatsu Katsuhiko, Hashida Wataru, Shinohara Masato, Kato Yoshiaki and Sasamura Yoshihiro have been declared winners of the international design competition for the NEXT GENERATION SUSTAINABLE HOUSE in Taiki-cho, Hokkaido - ahead of the teams from Tshingua University, China Academy of Art, Columbia University, MIT, AA School of Architecture, Aalto University,  Technische Universität München, Politecnico di Milano, ETH Zürich, Universitetet i Oslo, Tohoku University.
The runners up were the teams of Aalto University,  Finland ( the Five Three House project, Professor Kimmo Lylykangas) and ETH, Switzerland (the Transient Boundary project, Professor Arno Schlueter).
With this win, the co+labo's Barn House project, has received a generous TOSTEM award, which includes design development and construction. The opening of the Barn House is tentatively scheduled for December 2012.