AFSF Design Ideas Collective

Spurred by future-altering events we collectively experienced, in 2020 AFSF launched its first-ever Design Ideas Collective challenging students to address current issues using design thinking to create a path toward a better future.  

2021 AFSF DESIGN IDEAS COLLECTIVE

2nd annual competition

Fri. Nov. 19, 2021     –    Submission entries due
Sun. Nov. 21, 2021   –    Virtual Awards Ceremony (participants will receive ceremony details)

At the intersection of California’s housing crisis and climate change, we also anticipate the growth needs of increasingly dense cities. How can we better envision our urban communities for a sustainable future? In this year’s Design Ideas Collective, the challenge is to design a housing community that meets our future needs while also creating an inviting and vibrant public realm. A thought exercise presented at various scales, participants are asked to think critically about how a community is connected and what factors contribute to a livable environment.

Given four cities blocks consisting of typical parcels create a community proposal that . . .

• considers housing density
• identifies how homes are laid out and arranged
• integrates areas for transportation, energy-generation, green space and street safety strategies.
• tells a story and narrates your vision – your design should have a big idea as the basis for your concept. 

There are no limits to your creativity!

Differing from AFSF’s annual High School Design Competition (offered in the Winter-Spring), the Ideas Collective is less architecture problem solving and more ideas-based thought exploration.

• Think critically about circumstances our community faces
• Propose creative solutions for a better future
• Submissions reviewed by a select jury
• Awards for each category entered

We’re excited to see what ideas YOU generate!

For further information, please see the 2021 Design Ideas Collective design brief.

 Questions?  Contact Ryan Lee, ryan@afsf.org, Design Ideas Collective Chair & Author.

Thank you in advance for your continued interest and support of this program.