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The Urban House design is to be an affordable green home prototype for the Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity. The home design shall take into consideration that it can be used by other Habitat for Humanity affiliates throughout Ohio as they strive to improve upon their "typical" habitat house model.
The competition site, shown above is located on Homeside Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnati is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border.
Cincinnati is also known for having one of the larger collections of nineteenth-century German architecture in the U.S., primarily concentrated just north of Downtown in an area known as Over-the-Rhine. Over-the-Rhine is one of the largest historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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The program for this site calls for a 1,200-1,400 square foot two-story home with 4 bedrooms and 1 1/2 bathrooms. The construction budget for the home is $80,000, which includes site improvements, landscaping, utilities, house construction, specialized labor and permit fees. The full program of requirements can be found on the competition brief by selecting the provided link.
Competition Brief
After the first urban prototype design is built in Cincinnati, the construction drawings will be made available to all 70 of Ohio's Habitat for Humanity Affiliates to be used as an additional model in each affiliate's portfolio. |
