The Inspiration:
The “Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana' (PMAY) is not just an infrastructure dream, (it is a mission). It is not meant to create walls or to provide land. It is a big program to fulfill the dreams and aspirations of the people. It aims to give every single Indian a house.”
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The Looming Task Ahead:
The Initiative:
A vision to house every Indian by any yardstick is both an ideal and a mammoth task to achieve. But achieve it we must. The growing issue of homeless people in India is one that needs to be tackled on a war footing and any talk of India being a developed nation before giving its every citizen a safe shelter is but a sham.
We believe shelter is a fundamental right that every Indian should have.
Such an ambition requires enormous political will and, the PMAY is a step in that direction. But the government can’t do it alone. This is the time when we need inspired and consistent collaboration between our nation builders, the engineering and architectural fraternity and the government to make the seeming impossible possible.
The competition "Building for a Billion" is but one such call for a seminal collaboration.
Competition Category
Competition Category I – Housing (Urban Poor)
As our cities grow each of them has a diverse narrative of migrants who make the city their home. This category of the competition invites the participant to investigate this changing narrative of the city and envision the future form of the home for these billions.
Please also refer to Outline: PMAY – Shehari
Competition Category II – Housing (Rural Poor)
The issues facing housing in rural areas are distinct. Unlike urban areas, space is not a constraint. Lack of budgets, unavailable professional intervention and an increasingly irrelevant typology has resulted in most housing in the rural areas of India being impermanent and unreliable structures. Here, basic amenities like sanitation and water supply are far removed. The competition seeks to encourage participants to look at contextual, sustainable and affordable alternatives to this issue.
Please also refer to Outline: PMAY - Gramin
Competition Challenge:
The competition entries are invited in two sub-categories for each of the two categories:
This segment invites entries for effective housing on urban or rural parcels which have been proposed or are ideas that offer solutions to of the criteria mentioned as part of the PMAY outline. The proposals can be already envisioned plans or ideas that have been generated as a response to this competition.
This segment calls for entries that are built solutions for the problem of housing for the forgotten strata of the society. These can be projects that have been built within the last five years. Existing national or international (within the specificity of the competition brief) examples in mass housing which have been executed can be submitted as the primary idea.
In both the above cases, the proposals must be adapted to a specific site in India, with context to its surroundings, climatic conditions etc. The solutions should be seen as a mass housing response sited on a specific identified parcel.
India Next: Harbingers of a better tomorrow
As an initiative, India Next is designed to endorse all possibilities of an idea that can make a difference. And much more. The platform is annually offered to the most noted professionals and brightest of students from engineering and architecture sector to bring forth solutions to the most pressing need of the hour in building a better, beautiful India.
For this year, India Next takes a leap forward and joins hands with the Prime Minister’s vision, ‘Housing for All’.
For decades, UltraTech has lived and advanced the idea of creating a better, beautiful tomorrow by contributing to build an India that is strong and thriving. Our ‘Build Beautiful’ campaign takes this philosophy a step forward and extends the traditional concept of ‘beauty’ of mere decoration to more tangible terms like innovation, functionality and sustainability, thus becoming an extension of the government’s vision of a ‘Beautiful India’.
To further this vision, the India Next initiative was launched with an intention to create a world-class platform to involve the stakeholders of today in this journey. By identifying the issues critical to a nation’s development is a job only half done, it needs a collective endeavor by the best and the brightest of the sector to bring a change.
UltraTech Cement Limited is the largest manufacturer of grey cement, white cement and ready-mix concrete in India and 4th largest producer globally (excluding Chinese players). Spanning operations in five countries - India, UAE, Bahrain, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, it has an installed capacity of 93 million tonnes per annum. UltraTech Cement is also India's largest exporter reaching out to meet the demand in countries around the Indian Ocean and the Middle East.
UltraTech Cement provides a range of products that cater to the various aspects of construction, from foundation to finish. Build Beautiful, UltraTech’s official theme, inspires engineers and architects to stretch the limits of their imagination to create homes, buildings and structures that define the new India.
For any queries about the competition,
contact us at;
Email: info@buildingforabillion.com
Phone: +91 22 2648 3164 / 65
CATEGORY 1A-
Competition Brief for Urban Poor (Un-Built):
Part 1: Site Selection
Part 2: Solutions
CATEGORY 1B-
Competition Brief for Urban Poor (Built):
Step 1:
Step 2:
Specific Instruction for All Participants
Strict adherences to the PMAY (Urban Guidelines)
Broad Criteria to be Maintained:
Special Note: Correct and complete adherence to the guidelines and parameters as outlined in the PMAY (Urban & Rural Schemes) must be maintained at all times.
CATEGORY 2A-
Competition Brief for Rural Poor (Un-Built):
Part 1 : Site Selection
Part 2: Solutions
CATEGORY 2B-
Competition Brief for Rural Poor (Built):
Step 1:
Step 2:
Specific Instruction for All Participants
Strict adherences to the PMAY (Rural Guidelines)
Broad Criteria to be Maintained:
Special Note: Correct and complete adherence to the guidelines and parameters as outlined in the PMAY (Urban & Rural Schemes) are to be maintained at all times.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The Jury will evaluate entries on the basis of a balanced approach between interpretation of the concept through the medium of local materials including cement/concrete, design aesthetics, technical excellence and ability to inspire a global audience. Weightage will be given on the due translation of the following parameters:
SUBMISSION CRITERIA:
Please note that the entry/entries must be submitted as per the mentioned guidelines for it to be considered valid. Any missing or incomplete information will be considered as a basis of disqualification.
SUBMISSION FORMAT VISUAL REPRESENTATION:
SUBMISSION FORMAT SYNOPSIS:
Please note: