Häfele Student Design Competition

Häfele X Government X University

The three parties jointly held three national student design competitions together.

 

• 2021 1st Häfele National Student Design Competition

The Häfele Student Design Competition is fully for public benefit. Promoting the design culture in Taiwan and deepen the international communications of the design industry. The purpose of the competition is to encourage interior design and architectural students to deal with nowadays design and architectural challenges and to learn more about modern use and incorporation of furniture and architectural hardware. Häfele Taiwan successfully held the first student competition-"2021 Häfele Design Competition - Residential Places for the 5G Generation" for interior design with Taipei City Government, National Taipei University of Technology and Chinese Culture University last year. By working with Taipei City Government, we were happy to get a real-life project, designed for the Minglun Social Housing in Neihu District of Taipei City. Students can have a chance to work on the space they might really live in in future. The total number of entries in the competition last year was 328 design entries and the social network traffic reached about 100,000! This is not only a stage for Taiwanese students to show their ideas, but also has many benefits for our society. 

✹ Theme: "Housing Places for the 5G Generation" Taipei City Social Residence tells you about the future of youth life!

This time it's up to the young people to define the way of life!

✹ Deadline: October 31, 2021
✹Final Judgment Announcement: November 15, 2021
✹ Awards Ceremony: November 19, 2021

 

• 2022 2nd Häfele National Student Design Competition

This year we hold the second student competition with the New Taipei City Government and three universities - National Taipei University of Technology, National Tsing Hua University and the China University of Technology. This competition aims to allow students to work together in creating a friendly, healthy and safe space for the elderly, and the physically challenged for better future living environments. Besides, there will be a three-day exhibition on the first floor of the New Taipei City Hall for students.

The 2nd Häfele National Student Design Competition is divided into A. "Interior design group" and B "Architecture appearance group". Students can participate in two groups simultaneously, but each group is limited to submitting one design per student. For Category A, the subject is the interior design of the public senior center for Tucheng Yuanhe Community Housing in New Taipei city. To consider obstacles and inconveniences that the elderly and the physically challenged. Which restrictions in their mobility they may encounter, how to improve and upgrade their facilities to real assisted living facilities – how to design outdoor passages, refuge floor ramps and handrails, entrances and exits, indoor access corridors, lifting equipment, stairs, room configuration, bathrooms and kitchens for specific rooms, etc. For Category B, the subject is to plan for exterior renovation of the old buildings to improve the appearance of the house. Participants should select one item to design and plan their design according to the base site plan or elevation plan provided by the New Taipei City Government. The four locations are: Wenchang Street in Banqiao District, Beimen Street in Banqiao District, Bitan Scenic Area in Xindian District, and Zhongzheng Bridge, Section 2, Yonghe Road in Yonghe District. It is up to the student to present the design concept in horizontal section or 3D perspective.

✹Theme: Healthy life starts from "living" - creating a healthy and assisted living environment.

✹Deadline: 2022/11/18｜17:00

✹Popularity Award Online Voting: 2022/11/28-12/08

✹Exhibition Date: 2022/12/14-12/16｜9:00-17:00

✹Award Ceremony: 2022/12/16

✹Video of the second competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPWohpI5tag

 ✹Video of the second competition ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRjHp3KZ-5k&t=3s&ab_channel=%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E7%A6%8F%E6%A8%82H%C3%A4feleTaiwan

The "Interior Design Group" takes the interior space of the senior public center for Tucheng Yuanhe Community Housing as the design target and uses the concept of assisted living facilities for healthy buildings to develop ideas, allowing students to show the results of creative stimulation; the "Architectural Appearance Group" screens the renovation and maintenance case in New Taipei City and is used as the design target, combined with the issues of environmental aesthetics and reducing carbon emissions in green buildings, allowing students to go out to observe the appearance of buildings in New Taipei City and let citizens and friends know about us through renovation and maintenance through students' designs. It is an excellent opportunity to combine innovation with practice, taking into account the cityscape and maintaining local characteristics. Thank you for using your creativity to create a friendly, healthy, and safe space for the elderly and the physically challenged for better future living environments!

 

• 2023 3rd Häfele National Student Design Competition

Häfele Taiwan is honored to co-organize this award ceremony with the German Trade Office and the New Taipei City Government to give 2023 ceremony the lively atmosphere of a German Christmas on the main stage of Christmas City Civic Plaza in New Taipei City. This year, among 183 submissions, 42 awards were awarded to outstanding winners. Students who did not win the prize should be encouraged. By sharing the design concepts of the Sanshia Guoguang Phase II Youth Social Housing by the top three winners, you can learn the spirit of never giving up on challenges and the fusion of creativity and practical design. Finally, Häfele Taiwan would like to thank all the participants again for their joint efforts in designing a small two-room type space based on human needs to create a sustainable living environment so that people with disabilities, the elderly, adults, or children can have a small and warm home.

✹Theme: Maximizing the value of space. Together.

✹Deadline: 2023/11/17

✹Popularity Award Online Voting: 2023/11/24-12/08

✹Exhibition Date: 2023/12/13-12/15｜9:00-17:00

✹Award Ceremony: 2023/12/15

✹Video of the 3rd competition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fbj5Yk9c-E&t=27s&ab_channel=%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E7%A6%8F%E6%A8%82H%C3%A4feleTaiwan

✹Thanks to New Taipei city government for the ceremony video: https://youtu.be/6gM6fNtm_tM?si=mzh9uQKGXFGbmgVs

✹ Official awards ceremony news: https://contest.bhuntr.com/en/3rdHafeleStudentCompetition/article/3417/

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