SEATTLE: An international design competition is being held to lift affordable housing design standards for seniors.
Sukkahville challenges entrants to re-imagine the Sukkah, a temporary structure built during the Jewish festival of Sukkot to commemorate the 40 years that Jews spent wandering the desert. It is described as a symbolic wilderness shelter, symbolising the frailty and transience of life. The competition challenges architects, designers, artists and students to propose an innovative Sukkah design that balances the dichotomies of new/old, open/closed, temporary/permanent…
