Nomura Corporation Osaka Prefecture, Japan invites each one of you to participate in our Jan 2024 Model House of architecture competitions.

Our company has been in the House building and renovation market in Japan for 50 years. 

We have a monthly in-house competition to look for new abstractions new approaches new building idea for Japan's houses

Would you like to challenge an architecture competition of a family residence?

Students as well as professionals are equally welcomed.

Criteria for evaluation > 5 points each / 35 points in total

Judging items:      

(1) Floor plan with a differentiated concept                                                      

(2) Sophisticated design (with emphasis on the exterior)"                                

(3) Is the house comfortable for the target customers?  

(4) Whether the product has price appeal (is it priced to sell?)             

(5) Is it suitable as a Nomura Corporation model house?                                 

(6) Energy-saving, energy-saving, and earthquake-proof measures that take into account the current situation 

(7) Low maintenance performance 

Required documents 

Site: Any site and Free                                                                         

*Site shape that can be assumed to be a request for a contracted property.    

Building structure: Wooden 2x4 construction preferred (other construction methods are also acceptable)                                                                               

Building size and number of floors: Free                                             

*Consideration given to various site types as a standard product for contracted properties.    

Rights    

Copyrights to all entries belong to Nomura Corporation.                      

Permission of Nomura Corporation is required for construction and publication of the submitted works.

Schedule (Japan time)

March 29 (Fri.) Start of external recruitment 

May 23 (Fri.) 1:00 p.m. Deadline for submissions                    

May 24 (Fri.) 1:00 p.m. Deadline for questions on external applications                     

May 27 (Mon.) 1:00 p.m. Please reply to the Q&A emails.                   

4:00 p.m. Internal Q&A session for external submissions opens.                     

May 29 (Wed.) 1:00 p.m. Judges email their recommendations to Mrs.PHUONG      

May 30 (Thu) 10:00 a.m. First round of judging *presentation and question-and-answer session at Nomura koumuten Company                 

May 31 (Fri.) 10:00 a.m. Second round of judging *presentation, question-and-answer session at Nomura koumuten Company                    

June 3 (Mon.) 5:00 p.m. Results announced on HP blog                      

June 7 (Fri.) Cash payment 

Jury members 

Members of Nomura Koumuten Company (16 people)

Executive (3 people): President Senior, Managing Director, Managing Director

Quality (1 people): Kawagishi

Engineering (1 people ): Nagai

Sales Department (3 people): Ogata, Hachisuga, Hayashi

Architect (5 people): Shimada, Yagi, Kitagaito, Kusunoki, Nomoto

IC Section (1 people): Ooki

Public Relations (2 people): Miyakura, Oiwa

- First round of judging (1 minute presentation, with a separate Q&A session)

- Executives (3 people), Sales, Public Relations (5people), Quality (1people), Designers (5people), Engineering Department (1people), IC Section (1people) ,

- 16 people will select the works that pass the first round                         

- Each person recommends 1 to 5 works to narrow down to 2 to 10 works.            

- Second round of judging (1 minute re-presentation, with a separate Q&A session)

- After the judges vote on the suitability of the model house, all members of the jury judge the entries together.

Award

Competition Award: 2,000,000 yen                                          

*If there is no eligible work, the award may be deemed as "not applicable".           

President's Award　                                              

*Only if there is a particularly deserving proposal

Participation＆Eligibility 

Participation: Open to any person in the world

Eligibility: Not required

Submission deadline 

Email proposed plan to Mrs.PHUONG: May 23, 1:00 p.m. (Japan time）

Mrs.PHUONG: [email protected] 

Read detailed information on the competition website (The site in Japanese and English). 

> via Nomura Koumuten