Housing remains the single biggest cost of living pressure people across NSW are facing with a recent NSW Productivity Commission report finding that Sydney is losing twice as many young people as it is gaining, putting us at risk of becoming a city with no grandchildren.
This once in a generation opportunity to confront the housing crisis will mean the winning designs used by developers will have access to an accelerated approval pathway.
The accelerated pathway will allow builders to have homes approved and built faster, providing homes to those who need them sooner.
The competition jury will be chaired by the NSW Government Architect Abbie Galvin and is endorsed by the Australian Institute of Architects.
The jury is looking for designs which are liveable, buildable, replicable, cost effective, sustainable and that meet the needs of the industry and local communities.
Highlighting the NSW Government's commitment to this Pattern Book, final designs will initially be built by the government on five sites provided by Homes NSW, Landcom and Sydney Olympic Park.
This will allow people across New South Wales to see the physical homes contained in the patten book while providing winning architects with the opportunity to see their designs in built form.
To apply, registered architects and students must express their interest to take part and design a terrace house or mid-rise apartment building.
Short-listed candidates will then submit detailed designs with the winners to be announced later this year.
The competition opens on 2 July 2024 and the final Pattern Book will be launched in 2025.
This initiative builds on the Government's plans to build better homes for NSW having already undertaken the single largest rezoning of land in NSW history, while also making the largest investment in the building of homes by a NSW Government since federation.
