Winning design ideas for the Paris Affordable Housing Challenge

Like in many major metropoles around the world, Paris is another city that's dealing with the challenge of providing enough affordable housing for its inhabitants, long-time locals and newcomers alike. The Paris Affordable Housing Challenge invited participants to create inventive proposals that are sustainable, flexible, and can be adapted and rolled out in multiple locations in the city.

Many of the entries tackled bold ideas for new housing types and also focused on identifying underused spaces in Paris for new construction. Other submissions focused more on rethinking how the city's existing housing stock is used. In the end, the jury selected three prize-winning teams and a Green Award recipient. Take a look at the top-winning entries below.

1ST PRIZE: "Monumental Housing" by Neno Videnovic (U.S.) University: Southern California Institute of Architecture.