This challenge is now closed. Congratulations to David Light on winning the first sponsored challenge

In the current economic climate, is more important than ever to continue innovation in residential design and construction. In the spirit of innovation, we have chosen to make the first sponsored challenge modeling a parametric version of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House. Here is some text from Wikipedia about the Dymaxion House:

In the current economic climate, is more important than ever to continue innovation in residential design and construction. In the spirit of innovation, we have chosen to make the first sponsored challenge modeling a parametric version of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion House.

Here is some text from Wikipedia about the Dymaxion House:

The Dymaxion House was developed by inventor and architect Buckminster Fuller to address several perceived shortcomings with existing homebuilding techniques. Fuller designed several versions of the house at different times, but they were all factory manufactured kits, assembled on site, intended to be suitable for any site or environment and to use resources efficiently. One important design consideration was ease of shipment and assembly..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house

Judges for this Challenge will be:
Shane Burger from Grimshaw Architects
Nicholas Rader from Snøhetta
Robert Yori from Skidmore, Ownings & Merrill LLP

The winner will receive an HP Designjet 111 Printer

Deadline: 11:59pm EST on December 19th 2010