KUALA LUMPUR: The new blueprint to reinvent the conventional Malaysian terrace home design kicks off with 170 professional architects registering for the ‘Concept Home 2030 Competition’, taking up the challenge to revolutionise the quintessential Malaysian terrace home design and reimagine the potential style of living in 2030.

       The game-changing competition is co-organised by Sime Darby Property Bhd and Malaysian Institute of Architects or Pertubuhan Akitek Malaysia (PAM)) which was announced on Aug 16.

       The competition invites corporate architects registered with PAM to envision future-ready sustainable homes utilising technology from ideation to development.

       Sime Darby Property Group managing director Datuk Azmir Merican said that the encouraging response from participating architects showed that the sentiment to elevate the archetypal living space design to meet the needs of tomorrow was mutual.

       “The competition outcome will allow us to combine Sime Darby Property’s pioneering ideas on how living spaces will be designed to fit the future Malaysian way of life together with how visionaries of the built realm foresee the future.

       “This synergistic visual narrative will strengthen our approach to methodically manage disruptive new ideas into our future products, building people-centric homes laden with technology for sustainable communities and townships of the future,” said Azmir.

       PAM president Datuk Ezumi Harzani Ismail said: “It is exciting to see various dimensions of ideas to be conceptualised through this record-breaking number of participants. We are grateful that Sime Darby Property collaborates with PAM in inspiring innovations and creativity to revolutionise the conception of terrace homes in Malaysia.”

       The competition encourages participants to address upcoming mega trends and future home predictions, while finding new ways of designing, building, and innovating homes to close the existing gaps in the market.

       Registration for the competition has closed, and participants would undergo multiple stages of competition before results are announced in January 2022. Entries would be judged by a distinguished panel of adjudicators consisting of Sime Darby Property and PAM representatives.

       The competition winner would win RM100,000 plus prospective commission of executing a virtual or physical showcase project with Sime Darby Property, while second and third placed winners would take home RM75,000 and RM50,000 respectively.

       Beyond the top three winners, the competition would also award two honorary mention prizes and a “People’s Choice Award” in which public voting would be online for Malaysians to vote for their favourite submissions.