2023 RESULTS
The theme of the third £25,000 annual Davidson Prize was 'Somewhere to Call Home'. The brief asked multi-disciplinary teams to communicate innovative design solutions for a home community where people who have experienced the trauma of homelessness and housing insecurity are given time to settle, recover and find their bearings.
WINNER
Studio MUTT and Neighbourhood with The Independence Initiative, Hugh Baird College, Islington Hostel Outreach, Amber Akaunu, Peter O’Neil and Dead Good Poets Society
In June 2023, The Davidson Prize announced Helping Hands as the winner of the £10,000 prize. Helping Hands addresses the urgent need for temporary homeless accommodation and support services in Bootle, Liverpool, with a particular focus on the needs of young people leaving the care system. The team’s project proposes a nurturing communal landscape for people facing homelessness – co-created by residents, neighbours and specialist support organisations.
PEOPLE'S CHOICE PRIZE
The winner of the first People’s Choice Prize was Switch by Rifugio
A total of 882 people voted in the public poll, with Switch receiving more than 20% of the votes. The team proposed repurposing a disused station in Highgate, London as place where asylum seekers are offered sanctuary to process the trauma of their preceding journey. Assisted by food-based projects and the rituals of everyday life, inhabitants are supported to make a switch towards a chosen onward journey.
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