The Essential Homes Research Project by the Norman Foster Foundation and Holcim has been awarded at the 2024 Green Good Design Awards, in the Green Research & Technology section.

The Essential Homes Research Project is a prototype home presented during the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale as part of the Time Space Existence exhibition, aimed at showcasing architectural and material solutions to provide sustainable, secure, and affordable housing for all. It comprises a housing prototype designed by the Norman Foster Foundation to meet essential human needs, including safety, comfort, and well-being. Primarily aimed at addressing the issues facing the 103 million displaced people, of which 1 out of 3 are children, the project also has the potential to benefit the further 1.6 billion people currently living in inadequate accommodation worldwide.

Green GOOD DESIGN Sustainability Awards goal is to bestow international recognition to those outstanding individuals, companies, organizations, governments, and institutions – together with their products, services, programs, ideas, and concepts-that have forwarded exceptional thinking and inspired greater progress toward a more healthier and more sustainable universe.