The Judging Process

The judges met in London on 30th September to make an initial assessment of the schemes and identify a longlist for further consideration.

It emerged that three basic design strategies to mitigate the flood risk were evident :
• firstly to raise the house and sometimes also the surroundings above the flood level;
• secondly to allow part or all of the house to float in the event of a flood;
• thirdly to try to prevent the water from entering the house and/or to accept that water might enter the house, arranging the layout to allow continuous use and designing the interior to be resilient.

The overall standard of entries was considered to be good and the judges were impressed with
the level of thought people have put into this competition.

Following the first day of judging the panel had eliminated a total of 60 schemes leaving 25 still under consideration.

These entries can be viewed by clicking here.