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title: Modative Architecture Wins Homeless Housing Development Competition
description: Modative Architecture part of the winning team in ULI's 100 Homes Homeless Housing Development Competition.
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## [Modative Architecture Wins Homeless Housing Development Competition](https://www.modative.com/modern-architects-blog/bid/33613/Modative-Architecture-Wins-Homeless-Housing-Development-Competition)
Posted by [Derek Leavitt](https://www.modative.com/modern-architects-blog/author/derek-leavitt) on Thu, Jun 10, 2010 @ 14:06 PM
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If you've been following along with us here over the last few weeks, you've surely noticed that we've been [bashing open architecture competitions](https://www.modative.com/modern-architects-blog/bid/31683/Why-Open-Architecture-Competitions-Are-Bad-for-Architects) and even [suggesting alternatives](https://www.modative.com/modern-architects-blog/bid/32155/5-Things-Architects-Should-Do-Instead-of-Entering-Open-Competitions) to these time wasters.
So you may find it a bit hypocritical that today I'm announcing that we won a competition. That is, until you note the following differences between this competition and a typical open architecture competition.
#### Not Just an Architecture Competition
The competition we entered was through the [Urban Land Institute](http://www.uli.org/) (ULI) to develop housing for the chronically homeless. As I [posted back in April](https://www.modative.com/modern-architects-blog/bid/32420/Modative-Architecture-Joins-Homeless-Housing-Competition-Team), it was a team development competition consisting of other young real estate and social work professionals. Architecture was only a piece of the proposal. Our team had to find a property, create a program, design a project, determine the services offered, and develop a detailed pro forma of how the project would be financed. The process simulated a real project compressed into six weeks.
[](https://www.modative.com/Homeless-Permanent-Supportive-Housing-Glendale-California-/)*The site we selected in Glendale.*
#### The Competition Wasn't Open
[Our team](https://www.modative.com/1000-homes-competition-2010-winning-team-HETED-Glendale/) had to apply in order to get accepted to participate. There were only five teams competing.
*We even got to make our own cool logo. We were called Team HETED (Homeless Empowerment Through Efficient Development) *
#### Collaboration
Each team was assigned a city to work with in Los Angeles County: Pasadena, Whittier, East Dominguez Hills, Long Beach and our sponsor city, [Glendale](http://www.ci.glendale.ca.us/). We also worked closely with homeless non-profit advocates and developers, [Path Achieve Glendale](http://www.achieveglendale.org/main.html) and [Path Ventures](http://www.pathventures.org/main.html). The city and these organizations acted like our clients. By working with them we got to make real connections. Connections that could lead to future work.
[](https://www.modative.com/heted-hybrid-bungalows/)
*The project concept is a hybrid of preservation of 1920's bungalows and modern intervention of adding new elements to bring the project up to code and provide services for the residents.*
#### Team Aspect
[Our team](https://www.modative.com/1000-homes-competition-2010-winning-team-HETED-Glendale/) really enjoyed working with each other on this. I think we will collaborate again on future projects.
#### Exposure
The Urban Land Institute is a diverse organization. It reaches all types of real estate professionals. We prefer this type of exposure over showcasing our work to a bunch of fellow architects.
[](https://www.modative.com/Permanent-Supportive-Housing-Architecture-PSH-Architects/)
#### Pro Bono
This competition was our launch into pro bono work. We spent 130 hours working on this competition. This gives us a real gauge as to the level of commitment required to do future pro bono projects. We already have an idea for our next pro bono project. It won't be through a competition.
[](https://www.modative.com/heted-hybrid-bungalows/)
*Overall view of the project *
Whether or not you buy our arguments for entering this competition, I encourage you to [check out our winning proposal](https://www.modative.com/heted-hybrid-bungalows/). You can also view our [online press release](https://www.modative.com/heted-hybrid-bungalows-press-release/).
What do you think of our proposal?
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