Calling all architects, urbanists, engineers, artists, and makers to design dignified, affordable, and aspirational inclusionary housing in Cape Town.

This competition invites you to reimagine four underutilized public sites, currently government parking lots, as vibrant places to live. You will be challenged to integrate affordability and location, respond to spatial inequality, and develop real-world solutions that could shape Cape Town’s housing future.

This is your opportunity to shape the city, reclaim public land, and design homes that bring people closer to opportunity, dignity, and belonging.

Hosted by NowNow, in partnership with Ndifuna Ukwazi.

Download the brief here.

Student registration: R375 per team (1–3 people).

Standard registration: R750 per team (1–3 people).

Register: 24 Oct 2025 - 21 Feb 2026, at 24:00 CAT Submit: Before 28 Feb 2026, 24:00 CAT