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The winning MICROHOME 2020 Competition designs By Alexander Walter| 1st Prize Winner: Horror Vacui by Giovanni Cavaglion, Pu Wang, Emanuele Cavaglion, and Xiaoxu Liang The winning designs of the second annual MICROHOME architecture competition have just been announced, featuring innovative solutions to small-scale living. The brief tasked designers to conceptualize an off-grid, modular micro home no greater than 25 square meters (269 square feet) that could accommodate a hypothetical young professional couple. 1st Prize Winner: Horror Vacui Giovanni Cavaglion, Pu Wang, Emanuele Cavaglion, Xiaoxu Liang (Italy) 1st Prize Winner: Horror Vacui Project summary: Horror Vacui a postulate attributed to Aristotle, who articulated for the field of physics a belief that nature abhors an empty space. This is a beautifully rendered project for a transformative housing unit that functions like a machine, with retractable ceiling and floor modules controlled via app. [.] The project yields a creative use of small spaces by a simple construction system that provides multiple atmospheres and usage scenarios.