The aim of the competition was to announce an architectural stance towards homes for the poor: a draft for a modular home concept for those in need which should exhibit high levels of flexibility and variability using minimal resources.

This draft for a home for people in need fills the gap between sheet metal containers and conventional social residential buildings. The possibilities for use range from the creation of temporary emergency accommodation, to single-family homes and right up to residential constructions. The homes for those in need are adapted to a basic living situation, but rise above these elementary living requirements using minimal resources to create an appropriate place to live.

All the wall elements (walls, doors, windows) have identical dimensions and can be offset or swapped around as required within a grid of 1.20 m. They do not take on any static functions. The house units can be arranged one on top of the other almost at will within the 1.20 m grid. Subject to the use of additional supports, the modules can be stacked one on top of each other. The diverse possibilities of the layout arrangements generate areas with different qualities: open areas, semi-public, semi-private and private zones.

In the specific case of the Vinzidorf in Graz, a modular system of eight homes for those in need were suggested in a two-floor layout. Four of these units were realised.