Architecture for Humanity
Written on May 28, 2007
- Ran across a very motivating effort recently that I think is worth mentioning. Architecture for Humanity is a charitable organization founded in 1999 to promote architectural and design solutions to global, social and humanitarian crisis.
This is a really interesting aspect of building a better world for all of humanity. Surprisingly many of the global challenges are related to structural design issues such as building proper housing based on protected knowledge. We (at least I) tend to think that many of the problems concerning intellectual property rights and human development (for those who cannot afford to pay the price for the knowledge) is related to products such as AIDS medicine or software. However this organization focus on the simple fact that insight on how to build properly designed buildings is just as much about sharing knowledge as it is about availability of capital.
As stated by the organization: “we believe that where resources and expertise are scarce, innovative, sustainable and collaborative design can make a difference”.
Well worth to visit www.architectureforhumanity.org
Cameron Sinclair at TED.
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