The ancient advice about considering before speaking: “Is it kind, true, and necessary?” can also be applied to design of the built environment. Design represents any order, system, project, architecture, artifice, or alteration of nature: Is the design kind: considerate and considered?; compassionate to life?; conducive to comfort?; tolerant of differences?; humane?; recognizing the oneness…
Category: open source architecture
SHELTERBOX CANADA
Haiti A ShelterBox Response Team (SRT) is currently being mobilised with two SRT members from the USA and one from the UK leading the response. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean island of Haiti at close to 2200 GMT on Tuesday, January 12. Initial reports state that hundreds of people are feared dead while…
inspirational video on open source architecture
This is the place I intend to store articles, links, and information I would like to share with friends, family, collegues, and clients that relates to sustainability, and sustainable building, and any other thing I think is relevant and inspirational. Links to video of Cameron Sinclair and open source architecture: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/cameron_sinclair_on_open_source_architecture.html http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org
Advancing Sustainability in the Built Environment 