Open Souse House
Sustainable Affordable Housing
Open Source House aims to create sustainable and affordable housing for all with locally embedded design using natural materials. Including the wishes and needs of the end user and an assessment of the local current housing industry. The solutions are generated in the design competitions, are open source and are encouraged to be used by anyone to improve housing anywhere in any situation.
OS House Activities
- Start-up local companies to provide affordable/sustainable housing
- Organise competitions for new locations
- Stimulate local parties to use designs and adapt them to the local conditions
- Realise 100,000 OS-Houses before the year 2020!
Current Issues
OS House works from the top down and the bottom up, as an issue driven organisation. Rapid urbanisation, wastage of resources, global warming, inefficient construction methods and unshared ideas are all part of the underlying problem. Generating choice is a priority, and the platform is a place where knowledge and creativity come together to address these issues.
OS House works from the top down and the bottom up, as an issue driven organisation. Rapid urbanisation, wastage of resources, global warming, inefficient construction methods and unshared ideas are all part of the underlying problem. Generating choice is a priority, and the platform is a place where knowledge and creativity come together to address these issues.
Get Involved
Sign up to the online platform, share your ideas and give feedback to others. Work together to co-create solutions. Enrich your idea by connecting with other members with specific knowledge. Log in and be creative!
Sign up to the online platform, share your ideas and give feedback to others. Work together to co-create solutions. Enrich your idea by connecting with other members with specific knowledge. Log in and be creative!
Also, check out the eight principles of the Open Source House which all ideas should be based on for optimum standards.
case study
Case Study
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