Humanitarian Architecture
That may sound like a stretch, but humanitarian architecture is precisely what Cameron Sinclair hopes to accomplish through his organization, Architecture for Humanity. The basic idea is that with a skyrocketing global population that is becoming increasingly urbanized in developing nations, the formal architecture profession is not equipped meet the design needs of the masses. Sinclair’s proposal is to create an online repository of information and design to support the architectural needs of these developing areas. The solution comes in the form of an online forum, The Open Architecture Network. The pursuit is backed by some heavy hitters such as Creative Commons, Hot Studio, Jenner & Block, Sun, and TED.
Alex Steffen has an in-depth look at Architecture for Humanity over at WorldChanging.
2 February 2007 | Construction, Technology | Comments
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