Designing Like We Give a Damn

Slide 1: Designing Like We Give a Damn MARI A GIUDICE & K AT R I N A A LCO R N Hot Studio Inc.

Slide 2: If you had one wish to change the world what would that be?

Slide 3: Who is Hot Studio?

Slide 4: Hot Studio is a people-centered strategic design studio.

Slide 5: We design things that people love to use.

Slide 12: TED 2006

Slide 13: Founded in 1999 by Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr 4 full-time staff 9 country representatives and design fellows in Sri Lanka, India, Tanzania and United States 3,000+ volunteer designers 25 Projects in 8 countries Over 100 Structures Implemented 40+ ‘self-governed’ local chapters in all continents 40,000+ newsletter subscribers

Slide 14: 2006 TED Prize: Cameron Sinclair’s wish “I wish to create a community that actively embraces ‘open source’ design to generate innovative and sustainable living conditions for all.”

Slide 16: “There is nothing worse than being all mouth and no trousers.” We dove right in March 2006

Slide 18: Hot Studio’s approach to research FINDINGS INSIGHT DESIGN

Slide 19: AFH Chapters Planners Engineers Designers NGO’s Inventors Architects Diverse community Funders of participants Scientists Government Manufacturers policy makers End users Project managers Community and facilitators leaders

Slide 20: Chapters People from 520 cities want to form chapters and yet only 18 chapters have the capacity or tools to actually do it. There are approximately 2,400 people in active groups and 2,160 who want to sign up but lack the organizational support to do it.

Slide 21: Architects and designers

Slide 22: Funders

Slide 23: Displaced families

Slide 24: Project Managers

Slide 25: Architecture for Humanity

Slide 33: Architecture and design is a political act. True community forms when the perceived system of support breaks down. With little funding the community of Biloxi and a dedicated team of volunteers decided not to wait for federal assistance, and help instead to rebuild.

Slide 38: collaboration tools blogs volunteerism sites wikis funding and foundation sites no one size fits all social networking sites third party tools humanitarian-based sites project management tools sites about green design

Slide 39: Collaborative work sessions

Slide 40: Collaborative work sessions

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Slide 43: An Internet ecosystem of sites that: • Empowers chapters at the local level by providing them with the infrastructure and tools they need in order to fulfill their mission. • Allows designers from around the world to collaborate and inspire one another. • Creates a central place for like-minded people to find and share important information on innovative and sustainable design. • Provides the tools that allow project managers and facilitators to effectively and efficiently do their jobs. • Helps Architecture for Humanity and its projects create the funds necessary to be a sustainable organization for many years to come.

Slide 44: OAN will be ‘powered by AFH’ but exist as its own brand. For profit and Architecture for non-profit entities can license the Architecture for Humanity and its Humanity engine and the interface can be chapters will have the same re-skinned to fit the design aesthetics navigational structure. AFH will of the end user. provide new chapters with a ‘shell site’ that can be customized. Online Ecosystem Open Architecture Network shared database and publishing Chapter platform Sites The Open Architecture Network becomes the collaborative When new members join workspace for every project in the a chapter they automatically online ecosystem. become enrolled in the Open Architecture Network.

Slide 45: OAN Logo Projects Resources My Profile Sign In Jon from AFH NY’s Projects Start a new project Projects you may be interested in Modify my pro le featured projects by location by theme by date Rebuild Livelihoods of Sri Lankan Tsunami Victims> Rebuild Livelihoods of Sri Lankan Tsunami News alert> Activity since your last login: Victims> Help 2,135 Sri Lankan families rebuild their Timely reminders> 5 new les available> means of livelihood destroyed by the Tsunami (Important, timely 12 new messages> by providing relief goods, distributing new messaging content area)> DESIGN 3 items added to your to-to list> home appliances, and restoring their means of DESIGN income. See my archived projects Rebuild Livelihoods of Sri Lankan Tsunami AFH members: Victims> Help 2,135 Sri Lankan families rebuild their Help us update our Recent topics or discussions you have means of livelihood destroyed by the Tsunami materials database participated in: by providing relief goods, distributing new Help us update our home appliances, and restoring their means of BUILD funders database Green design: Is it worth the additional cost? income. 16 new comments> Designing with recycled glass 6 new comments> Rebuild Livelihoods of Sri Lankan Tsunami Help us update the code database for your area Victims> Help 2,135 Sri Lankan families rebuild their means of livelihood destroyed by the Tsunami by providing relief goods, distributing new BUILD home appliances, and restoring their means of income. Show Previous 3 Show Next 3 See all projects (100) See all projects currently in development Contact Us | About OAN | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Creative Commons Licensing | Architecture for Humanity c 2006 AFH intl.

Slide 47: search> OAN Logo Projects Resources My Profile Sign Out Start a new project Find Projects keyword search Go Showing 1-24 of 2000 Projects Sort by Ratings Go Location Theme Humanitarian (12) Green (15) Commercial (50) Residential (30) Designer on mouseover, a project snapshot appears Sponsor Time Last 30 days (15) Last 6 months (65) See all times Square footage Cost Status Completed (300) 1-24 of 2000 In Progress (256) previous page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 next page Contact Us | About OAN | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Creative Commons Licensing | Architecture for Humanity c 2006 AFH intl.

Slide 49: search> OAN Logo Projects Resources My Profile Sign Out Overview Team Blog Design Milestones Files Project Name Bookmark this project show map Project Tags . Uddakandara Project Description Tsunami reconstruction Womens’ cooperative bakery | status: under construction l Date posted Sri Lanka from Goal: To design and build a small women’s coop- Google Earth erative bakery in Uddakandara. Sponsor organiza- Sri Lanka tions: Architecture for Humanity and Relief Inter- Women national. Microeconomics Project Background: Jungle-tastic The Tsunami of XX 2005 hit the small town of (image from latest design) Uddakandara particularly hard, wiping out ap- Coconut leaves proximately 50% of people’s homes, and most Small business commercial establishments. Many people ed the area, and the economy has su ered terribly. How- mouseover ever, a group of 12 women from the town decided de nition for to get together and form a cooperative bakery. tags and process They began by working out of their homes, but as phases [play project history slideshow] see all images business is starting to pick up, they need a larger space. Our architects met with the women in Feb- ruary to gather requirements and began designs Program Reqs. that same month. We hope to complete construc- Schematic Design tion by December 31, 2006. end 12/31/06 8/24/06 start 2/6/06 Documentation Build we are Volunteer civil engineers, 9/9-15 here We still need volunteers to landscape architects, help with the nal phases 10/10-1210 Show/Hide comment area (combined Blog and Comment area) of construction. grant writers, now- Aug. 12, 2006 12/31 The cement arrived two weeks early. This is great news, as we anticipated major delays in construction. Now our only problem is nding enough volunteers to keep the work running Donate $96,000 smoothly. We need $43,000 to complete read comments (6) | add comment the nal phase of construc- see full blog $53,000 tion. Donate now Susi Platt Contact Us | About OAN | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Creative Commons Licensing | Architecture for Humanity c 2006 AFH intl.

Slide 51: search> OAN Logo Projects Resources My Profile Sign Out Overview Team Blog Design Milestones Files Project Name Calhoun Studio, front view | Sept. 2, 2006 | uploaded by: John Dwyer + Add comment Show comments x Maria Katrina Tara Cameron x Kate Add your comment here Henrik 1 Hide / Show Comments 1 Print Comments> Save Cancel 2 Design Archives Version 3 (now viewing) 3 09/02/06: J. Dwyer 2 Version 2 08/31/06: R. Russell Version 1 08/05/06: J. Dwyer See older versions> Post a new le> previous page 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 next page Print a Copy (pdf) | Check-out this File (SketchUp) Display all comments Read Creative Commons Licensing Agreement Download SketchUp Show map in Google Earth Contact Us | About OAN | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Creative Commons Licensing | Architecture for Humanity c 2006 AFH intl.

Slide 53: Hi, Margarita search> OAN Logo Projects Resources People Finder My pro le | Sign out Font size: A | A Bandwidth: HI | low Topic: Materials > Cob Reference content: ▲ Got a Cob question? Ask a guru. Introduction open/close History and usage Your question will be displayed below in member discussions. Examples of cob on the OAN OAN experts on cob External links Recent member discussion on this topic Introduction Edit Anyone used cob for an outhouse? | (Jake V.) | 6 replies Cob is a building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and New cob mixture uses crushed bamboo | (Ellen) | 12 replies earth. Cob is reproof, resistant to seismic activity, and inexpensive. It can be used to create artistic, sculptural forms and has been revived in Ellen: New cob mixture uses crushed bamboo [add reply] recent years by the natural building and sustainability movements. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. In accumsan, dui non fermentum pellentesque, eros lacus lobortis neque, sed ullamcorper eros felis ut sapien. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Morbi sit amet tellus. Pellentesque aliquet quam sit amet justo. Etiam at ligula. Aenean mauris nisl, iaculis quis, molestie vitae, dapibus quis, ipsum. Duis sit amet tellus. Suspendisse in lacus. Quisque adipiscing. Proin commodo, ipsum sagittis ullamcorper gravida, mauris est ornare nunc. image/mini-slide show with captions Eliot X. Great minds think alike, Ellen. I’ve been experimenting with a similar process. Check out the photos below. 1 image image image Upload new image Edit slideshow History and usage Edit Arnold S. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. In Cob-building is a traditional technique that has been used for accumsan, dui non fermentum pellentesque, eros lacus lobortis neque, sed thousands of years and in all kind of climates. In the UK it is most ullamcorper eros felis ut sapien. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis strongly associated with counties of Devon and Cornwall in the West parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Morbi sit amet tellus... Country, and the Vale of Glamorgan and Gower Peninsula in Wales, [add reply] where many cob cottages have survived and are still inhabited. Many old cob buildings can be found in Africa, the Middle East, Wales, I can help with cob projects in MN | (Margarita) | 0 replies Devon, Ireland, Cornwall and some parts of the eastern United States. The walls of a cob house are necessarily thick, and windows are How thick can the walls be? | (John-anna) | 27 replies correspondingly deepset, giving the houses a characteristic internal Getting zoning depts. to approve cob... | (Bethany) | 1 reply appearance. The thick walls also provide excellent thermal mass, so Cob is disintegrating, help! (see photo) | (Howard H.) | 7 replies that, depending on the climate, cob cottages are relatively easy to keep warm in winter, and tend to be cool in summer. Surprisingly, the See archived discussions on cob> material is entirely suitable for rainy climates, and so long as a cob house is reasonably cared for, the structure will not deteriorate; many cob cottages in Devon (one of the wetter counties in England) have been inhabited for hundreds of years.

Slide 55: Open Architecture Network launched at the 2007 TED Conference March 7, 2007 Currently there are over 10,000 members and over 1,500 projects are posted; 200 countries are represented www.openarchitecturenetwork.org

Slide 56: Results The current Open Architecture Challenge attracted 508 entrants, 58 countries represented and 26 developing nations The site has won several sustainable design awards and garnered media attention New York Times International Herald Tribune Wired News WIRED Science, PBS Interior Design World Changing Business Week Online USA Today/CNET ZDNet InfoWorld

Slide 57: Results • Community building and networking with peers from around the world • A platform for active conversations and debates about different building methods • A venue for design credibility • Designers who post their project are aligning themselves with Architecture for Humanity’s underlying philosophies

Slide 58: Challenges still ahead • Architects are reluctant to apply Creative Commons licensing to their work • The design community has yet to embrace the Open Architecture Network as workflow management tool • Adapting projects and tracking the adapted project is not fully developed • The Resources area has not yet been developed due to limited internal staffing

Slide 59: Parting Thoughts

Slide 60: Parting Thoughts Great design stands at the intersection between business goals, customer needs and technical possibility. Research is the key to this understanding.

Slide 61: Parting Thoughts Great design stands at the intersection between business goals, customer needs and technical possibility. Research is the key to this understanding. Design is a team sport. Collaboration makes the experience richer and the end result better.

Slide 62: Parting Thoughts Great design stands at the intersection between business goals, customer needs and technical possibility. Research is the key to this understanding. Design is a team sport. Collaboration makes the experience richer and the end result better. Design can transform the way businesses work—from how they work internally, to how they interact with their customers.

Slide 63: Parting Thoughts Great design stands at the intersection between business goals, customer needs and technical possibility. Research is the key to this understanding. Design is a team sport. Collaboration makes the experience richer and the end result better. Design can transform the way businesses work—from how they work internally to how they interact with their customers. Find a way to use your talent and expertise to help make a difference in someone’s life.

Slide 64: Thank you! maria.giudice@hotstudio.com Questions and answers katrina.alcorn@hotstudio.com blog: hottub.hotstudio.com www.hotstudio.com