September 2008
On the Open Architecture Network website, created by TED Prize winner, Cameron Sinclair, you will find global shelters made out of straw bales, shipping containers, and beer crates.
These local materials are incorporated into computer-generated models by architects who have been asked to build for sites with the most limited resources and aggressive environments.
The resulting combinations of local improvisation and contemporary design aim first for practicality, but many are so inventive they can't help being playful and sleek along the way.
Since Sinclair and Kate Stohr founded Architecture for Humanity (AFH) in 1999 after working with Kosovar refugees, AFH has provided shelter solutions from Brazil to Mississippi, and they are all now posted on the Open Architecture Network for replication.
Their book, Design Like You Give a Damn, details these case studies in development design.
Sinclair will speak at the Sustainable Community Lecture Series initiated by Lulan Artisans, a holistic home decor shop on King Street. Sinclair spoke with Charleston City Paper about his global projects and the coastal communities threatened by the effects of global warming.
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