Participatory Design

FLEX Modular Kiosk

Project Location: Capao Redondo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Building Type: Storage Facility, Retail – Single Occupancy, Restaurant/Café, Marketplace - Outdoor, Lighting-Outdoor , …
Project Descripton: The design concept of FLEX Modular System is to re-inteprete the notion of an affordable yet attractive and functional kiosk system. The Kiosk system is easily transportable, reconfigurable and expandable by the community to fit their needs as the....

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EcoHubs

Project Location: brixton, london, United Kingdom
Building Type: Community Center
Project Descripton: EcoHubs will be local centres of alternative technology and transition culture. These spaces will spread energy and ecological literacy at a local level. The EcoHubs will be centrally located in town squares in off-the-grid units (possibly made....

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Open-Source Bamboo Shelter

Project Location: Unspecified location
Building Type: Homeless Shelter, Emergency Shelter
Project Descripton: A process for community-built bamboo relief housing

“Bamboo DNA's strength comes from its collaborative network of talented people... artists, builders, performance artists, and pretty much anyone who has an interest in seeing bamboo....

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Las Hormigas Women's Cooperative Kitchen

Project Location: Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Building Type: Restaurant/Café
Project Descripton: Light straw clay building wrap system around existing CMU block walls; new pallet truss roof, new metal rain shield, straw insulation; solar water heater; Watson Wick for kitchen waste water

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[WIND]OW SEAT

Project Location: Denver, Colorado, United States
Building Type: Lighting-Outdoor , Landscapes/Parks/Outdoor Spaces, Cultural Display

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Rebuilding Community Block by Block

Project Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Building Type: Residential - Single Family
Project Descripton: "It was a spiritual experience. I put myself in the shoes of the ladies who had lost their house(s). I went outside and just stared at the house(s). To lose everything then to come back to the same area, where two new houses are going up. That is....

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Inexpensive, expandible, community-built School for parched, mudslide-prone hills.

Project Location: Khasauli, Palpa, Nepal
Building Type: Water treatment, Emergency Shelter, Education Facility - Training Center, Education Facility - Secondary School, Education Facility - College/University , …
Project Descripton:

In 1995 community members and local teachers from four villages (Khasauli, Kusum, Bhairabstan, and Deurali) came together and formed the Bhawaani Bhairab Aadarsha Higher Secondary School Management Committee. Its main goal was to open a Higher....

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2051: Nyaya

Project Location: Sanfe Bagar, Achham, Nepal
Building Type: Health Clinic
Project Descripton: Thank you for entering the AMD Open Architecture Challenge. This is your project entry for the South America Challenge.

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My Project Name : Nyaya

Project Location: Sanfe Bagar, Achham, Nepal
Building Type: Health Clinic
Project Descripton: Thank you for entering the AMD Open Architecture Challenge. This is your project entry for the South America Challenge.

Your Text Should Go Here.

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Manichira Child-Centred Recreational Park

Project Location: Sultan Bathery, Kerala, India

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