Sustainable+Design

Sustainable Design


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Cameron Sinclair's experience
 . What kind of problem(s) did Cameron want to solve?

Cameron, since his beginning as architect was interested in socially responsible design, search the way to make an impact in people’s live. For this reason Cameron and his partner Kate Stohr started an organization to get architects and designers involved in humanitarian work. Not only about responding to natural disasters, but involved in systemic issues.

. How did he face these problems?

To resolve this problems Cameron creates a web page where thousands of designers working around the world, also people around the world contributed with their ideas of how to solve a common problem.

. Explain 4 of the architectural solutions presented by him

1- When they went to Africa, was originally to look at the housing issue. Within three days, they realized the problem was not housing; it was the growing pandemic of HIV/AIDS, They make the doctors go to the people, establishing a real self-sustaining project with this great idea; a mobile health clinics.

2- He was giving the people the tools, and the space to allow them to rebuild and regrow the way they want to, he didn’t imposed architecture on a community, also used rubble from destroyed homes to create new homes.

3- They formed a partnership, a diverse partnership, a community-designed or community center that can achieved built a house in a couples of weeks, a rehabbed home in four days, they don’t ‘wait to rebuilt the destruction caused by the naturals disasters.

4- For pandemic of HIV/AIDS they decided to look at the idea of sports and create a youth sports center that doubled as an outreach center, and the coaches of the girls' team were also trained doctors.And they picked nine finalists, and then those nine finalists were distributed throughout the entire region, and then the community picked their design.

. What is the meaning of open-source architecture to house the world?

This term is refer to is time to make a work in community in order to resolved any problem that may presents in any place in the world, now the answers are in our-selves just like always any person can to collaborate and can to understand the code of this kind of architecture.

.In your opinion, what is the most important message in this video?

<span style="color: #9e6262; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; text-align: justify;">I think that this video make us a call for reflection, we have to think about what is our commitment as architects and urban planners with the people for who we work. We have to know that this commitment is beyond the provide people of modern and avant-garde buildings and functional spaces. Cameron shows us how a value, concern or interest for humanity and solidarity, can become in a hope for others with limited resources. He achieves his dream to collaborate with the unfortunate. He was moved for a problem o issue of housing and started a labour more impressive in the health area, with organization and with the help of thousands persons of others countries, who can express are ideas of a specific problem in common or not, through his website.