Since the 17th century we have organised ourselves as discrete, independent individuals and corporations and design our systems, markets and institutions around it. We now know that is a myth. Our societal challenges need a new approach.
‘Indy Johar argues that the biggest revolution of the 21st century will not be our technology, but how we organise ourselves.’
Architect Alastair Parvin presents a simple but provocative idea: what if, instead of architects creating buildings for those who can afford to commission them, regular citizens could design and build their own houses? The concept is at the heart of Wikihouse, an open source construction kit that means just about anyone can build a house, anywhere.
Social Innovation increasingly features on the policy agenda, yet few think about the oblique nature of solutions. Indy speaks about the nature of change and the role of social capital.
Indy Johar is an architect and institution designer & developer. He is a co-founder of 00 (Project00.cc) and, on behalf of 00, has co-founded multiple social ventures from Impact Hub Westminster to Impact Hub Birmingham and the HubLaunchpad.net Open Venture Accelerator. Indy is an Advisor to the Earth Security Initiative and a Director of WikiHouse Foundation and Civic Systems Laboratory.
"Every human is a phenomenally powerfully intelligence machine, yet we all treat them as bad robots who won't get it”
Indy is not only the co-founder of Zero Zero, he’s also an architect. By studying not only houses, but also structures and cities, he’s learned how to see the bigger picture. A picture that reveals how we can view cities as places for collaborative innovation.
How do we make buildings that both look good and do good? By focusing on civic architecture and transforming real estate to real value, we can reinvent and create better cities.
Nick Ierodiaconou is the co-designer of the TED Prize winning WikiHouse open source construction standard and Co-Founder and Lead Designer of the FabHub platform, Nick is also a qualified architect and designer with 00:/.
In this excerpt from the event, Design and Democracy, Alastair Parvin speaks on the future of open design, community development and WikiHouse.
A sneak preview of our interview with Joost Beunderman, member of Architecture 00 and Director at Impact Hub Islington. In this clip, Joost explains the key elements to successful collaboration.