looking forward to meeting at the lab. i’m fascinated by the extend of this rebirth and the humanitarian applications of it … i’ve been reading around ideas of open source design lately. most recently, i locked onto open source architecture, championed by architects for humanity via the open architecture network. in this era of iconic buildings designed by starchitects (even though i really love them), it’s so refreshing to see an approach to a vernacular or popular architecture that puts liveability and living standards over copyright. there’s also a great array of diy tools available online that helps people design and collaborate. it’s really simple isn’t it - in a time when there are so many different kinds of need, motivation, intent and desire, there needs to be a multiplicity of intellectual property management methods.

here’s the website for oan - http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/

cheers. linda