Sustainable+Design



**Questions about "Cameron Sinclair on open-source architecture" video: **

**What kind of problem(s) did Cameron want to solve?** He basically wants to solve the problems that have to do with the housing crisis, whether they are caused by natural disasters or by systemic issues. media type="file" key="sem9_p1.wma" width="300" height="45"

What he does is that when a problem comes to light he reviews on his website and studied the proposals that have been sent to him and then he gets into action. media type="file" key="sem9_p2.wma" width="300" height="45" media type="file" key="sem9_p31.wma" width="300" height="45" **-** He also developed Siyathemba, which consisted in create a youth sports center that doubled as an HIV/AIDS outreach center, and the coaches of the girls' team were also trained doctors. So that there would be a very slow way of developing kind of confidence in health care. media type="file" key="sem9_p32.wma" width="300" height="45" media type="file" key="sem9_p33.wma" width="300" height="45" -He also explains what happened after hurricane Katrina and this was what he said “Here is a community that got together and they said no to wait, to waiting. They formed a partnership, a diverse partnership of players to actually map out East Biloxi, to figure out who is getting involved. We've had 1,500 volunteers rebuilding, rehabbing homes. Figuring out what FEMA regulations are, not waiting for them to dictate to us how you should rebuild […] This is a utility room for a woman who is on a walker. She's 70 years old. This is what FEMA gave her. 600 bucks, happened two days ago. We put together very quickly a washroom. It's built, it's running and she just started a business yesterday, where she's washing other peoples clothes". media type="file" key="sem9_p34.wma" width="300" height="45"
 * How did he face these problems?**
 * Explain 4 of the architectural solutions presented by him** - To build a kenaf clinic on Africa. People get seed and they grow it in a plot of land and it grows 14 feet in a month, and on the fourth week, the doctors come and they mow out an area, put a tensile structure on the top and when the doctors have finished treating and seeing patients and villagers, people cut down the clinic and they eat it.
 * -**He explained that in a community where there is a marked dry season and a short rainy season the solution was to create schools that have rain water collection systems of a very low cost. Also they're built by the parents of the kids.

**What is the meaning of //open-source architecture to house the world//?** What it means is that no matter to be an architect or not, because everyone, with an interest in helping others and with good ideas of how to resolve any problem, can develop a project and explain its prototype, its aims and then send it to Cameron’s website. media type="file" key="sem9_p4.wma" width="300" height="45"


 * In your opinion, what is the most important message in this video?** In my opinion the most important message in this video is that people do not have to be thinking that they are designing a jewel, and that it's a jewel that others try and crave for, the real message in this video is that to be a great architect people have to be really focused and committed to their work and always be open to new ideas, new ways of work and must always keep in mind one main goal, "finding the best way to help others" and, the way that Cameron found was opening a website so people could send their projects to solve problems. media type="file" key="sem9_p5.wma" width="300" height="45"