7.-+Sustainible+Desing




 * //__1. What kind of problem(s) did Cameron want to solve? __//**

What he basicaly wanted to do was to help people solving their housing isuues. Most of the people from developing countries and also from countries, developed or not, where natural disasters had created a big impact on the population, we can mention the tsunami of 2005 and later the huriicane Katrina in the US.

__//** 2. How did he face these problems? **//__

 For him, the most important thing is to listen to people and help them solve their problems, not as an external helper, but with them, working as a team. So he studied the specific necesities in every case, and with the help of the people in the comunities, he started developing what could be the possible solutions.

__//**3. Explain 4 of the architectural solutions presented by him **//__

· Housing in Kosovo: He explained that in Kosovo, people needed places to live while they rebuild their houses. So, they developed houses made to last from 5 to 10 years, some of the projects include houses made from cargo containers, inflatable parts, reused materials. · Moving clinics: This is for provisional clinics that go to the place where they are needed. Some of the ideas developed include clinics inside vehicules, but what I found more interesting was the idea of a plant that grows, and on top of it a roof is instaled and there is the clinic. When the clinic finishes it job in the area, the plant can be used as a source of food. · Schools in India: They developed a small space with room for three classrooms, which can be built in 15 days with the help of the children’s parents. This schools incorporate a system of rain water collection. · Sport center in Africa: They wanted to give african people a place to recreate such as an sport center, with fields and places to do sport activities. They called a public contest and finnally they showed the projects to the people, the community chose the one that adapted the best to their necesities and nowadays the center is being built.


 * //__4. What is the meaning of open-source architecture to house the world? __//**

Open-source architecture to house the world refers to a method of creating architecture for people. This method gathers the people who need the buildings, the construction workers, the architects, the engineers, the people who provide the materials and anyone who has a good idea or who wants to help. Its kind of work team to solve the specific problems in the best and most efficient way.


 * //__5. In your opinion, what is the most important message in this video? __//**

The most important thing that the video show us, in mi opinion, is that there is a lot that can be done to help people inprove their lives conditions, and there is people that work on helping and making a difference, and I guess that if we all get involved with works like that we can revert or stop problems such as poverty or at least help this people improving their life’s conditions.