Dominc stevens homepage. R.HOUSE :: Affordable, contemporary homes constructed for you on Skye in the Highlands of Scotland. The $300 House: Empowering the Poor. $300 House: Open Design Challenge Winners - The $300 House Blog. The $300 House: Go, Go, Go! - Vijay Govindarajan. By Vijay Govindarajan | 9:53 AM April 20, 2011 Editor’s note: This post was written with Christian Sarkar, a marketing consultant who also works on environmental issues. It is the last in a series on conceiving and building a $300 house. Today, we’re launching an Open Social Co-creation Contest, sponsored by Ingersoll Rand and hosted by Jovoto, asking everyone, from designers and architects, students and professionals, to submit their designs in an effort to find affordable housing solutions for the poorest of the poor.
The mission? Design a simple dwelling that can be constructed for under $300 which keeps a family safe, allows them to sleep at night, and gives them both a home and a sense of dignity. Winners will be selected by the community and a panel of judges and will receive a scholarship to a June “prototyping workshop” led by COMMON, a social business incubator. At the end of the prototyping workshop, we hope to have a model or two to test in the field, as part of a pilot project. Housing Revolution: Better, safer, smarter, more sustainable dwellings. Small Living Journal. The cube projectThe Cube Project – University of Hertfordshire.