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I have come up with a new idea for the roof. Instead of having the taller wall that faces the street completely operable(there were concerns about security) I have added a brace that transforms the interior roof into a gable. The lower half of this section is non operable, the shutters are now the short side of the inner gable roof. The advantages of this are that the house is now more secure while still allowing ventilation. The spacial affect this has is to balance the room.
The problems with this new design are the added complexity which increases cost and weatherproofing the new shutters will be harder. Because of this I extend the roof a foot so that for rain to get to the new shutters it would have to falling over 50 degrees off perpendicular to the ground.
General:
Introductory articles for the challenge at 300house.com
Can a $300 house save 2 Billion People Living in Poverty?
Google Sketchup Blog post on $300 House
Govindarajan launches $300 House Challenge
What if You Could Build a House for $300?
Interview with Christian Sarkar in the Guardian
The $300 House: safe green housing for the world’s poor
Bring affordable housing to the world’s poor
A $300 House? – At 300house.com They Think So.
Vijay Govindarajan, The $300 House, and Frugal Innovation
The £197 ‘nano house’ designed to solve India’s slum housing
Six Designs For Houses That Cost Just $300 To Build
Contest seeks ideas for $300 houses to shelter world’s poor
$300 House Challenge :: video ::
Opinions:
The $300 house : A real solution or a utopic exercise
The $300 House – The Value-Chain Challenge
Critiques:
$300 House Might be a Disaster Solution, Not a Social Solution
$300 House? Experienced Hands Needed
$300 slum house? Worthy but worthless
My submission to the $300 House Challenge was one of the three winners selected by the Jury. I also placed 10th in the online popular voting. Thanks to everyone who voted for my project.
I will be sure to keep posting updates on my progress, including my participation in the upcoming prototyping workshop.
My submission to the $300 House Challenge. My entry link, Contest website link. If you would like to vote for my or any other proposal, you will need to register and rate at least 25 entries before any of your ratings will count. If you do vote please be courteous and respectful of the other entries.
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