Houslets

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Tlm McCormlck
@tmccormlck
tmccormlck@gmall.com
presenteo [une 12 , 2014
Hack tbe Houslng Crlsls, SF
slmple, moblle,
mooular bullolng
ln avallable space
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
began wltb a questlon:
lt we can convert parklng spaces to parks (parklets)...
mlgbt we also convert tbem to bouslng (bouslets)?
Parklets Houslets
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slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
but otten poorly utlllzeo, or allocateo by regulatlon tor otber uses, wblcb
are perbaps now |ess needed. L.g, tree parklng, orlveways, wloe streets,
olsuseo publlc space, corporate campuses.
Contet 1: |ots of spoce|..
he,, most of Son lronc|sco
(& London, etcj |s not 5u||t
on on|, one th|rd|
Hous|ets 5egon 5, cons|der|ng whot ur5on spoce |s re|ot|ve|, uso5|e l cheop
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
comple, blgb-cost, & restrlctlve oevelopment processes:
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Help make mucb bouslng non-vlable or unattoroable.
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Hlgb trlctlon tenos to prevent lncremental/aoaptlve cbange.
Contet 2: $$$ process
8reakoown ot cost per 800 sq tt bouslng unlt ln SF, by Mark Hogan ln SPUR Urbanlst, 2014-02-11
so whot ore some creot|ve wo,s we m|ght work l 5u||d d|fferent?
Whot's the oppos|te of the o5ove?
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Posslbllltles & neeos bave cbangeo, oue to
many soclal & tecbnologlcal evolutlons:
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!""#$%&' )&*&+$: so|or power,
energy storage, compostlng tollets
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!,-+#./0%1- oeslgn, olgltal tabrlcatlon
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!"#$$"%&'#()*+ '#$' -#$$)*+ .& oue
to car-sbarlng, blklng, orlverless cars, etc
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2/)/3 4/5&)- 6/0.-6/)'.
|ncreos|ng|, pervos|ve, espec|o||, |n c|t|es.
(K||nen5erg, 2012j
So whot m|ghtlshou|d we do d|fferent|,?
Contet 3: soclal/tecb cbange
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Preceoents 1: small, moblle
Rvs, Trallers, Tlny Houses, Capsules, Contalner Houslng, Mlcrounlts, etc.
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Prlnclples 1:
mooularlty, mass-proouctlon
e.g. /$ 01#2.3)$#, boneycomb bouslng.
Lett: "Pov|||on de |'Lspr|t Nouveou" at tbe Parls Lposltlon oes Arts
Dcoratlts, 1925
Rlgbt: assembleo lnto lreeho|d Mo|sonettes bouslng block oeslgn.
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slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Prlnclples 2: selt-bullolng
Tboreau, 1854. Ken |saacs, 1975. Also, most people, ln all ot blstory.
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Prlnclples 3: (trom sottware)
Open source, mooularlty, open stack
1) at base: stondord spoce un|ts
(e.g. parklng-space mooule)
2) stondord structure un|ts,
uslng stanoaro components (e.g. Telespar,
grlobeam, perbaps 3D-prlntable)
3) tben, lnoepenoent layers -
unbunoleo, lntercbangeable.
Sltlng, systems, claoolng, root,
lnterlor. Hlgbly aoaptable to
contets, neeos, prets.
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
We mlgbt unlock/actlvate a
lot ot space by allowlng
t|ex|5|e, ,-%67,. 8-4,/%7%9
0.-. of spoce 5osed on whot |s
most needed.
Prlnclple: Make Space Aoaptlve
0$4#)5 6#)5$,
Generator project 1976-77
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Whot |f we used o modu|e 5osed on
on ,7%:&+$ .,71- ; 1/+87&+-% .&<-=
appro 88' 2 = 8'16' (128 sq tt)
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A|reod, pervos|ve ln lano-use, bullolng,
materlals, contalners, transport.
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US manutactureo bouslng lnoustry
uses 16' ma wlotb assembly llne.
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sub-120tt ano/or moblle unlts otten
zoneo / bullolng-cooeo oltterently
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Houslets: mooularlzlng
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Comblne Mooularlty + Moblllty
e.g. Ceorlc Prlce's Camoen Town Center (1960s) & Generator
projects (1976-77): movable, stackable, jolnable cubes
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Go all tbe way by maklng lt:
Stanoarolzeo, Proouctlzeo, Open
+/8> Slte-speclc, Case/Cllent-speclc, Protesslonal,
Dlscretlonary, Negotlateo, Polltlcally controlleo, or Proprletary
Grlobeam constructlon WlklHouse project ls anotber mooel/posslblllty
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
= Houslets:
slmple,
user-bulloable
moblle,
mooular,
stanoarolzeo,
proouctlzeo,
open-source
bullolng & space-use
+/8> Slte-speclc, Case/Cllent-speclc, Protesslonal,
Dlscretlonary, Negotlateo, Polltlcally controlleo, or Proprletary
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Houslets: Net Steps
1. &#1"1"7&$-bullolng, eblbltlng, testlng
e.g at urban Prototyplng Festlvals, |FTF
2. oeveloplng &)81" &#1+#'93 e.g. ln
Palo Alto, perbaps corporate campuses
3. use tor :55$331#7 ;<$88)*+ (ln-law unlt)
converslons, backyaro cottages
4. -.*4#')3)*+ - seeo/angel, accelerator, grant,
posslbly crowotuno, etc.
5. oevelop 2.3)*$33 914$8:
- oeslgn/consultlng servlce,
- plattorm to supply servlces, components.
- otter plan materlals, components tor tee/sale.
- branoeo, trancblseo, certleo lnstallatlon
(llke e.g. Temo Sunrooms).
6. 7honks l Quest|ons l Comments
Tlm McCormlck tmccormlck@gmall.com
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Appenol slloes
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Houslng ls a comple lntersectlon ot soclal practlces, tar more
tban just bullolng metboos:
Property/ta system, regulatory system, protesslonal
practlces, polltlcal lnterests, etc.
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Structures are part ot tbe equatlon, ano a tocal polnt arouno
wblcb to eplore posslbllltles, new soclal practlces.
|'m also lnteresteo/worklng on otber parts ot tbe equatlon, e.g.
Smart Cooe, urban lnnovatlon zones, permlttlng practlces.
Contet 4: 'wlckeo problem'
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Preceoents: Tboreau, Wo|den
Tboreau. Wo|den, or, L|fe |n the Woods, 1854. Amerlcan arcbetype ot
selt-sutclency
Tboreau's selt-bullt
1012' cabln. (repllca).
Noth|ng wos g|ven me of wh|ch
l hove not rendered occount.
slmple, moblle, mooular bullolng Houslets.com @Houslets #bouslngback
Selt-bullolng tooay: Maker!
|t you can't open lt, you oon't own lt.
-Maker motto.
Wh, not for hous|ng?
|t's bappenlng: WlklHouse, 3D
bouse prlntlng, etc.