The Open Architecture Project and TED

October 11, 2007

If you’ve ever seen the movie Fight Club there is a scene where the characters are about to get into an intentional car crash, and when one of them is asked what he wished he did before he died he says “build a house.”

This is a desire I’m sure many of you have as well, maybe even more so to design a house. Well if you are looking for inspiration to build or have a design to share, you needn’t look further than the Open Architecture Project.

This project is a web collaborative where designers of all walks can share their ideas with the rest of the world. Initiated by Architecture for Humanity including Cameron Sinclair, this project is a web 2.0 approach to humanitarian architecture and design.

The Architecture for Humanity group is a non-profit organization that won the TED prize in 2006, which includes a wish to be granted; the Open Architecture Project was that wish.

The wish is granted with the help and support of the TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) community, and is available to an inventor, entrepreneur, designer, artist or anyone with “world changing potential.”

So keep that in mind, beyond wanting to design a house, if you have world changing potential, maybe you should submit your work to TED.

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