This week I went to a PechaKucha Night, which brought forth some interesting thoughts & results:
1) It's organised by Crosstalks -a Flemish initiative- promoting Inductry, creativity (R&D) and university to share their idea's.
I think these persons might be interested the project. As Industry needs innovation to get out of this economic and ecologic crisis. Eco-housing is a part of that sollution. And if a house can provide a net output that contributes to a better earth, more energy and comfort It might just be the blue print of the future!
2) Check out luminous green. They try and work around a better green world. they "[call] upon the creative sector to enrich the public debate around environmental sustainability, ethical living and eco-technology."
I guess I'm trying to get connected
3) the big picture Is a site I also want to bring in the spotlight. Not only because of the article about this project, but also because it was a link I found by searching the Duval Guillaume website (Guillaume was a speaker on the PechaKucha).
These peeps seem to be neat guys for promotion ^^
You see that I'm seeking to further this project!
(now i should try and figure out how to get the right crowd for this project)
I Need some support. I want to open and start the website "crowdsourcemyhouse" My current vision is as follows: The main page will (probably) be flash- like: It's like an interactive mindmap: - You see floating ovals (or with 3d effect rugby-ball like spheres). If you go one with your arrow, it will move forward to the centre. All the ovals are connected with each other, like neurons. The central oval connects to some other ovals, who are placed in a circle around the main subject. One of those is above, and is the previous chosen node (if there was one); the other ones are related or sub-subjects. the total capacity of nodes may not be more than 7^4 (as the total depth of the node structure may not be greater than 4, for easy rememberance) so 7 main topics, with each up to 7 connections to their sub or related nodes. Same for sub nodes, but up to 4 deep at most (to get there from the center, you can of course navigate between shared topics to cover a bigger number of nodes, before finding the one you need)
When you click on the centre node, you enter the relevant page. (it might be possible that for some areas, that you need a ligin/account to be able edit the final design, or do more fundamental work, to protect for inconvieniences
The pages are spaces that support the project worked out the best way possible: - The idea pages need to be a crossover of wiki& posts: the currently favored sollution is placed first, other comments and remarks will be rate-able, so highly favored sollutions will be placed higher in the ranking (thus getting more atention and critic). As such the best (and runner up) ideas will be formed towards perfection. - the modelling (of the design of different components which might be applicable in the construction of the house) pages. This part should at least contain an easy drawing tool for scetching. - The architectural space will need in the end a way to walk in a 3D environment that renders the house - The 'vieuw the house', will be a part that I will be directing upon very frequently, to provide the most recent decisions, and the best prototypes or the pictures of the house being constructed. - each part needs to have a ranking system (to be able to vote or rate an idea/concept/product/decision) - Other nodes provide video links or other media-linkage systems, while others need not -... ???
=> some nodes will this be the same ad lay-out, but others will differ wildly.
I hope I can find you, young or experienced programmers/web site builders and designers to help me forth with this endeavor.
As always, I will mention your contributions, and shall only mention your first name, unless you state otherwise.
I think this ecological dream house is one step closer towards reality! And as always: feel free to steal, adapt/ adjust everything on this site: It's creative commons. Just be nice, and mention me if you do so.
