Name: My wish: A call for open-source architecture
Uploaded: 2006-07-25T00:11:00Z
Duration: 23 min 14 s
Description: Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. He unveils his TED Prize wish for a network to improve global living standards through collaborative design.

Accepting his 2006 TED Prize, Cameron Sinclair demonstrates how passionate designers and architects can respond to world housing crises. He unveils his TED Prize wish for a network to improve global living standards through collaborative design.

My wish: A call for open-source architecture

Harnessing the power of thousands of architects and designers worldwide, collaborative and sustainable solutions can transform lives where resources are scarce. Grassroots projects have rebuilt communities after disasters and addressed issues like the HIV/AIDS pandemic, often with just a few laptops and a network of volunteers. In Nigeria and Kenya, mobile health clinics born from community ideas are already changing outcomes. By sharing designs openly, anyone can adapt proven solutions to local challenges, sparking innovation in the world's most fragile places.

Open-Source Design Can Solve Global Crises From the Ground Up

Cameron Sinclair opens up architecture

activism

architecture

collaboration

culture

design

global issues

invention

philanthropy

natural disaster

software

TED Stage Talk

Cameron Sinclair: My wish: A call for open-source architecture