Comments on: Project of the Day: WikiHouse, An Open Hardware Building System https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-wikihouse-an-open-hardware-building-system/ Researching, documenting and promoting peer to peer practices Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.17 By: Michel Bauwens https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-wikihouse-an-open-hardware-building-system/comment-page-1/#comment-493457 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 03:43:49 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=27106#comment-493457 In reply to Martin Luff.

Dear Martin, I would be very interested in a fuller status update of the project. If you see any, or are willing to write one up, we would love to publish it.

Michel

]]> By: Martin Luff https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/project-of-the-day-wikihouse-an-open-hardware-building-system/comment-page-1/#comment-493439 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:18:36 +0000 http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/?p=27106#comment-493439 With respect, Eric Hunting’s review seems to be from over a year ago – and as such contains a number of observations which are out of date given the project was indeed in its infancy then and has evolved a good deal since. I’d encourage anyone who’s interested to take a closer look, download some of the instructional documentation or some of the CAD models, chat to some of the active members on the project and then form their own opinion.

In my opinion (I did a fair chunk of research before pitching in on WikiHouse) then I think the project certainly still has a way to go but offers remarkable potential for building small to medium sized structures that are strong, safe and healthy; affordable, (extremely) versatile and sustainable. In particular it’s a system which offers a remarkable opportunity for many, many more people to become actively involved in planning and delivering their built environment. So, to reiterate, I’d encourage interested parties to do a bit more digging of their own or to quiz the project members on how the system has addressed many of the issues raised above and is actively working on moving forward with the next set of challenges.

All the best…

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