In the modern age, open source architecture is an emerging
field that combines collaborative effects in order to reach the final desired
goal. The process behind construction, design and operation of buildings,
spaces, and infrastructures are all taken account behind all sorts of
individuals, but the main difference is that it’s shared and available to
everyone. Design tools such as Grasshopper and Revit changed the way we are
able to customize components and elements which the knowledge behind the overall
design can be viewed by people across the web. The idea of exchanging ideas
allows users around the world to experience designs on their own terms, this gives
a range of flexibility in terms of whether you want to help improve or gain
information out of the open sourced building.
Information which can be shared is not something that is new
as we seen throughout the World Wide Web where users can voice their opinions
at ease. In Carlo Ratti’s article for Domus, he states that open source
architecture relies upon amateurs as much as experienced professionals where he
describes this philosophy as “the genius of the mass as much as that of the
individual”. Open source architecture
can be a revolution in each of the traditional building progresses however new
economic models such as funding through crowd funding which is not the
traditional means where financing private projects is increasingly moving
towards the public domain. The possibilities are endless with open sourcing,
however it is up to the users themselves in order for this particular field to
grow and change.
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