Architecture (and the other 99%): Open‐Source Architecture and Design Commons. (November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parvin, Alastair; Mosley, Jonathan; Sara, Rachel
• Is Part Of: Architectural design. Volume 83:Number 6(2013:Nov./Dec.)
• Page Start: 90
• Page End: 95
• Publication Date: 2013-11
• Subjects: 729
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1680
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-8504

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title>Abstract</title> <p>Under the current commercial practice model, can architecture ever really be cutting‐edge or egalitarian in its aims? If only 2 per cent of the world's buildings are designed by architects for 1 per cent of the richest clients, is it possible to design for a wide cross section of the population let alone be truly subversive? <bold>Alastair Parvin</bold> of architecture studio 00 (zero zero) and co‐founder of the Wiki‐House puts the case forward for a whole new model of open‐source practice.</p> </abstract>