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WikiHouse is an open-source project for designing and building houses. [1][2] It endeavours to democratise and simplify the construction of sustainable, resource-light dwellings. [1][2][3][4][5] The project was initiated in the summer of 2011 by Alastair Parvin and Nick Ierodiaconou of 00, a London-based strategy and design practice, in ...
Construction – WikiHouse is an open-source project for designing and building houses. [66] [67] Energy research – The Open Energy Modelling Initiative promotes open-source models and open data in energy research and policy advice.
The project was born out of a commission for furniture for a tech startup in London, England. When the startup's sister office in New York City required furniture, it was decided to manufacture it locally rather than ship the completed product. Opendesk targeted startups along with creative companies and nonprofit organisations as a customer base.
Arduino – open-source microcontroller board. Chumby – information ambient device. CUBIT – multitouch surface-interaction system. Netduino – microcontroller board, .NET Micro Framework based. NodeMCU – Wi-Fi microcontroller board. Novena – an ARM based computer built by Andrew Huang and associates. OpenPOWER – Power ISA, an open ...
Open-source hardware (OSH, OSHW) consists of physical artifacts of technology designed and offered by the open-design movement. Both free and open-source software (FOSS) and open-source hardware are created by this open-source culture movement and apply a like concept to a variety of components. It is sometimes, thus, referred to as FOSH (free ...
Open-source architecture. Open-source architecture is an emerging paradigm advocating new procedures in the imagination and formation of virtual and real spaces within a universal infrastructure. Drawing from references as diverse as open-source culture, modular design, avant-garde architectural, science fiction, language theory, and neuro ...
OpenStructures is an open source modular construction model based on a shared geometrical grid, called the OS grid. It was conceived by designer Thomas Lommée, and first demonstrated at the Z33, a house for contemporary art. [1][2] According to Lommee, the OpenStructures project explores the possibility of a modular system where "everyone ...
The construction frames of a residential subdivision in Rogers, Minnesota in 2023. Framing, in construction, is the fitting together of pieces to give a structure support and shape. [1] Framing materials are usually wood, engineered wood, or structural steel. The alternative to framed construction is generally called mass wall construction ...