Entry #20
Affordacity
James Inedu George
Baba Oladeji
Eniola Oduyale
Olawale Kasumu
Tayo Folorunsho
An app that allows people to easily design affordable, custom homes by combining building components (e.g., walls, floors, windows, doors) like a puzzle. The app automatically calculates building costs for the users' designs, and once a design is finalized sends the information to a 3D printing facility for construction.
- Metadata:
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• The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
3 (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech) -
• Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
1 (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific) -
• Degree of commercial potential
2 (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved) -
• Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
2 (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change) -
• Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
3 (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change) -
• Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
2 (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)