Livingboard
CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati
An open-source approach to design, allowing people to build their own dwellings on top of a prefabricated core that provides access to basic services – from electricity to water treatment.
Conceptual Idea Only
$6,000
2 residents / 1 bedroom
$3,000 / resident
Long-Term/Permanent (15+ years)
20 days offsite | 30 days onsite |
LIVINGBOARD provides access to basic services – from electricity to water treatment – while encouraging an open-source approach to design, allowing people to build their own dwellings on top of a prefabricated core.
Livingboard is a flexible “core” system to support the development of housing initiatives in any rural area of the world. This core must be positioned horizontally, constituting the floor of a 12-square meter room (3x4m). It can provide, depending on the geography and infrastructure of the region in question, water storage and distribution, water treatment through filtration, waste management, heating, batteries to accumulate PV- generated electricity and wi-fi connectivity. Also, from a structural point of view, it provides seismic isolation by separating the building’s superstructure from the substructure.
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