Houslets

@houslets

Low-cost, open-source, self-buildable living spaces for unmet housing needs. winner, seed funding now.

San Francisco & Portland
Joined February 2014

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  1. in Buddhist tradition a 10x10' room or hut is standard & iconic. 10' beams, to make that, just fit inside my car

  2. The main barrier to affordable housing in the Bay Area isn't land, zoning, etc; it's absurdly high local construction costs, easily $400/sf.

  3. Leave it to to build a bunch of tiny house-esque spaces in their call center.

  4. What housing crisis? SF's waterfront is filled w/ underutilized parking lots. This could be 1,000s of housing units

  5. Kecia Rust: "mortgages will not be the dominant form of financing that allow people to access housing"

  6. ., incubator behind Airbnb, Reddit + others to fund net-zero design-build firm

  7. What if all buildings were required to be made with other buildings?

  8. our first SIP (structural insulated panel) off the assembly line. 5mm ply faces, frame, rigid foam. Light+strong!

  9. Houslets followed and
  10. Something they don't teach you in Architecture school (but should): Every design starts in Excel.

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