We can't afford to solve one problem at a time today. The 100-mile house can do much more than reduce transportation emissions. This project can respond to many of our region's environmental challenges all at once. We can reduce waste, increase energy efficiency, contribute to food independence, provide affordable housing, and empower people to build their own dwellings, all with a single construction system that is made, used, and recycled right here.
This project is a proposal for a 100-mile house that can't be built from locally-sourced materials today, but needs to be. The construction system would be offered to home owner/ builders online, on a website that doubles as a time-banking resource, matching you with your neighbours who have experience building with the system, or who have time to give. You and your neighbours would build your house together. You then redeem the hours they spend assisting you by sharing your experience and time with your neighbours on future projects. This binds communities, decreases construction costs, and makes housing more affordable in a city that desperately needs it.
The construction system diverts wood waste and uses it to make an insulating building block by impregnating it with mushroom mycelium. In the process of manufacturing, two mushroom crops are harvested, helping the region to reach food independence. These blocks form the basis of a building assembly system that goes far beyond reducing transportation emissions. No longer can designers of the built environment afford to solve a single environmental problem at a time. Solutions must be found that mitigate multiple crises, simultaneously.
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