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Onesmallproject: Building More, Wanting LessThe forthcoming book Building More, Wanting Less... is inspired by living conditions in the working class neighborhoods of Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Colombo, Delhi, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Los Angeles, Mumbai, St. Petersburg, and Singapore.
One billion leftover people-typically called squatters, self-builders, slum dwellers, informal settlers, or displaced persons (it's a big category) - claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of scavenged, leftover materials.
If you know even one of the one billion, you've been touched by her or his life, even if briefly and reluctantly.
Now, I build small projects alongside architects, architecture students, artists, designers and the world's working and urban poor, believing I have much to learn from them and my knowledge regarding architecture and design might have relevance in their lives.
Community activists, filmmakers, industrial designers, preservationists, writers, sculptors, photographers, architects, and many others are engaged as well, "building" more for others, wanting less for themselves.
This is what we do.
Send us your work if leftover people, leftover spaces, and leftover materials are what you do.
We'd like to include it on this website and in the forthcoming book.
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