{"id":94,"date":"2023-08-01T01:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T01:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/?page_id=94"},"modified":"2025-11-08T21:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T21:06:22","slug":"design-principles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/?page_id=94","title":{"rendered":"About WikiHouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"94\" class=\"elementor elementor-94\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-109ebc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"109ebc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5fc38f\" data-id=\"c5fc38f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bc6fa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bc6fa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-style: normal;\">WikiHouse is a high-performance <b>manufactured building system<\/b> for small buildings. It uses interlocking, CNC-machined plywood or OSB to create cassettes or &#8216;s<\/span>ubassemblies&#8217; that can be manufactured in small factories, and rapidly assembled on-site, even by teams with no traditional construction skills. (<em>Think<\/em> <em>&#8220;Legos meets IKEA meets Housing!&#8221;).<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">WikiHouse is <b>open source<\/b> &#8211; anyone can freely use, test and contribute to it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">WikiHouse is about the <b>democratization<\/b> of house building.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.christopherroosen.com\/blog\/2024\/3\/10\/wikihouse-open-source-modular-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Explainer from Christopher Roosen<\/a><\/p><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/urbannext.net\/wikihouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Explainer from UrbanNext.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-88d4a5d\" data-id=\"88d4a5d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5467040 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5467040\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"547\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Value-Props-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1164\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Value-Props-2.jpg 547w, https:\/\/wikihousepdx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Value-Props-2-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 547px) 100vw, 547px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b89d0bd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b89d0bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7eaea4a\" data-id=\"7eaea4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8686818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8686818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalwoodoo.co.uk\/advantages-of-wikihouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Advantages of WikiHouse<\/a><\/p><p>Visit the <a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/community.wikihouse.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Community Forum<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\"> to learn about ongoing developments with WikiHouse and stay current with its evolution. <\/span>The adjacent video is a recording of one of the monthly WikiHouse Community meetings.\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); font-size: 1rem;\">Search for &#8216;WikiHouse&#8217; on Youtube to find more, or browse the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCdaCCzZijlUBU6ntv_Xrd8w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Youtube Channel<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">There are many informative recordings out there.<\/span><\/p><p>The WikiHouse project is maintained by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensystemslab.io\/projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Open Systems Lab.<\/a>\u00a0 (Check out their other open source projects.)<\/p><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">Governance is via <\/span><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/wiki.p2pfoundation.net\/WikiHouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Foundation.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f46552e\" data-id=\"f46552e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8839b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"e8839b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/7cXkGW4_mc8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-76a07e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"76a07e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20df84f\" data-id=\"20df84f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29281d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29281d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2071-1050\/16\/8\/3231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Research Paper:<\/strong> <em>Use of Wikihouse System in Multi-Local Social Housing<\/em><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Abstract: <\/strong><em style=\"font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5);\">\u00a0The construction industry is currently grappling with the dual challenges of a real estate crisis and climate change. In response to this scenario, the integration of industrialized methods in construction processes is advocated to enhance the overall quality of the end product, streamline construction timelines, and curtail production costs.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e99c13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e99c13\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0493322\" data-id=\"0493322\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f6f5f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f6f5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>WikiHouse Value Proposition in a Nutshell:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Self-built, or Community-built housing equates to <strong>lower cost<\/strong> of home construction and ownership.<\/li><li>When you enable more people to participate in any aspect of the economy, <strong>innovation naturally follows<\/strong>. What digital publishing platforms, like YouTube, did for the information economy, WikiHouse could do for the housing economy.\u00a0 People will get\u00a0 creative in finding places to put houses, in creating micro-village communities and lifestyles. The WikiHouse self-builder can capitalize on locations the conventional builders may not find feasible, e.g., small lots, irregular or challenging terrain, potentially even brownfields, using a variety of foundation options, such as, simple wood rails on concrete footers, on rooftops, spaceframe platforms, trailer beds, etc.<\/li><li>A WikiHouse housing sub-economy could provide <strong>meaningful employment<\/strong> to those unable to participate in traditional\u00a0 home construction, including those reentering society after incarceration or recovery programs.\u00a0 With WikiHouse there are fewer training requirements,\u00a0 a lower threshold\u00a0 to participate.<\/li><li>WikiHouse is a zero-carbon building modality, it uses lots of plywood or OSB, a renewable resource, it is a <strong>net positive for climate goals.<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9176e1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9176e1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fa24ca\" data-id=\"8fa24ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9a23a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc9a23a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Miscellany:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WikiHouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse on Wikipedia<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4fB3SFgKPog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Commons Channel: Alastair Parvin Interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.houseplanninghelp.com\/hph071-open-source-digitally-manufactured-homes-with-alastair-parvin-from-wikihouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Planning Help Podcast: Alastair Parvin Interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duke-makes.com\/news-and-events\/wikihouse-democratising-architecture-through-open-source-design-and-manufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke Makes in Northern England<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wikihousenl.cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse in the Netherlands:<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontwerpburomuller.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vincent Muller Architect<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vb.nweurope.eu\/projects\/project-search\/h40e-housing-40-energy\/h40e-pilot-municipality-of-almere-netherlands\/worlds-first-h40e-wikihouse-neighbourhood-inhabited-in-almere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Village in Almere<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wikihousenl.cc\/portfolio-item\/fcwikihouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Projects in the Netherlands<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/spacecraft.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceCraft New Zealand<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/be-st.build\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BE-ST (Built Environment &#8211; Smarter Transformation)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihouse.cc\/research\/wikihouse-thermal-performance-modelling-life-cycle-assessment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WikiHouse Thermal Performance Analysis<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Build Construx<\/strong> (formerly Charleston Fablab):<\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buildconstrux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.buildconstrux.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1713130069172000&amp;usg=AOvVaw34zg0fUlYc5zTg5AOKVqRz\">https:\/\/www.buildconstrux.com\/<\/a><wbr \/><\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/charlestonbusiness.com\/construxs-kits-aim-to-tackle-housing-shortages-and-affordable-housing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/charlestonbusiness.com\/construxs-kits-aim-to-tackle-housing-shortages-and-affordable-housing\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1713130064103000&amp;usg=AOvVaw384YzDbNUECzxn8eN6epGM\">https:\/\/charlestonbusiness.<wbr \/>com\/construxs-kits-aim-to-<wbr \/>tackle-housing-shortages-and-<wbr \/>affordable-housing\/<\/a><\/li><li><a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.architectureunknown.co.uk\/wikihouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Architecture Unknown<\/a><\/li><li>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.architectureunknown.co.uk\/projects\/mass-customised-community-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mass-customized Community Homes<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WikiHouse is a high-performance manufactured building system for small buildings. It uses interlocking, CNC-machined plywood or OSB to create cassettes or &#8216;subassemblies&#8217; that can be manufactured in small factories, and rapidly assembled on-site, even by teams with no traditional construction skills. (Think &#8220;Legos meets IKEA meets Housing!&#8221;). 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