Holistic design tool HOMEKIT takes on issues of resilient community and sustainability in rural Colombia

2016-06-28T13:14:00-04:00

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Population growth and lack of shelter are the main indicators of increased poverty in developing countries. Every year, millions of people in rural communities in tropical climates migrate to cities in search of a better life. Informal settlements proliferate on the cities’ peripheries. However, what often awaits them is misfortune: few employment opportunities, lack of clean water, crowded housing spaces, crime, and other threats to their family traditions and lifestyle.

The HOMEKIT training program educates people in rural areas to sustainably cultivate bamboo and empower their villages to be self-reliant and to meet their own shelter needs. The system reduces forest depletion and contributes to the socioeconomic infrastructure of the villages. It provides safe, dignified, highly functional homes that respond to the local environment and natural disasters, connects people with the natural systems that support them, and he...

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Holistic design tool HOMEKIT takes on issues of resilient community and sustainability in rural Colombia

Apple's HomeKit turns the iPhone into a remote for your smart home