It is unquestionable that to even consider the possibility of avoiding the collapse of this planet, billions of us must radically change our lifestyles. And within this urgent call we must contemplate, obviously, the way we build our houses and how we use home spaces.
Curiously, it was a natural catastrophe (incidentally, climatic) that triggered an incredible initiative that puts at the service of anyone a set of construction plans for small homes, the work of some of the best architects in the world. Following the catastrophic flooding in New Orleans in 2005, the Foundation Make It Right, with the support of actor Brad Pitt, started this campaign.
Pitt contacted two of the world’s best architects, Frank Gehry and Shigeru Ban, to make long-lasting sustainable homes for the victims: they had to be built with recyclable materials, have solar energy, LED lighting, have an efficient and beautiful design, and be resistant. to floods.
Below we share the 27 creations so you can take advantage of the possibility of building your ecological house, using the design of the most prestigious architects:
Adjaye Associates (London, England) – Plans
Billes Architecture (New Orleans) – Plans
BNIM (Kansas) – Plans
Concordia (New Orleans) – Plans
Constructs (Accra, Ghana) – Plans
Eskew+Dumez+Ripple (New Orleans) – Plans
Graft (Berlin, Germany) – Plans
Kieran Timberlake (Philadelphia) – Plans
Morphosis (Santa Monica) – Plans
MVRDV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) – Plans
Pugh and Scarpa (Santa Monica) – Plans
Shigeru Ban Architects (Tokyo, Japan) – Plans
Trahan Architects (Baton Rouge) – Plans
Hitoshi Abe (Sendai, Japan) – Plans
BILD (New Orleans) – Plans
Building Studio (New Orleans) – Plans
Elemental (Santiago, Chile) – Plans
Gehry and Partners (Los Angeles) – Plans
Ray Kappe (Berkley) – Plans
Waggonner and Ball (New Orleans) – Plans
William McDonough + Partners (Charlottesville) – Plans