Global Population grows. Biodiversity is under attack. Floods, Droughts, and Migration are increasing. We need houses that can grow as the population grows. Homes that support life around it. Houses that can float on water, save water and move as we migrate.
Spaces that keep people safe as we work to shift the forces that cause the climate crisis: Transforming Exploitative to Regenerative Systems by changing the rules of the game from within. From a Zero Sum to a Win-Win-Win.
THE MAD HOUSEs
5 houses
MAD houses are homes that Make A Difference. Active Houses that are built for, with, and by Active Citizens and Transdisciplinary Teams.
5 locations
building secure houses in future pockets of extreme climate that is already present today
3 years
half of the time we have left*
(we've got 7 years to radically change our way of living, according to the latest IPCC report)
in
in
THE URBAN
HOUSE
grows with the population
>> How can we build for a growth that fosters collaboration instead of competition? Exploring meaningful sharing. A pooling of resources that gives more.
THE TREE HOUSE
nurtures
biodiversity
>> How can centerstaging other species give humans a richer life? A species interdependence that foster resiliance.
THE AMPHIBIE HOUSE
rides the
tides
>> How might building for life on water change our view of life on land? Following nature's flow instead of fighting against it.
THE HEAT HOUSE
makes scarce
resources abundant
THE MOBILE HOUSE
moves as we migrate
>> How can building for the extreme heat, droughts, and storms cultivate abundance? How can taking care of little, give us a lot?
>> How might mobility give us a sense of groudedness? An opportunity to define home not through a place, but a presence.
THE OVERLOOKED
HOUSE
it would be mad of us to think we know everything from start. Instead, we know we've missed some remarkable sites.
>> Is that you? Then let us know!
Want to join the journey forward?
building on the
shoulders of Pioneers
After half a decade of Explorative Expeditions, traveling and working in Extreme Environments with the most radical and remarkable of pioneers, engineers, leaders, and activists, we've decided to bring it all together. Literally. To the MAD House.
the journeys that brought us here >>
Multistakeholder trust-building Labs, Baghdad
Building Safe Spaces,
West bank
Construction Blocks of demolished house rubble, Gaza
Health Services w limited infrastructure,
Manila
Medicinal Plants,
Napo
Decentralized Financial Models, Marica
Temperature regulating Clay, Nairobi
High water table resilient Sanitation, Kampala
Mobile Solar
Panels, Kaduna
Organic Water Filters, Mpigi
Negotiating Climate Contracts, Brussels
Want to join the journey forward?