With roughly two billion people living in adverse poverty, we are challenging the world to present concepts and designs for a house that can be built for under $300.
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Yves Behar
(ybehar)from United States
Yves Behar has emerged as one of the most important indus... -
Rahul Mehrotra
(RMehrotra)from United States
Harvard Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban Pl... -
Vijay Govindarajan
(VGovindarajan)from United States
Dartmouth Professor of International Business, Foun... -
Helen Walters
(HWalters)Business and Design Journalist from United States
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Christian Sarkar
(CSarkar)from United States
Disruptor, co-author of the original blog post describing... -
Ophelia Dahl
(ODahl)President and Executive Director of Partners In Health (PIH) from United States
Ophelia Dahl is the President and Executive Director of P... -
Robert Freling
(RFreling)from United States
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Makrand Bhoot
(MBhoot)from India
Director of the Professional Alliance for Technology and ... -
Daniel Johnson
(DJohnson)from United States
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Fred Murrell
(FMurrell)from United States
Communications Design Chair at RMCAD. -
David Sands
(DSands)from United States
David is Chief Architect at AIA. -
Rafael Smith
(RSmith)from United States
Rafael is the designer of the Über Shelter - a radical ne... -
David "Dread" Hinds
(DHinds)from United Kingdom
David is the founder of the legendary reggae band Steel P... -
Umair Haque
(UHaque)from United States
Umair is a thinker, blogger, author, and advisor to revol... -
Stuart L. Hart
(SHart)from United States
Stuart is a professor, author, and leading authority on t... -
Shaun Abrahanson
(shaunabe)from New York, United States
Shaun is a Social Production Engineer, currently living a... -
Patrice Nevil
(PNevil)Director of IT and Infrastructure for Zanmi Lasante from United States
Patrice Nevil has been working with Zanmi Lasante since 1...
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'The $300 House' Challenge
From the one-room shacks in Haiti's Central Plateau to the jhuggi clusters in and around Delhi, to the favelas in São Paulo and the township settlements in South Africa, the problem of housing-for-the-poor is truly global. The $300 House Project, originally conceived by Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar, is an initiative to bring affordable housing to the world’s poorest: a plight facing roughly two billion people. They have begun to compile ideas and artcles and gathered a community of supporters and advisors around the subject on their website 300house.com.
Vijay Govindarajan introduces the idea
Contest Awards
- Community Prize: $10,000 + 2 week prototyping workshop for place 1-3
- Jury Prize: Jury picks an additional 2 participants to go on a prototyping workshop (workshop details to be determined).
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