Cambridge, MA: 1K House Initiative continues to operate at MIT's Department of Architecture and Center for Real Estate
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why 1K?
A number of prototyping opportunities for the 1K House are currently being pursued. What follows is a summary of these current initiatives.
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CHINA

UNITED STATES

THE PHILIPPINES

INDIA

CENTRAL AMERICA
Cambridge, MA: Prototyping Opportunities are currently being pursued in Cambridge, MA, in Parnership with Skanska Construction.
Prototyping Opportunities are currently being pursued The project is an ongoing initiative. The project, "Millennium Villages Campaign" (link), is the Philippines contribution to the UN's Year of Climate Change. Lead by the Hubert Humphrey 2006 Scholar, Illac Angelo Diaz, this unites Philippine government agencies, different non-government organizations (NGOs), and academic institutions to come together to create a concrete step forward to Climate Adaptation.
Prototyping Opportunities are currently being pursued
MIT Department of Architecture is currently in the planning and fund-seeking phase for a 1K House design studio in an urban condition in one of several major Indian metropolitan areas..
AFRICA
Several cities in Central America are being considered as alternate or later urban 1K House design studio sites.
Several regions in Africa are being considered as alternate or later rural 1K House design studio sites.