2. Architecture
Durability – a building should stand
up robustly and remain in good
condition.
Utility – it should be suitable for the
purposes for which it is used.
Beauty – it should be aesthetically
pleasing.
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Bridging the Great Divide
Traditional vs. Innovative Construction Techniques
The primary market
The mass market
Top of the Pyramid
Base of the Pyramid
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3. Talk does not cook rice
CHINESE PROVERB
Talk does not cook rice
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10. Fourth Industrial revolution
We need to shape a future
that works for all of us by
putting people first
and empowering them.
#empowerPEOPLE
EMPOWERING PEOPLE
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15. CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
“Creative destruction describes the process of industrial
mutation that incessantly revolutionizes the economic
structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one,
incessantly creating a new one.”
- Joseph Schumpeter -
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32. Brick making pollution – not green – CO2 emissions
GREEN?
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800 million ton CO² gasses per year - More than all the airlines in the world combined
34. New construction technology
Creative destruction
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Moladi plastic formwork Construction System Invented by Hennie Botes
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
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THE SOLUTION
48. Poverty housing affects people’s health and well-being, their
job prospects and ability to make a living. It locks people into a
cycle of poverty.
It also holds children back from fulfilling their potential:
children living in bad housing are more likely to suffer from
serious health problems, to have learning difficulties and miss
school and to face unemployment and poverty later in life.
WHY?
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49. HOW?
How to bring decent low cost housing
to poor communities?
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50. 14% OF SOUTH AFRICANS CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY FOOD
2.3 MILLION HOUSING BACKLOG
9 MILLION UNEMPLOYED
CREATE ENTREPRENEURS THAT PRODUCE
CREATING JOBS - PRODUCING FOOD - PRODUCING SHELTER
PRODUCING TAXES - CIRCULAR ECONOMY
BACK TO BASICS
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51. FRUGAL INNOVATION
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Do MORE with LESS
Frugal innovation or frugal engineering is the
process of reducing the complexity and cost of a
product and its production
52. EMBODIED ENERGY – MJ/kg
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Life Cycle Costs – Production Cost – MJ/kg