Updated Project Statement

A few updates based on your comments. Thoughts?

MyHomeYourHome is a collaborative initiative guided by a group of Emily Carr University and UBC students, working to design and build a tiny home through open, internet based collaboration with the public, including students, professors and professionals. We have built several hubs for online involvement in the project: a wiki, blog, mailing list and facebook group.

The central goal is to create a living body of research which will fuel the design and construction of a small human-centered home. The designers will view this home as an ecosystem/ habitat for the resident, one which will provide for their needs (physical, mental and emotional) in a variety of innovative ways. The resident(s) will be an individual or couple interested in a balanced lifestyle, with a focus on health and community. Key tenets which have been identified as unique and vital to the development of our home are:
-designing a space for the human body rather than the possessions we accumulate
-designing the home as a functioning ecosystem, cyclic in its input and output
-designing a home which positively influences the user's habits (or: people are more likely to do what is convenient.)

In essence, the home will be about helping the resident achieve balance- both with the environment, and in regards to their needs.

other things to talk about
-considering how the home will function within a community (group of homes, in a regular city setting)
Target audience

Where is the project at and where does it intend to go?

Is there funding/ grants we're looking at (eg Vancity) and contests we're entering (formshift)