Name: 【TED】Sarah Murray: A playful solution to the housing crisis (A playful solution to the housing crisis | Sarah Murray)
Uploaded: 2018-05-30T15:47:03.000Z
Duration: 10 min 42 s
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Translator: Ivana Korom Reviewer: Camille Martínez

and I've been priced out of the housing market.

And in 2017, home ownership amongst young Australians

has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history.

But the prognosis wasn't good there, either.

so service is inconsistent and prices are high.

The single biggest investment in my life,

and I was amazed how little self-determination,

What's more, I was doubly surprised at how vulnerable this made me feel.

So, I reflected on this for quite some time.

what I wanted was democratized design and construction.

And that led to me asking one very simple question:

is making a series of decisions, some with physical consequences,

Now, having worked in software applications for some time now,

I also couldn't understand why we build on-site.

No other major assembly in our lives is constructed like this.

to be assembled at the mercy of the elements.

A game that allows you to design your home

back at the center of the largest purchase in their life,

A game with full visibility of the costs and environmental impact

Using modular components, players select items from their library

Each item, be it a wall, a solar battery or even an armchair,

contains all of the information for the system to calculate costs,

and even a happiness tally for the player.

Eighty-three percent of home builders said that next to cost,

environmentally friendly features were the most important things to them.

So out of the gate, homes are integrated with solar systems.

Sustainable housing is often associated with wealth and affluence,

In fact, truly sustainable housing should be available to everyone

So, I had found a way to get the control back that I was craving

something was still keeping me up at night.

who have genuinely no control over where they live?

Every hour -- in the space of your intermission --

That's an astonishing 35 million homes globally, every year.

we have a shortfall of 250,000 dwellings.

we have 190,000 families on the assisted-housing wait list;

when the global population is set to move from today's 7.6 billion

will experience security, health and safety issues.

Imagine if you can not feeling secure in your home --

but from the fact that the building you're in --

or meet local natural disaster standards.

we could restore control and dignity to those individuals

by giving them a home, but not just any home:

We're currently adapting our game so that when a player builds a home,

they're contributing to a home for someone in need.

And I know this sounds like a lofty goal,

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【TED】Sarah Murray: A playful solution to the housing crisis (A playful solution to the housing crisis | Sarah Murray)

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