We live in an economy based on the generation of markets. Often social and/or cultural efforts which ignore the markets, such as non-profits, do not survive. We hope to make HouseStories self-sustaining and so created a market for objects to serve this project. Physical publishing as we know it will diminish over the next decade. But we believe physical books as visual artifacts, documenting concrete information, will continue to survive.
HouseStories hopes to develop and grow a library of the stories behind distressed home ownership during this decade. If the number of participants grows, the size of the library will be indicative of the true conditions facing homeowners.
A side cut-away view, revealing how the model might look if you could see through the edge of the book.
A top view of the model used for the book. Each accepted proposal includes details of the home's architecture.
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