[hedgehog]

I've been hoping someone with the right knowledge would do a public update to the Segal method. The stuff that's widely documented wouldn't meet modern code or work as well with modern materials, but that's probably fixable. There also was apparently significant refinement to the methods over time based on lessons from the field and changes in available materials, also not well documented. The core idea still seems good though and with updates it could be an answer for how to lower the cost of backyard cottage type construction.

[Duanemclemore]

This could have been the direction they went. "Wikihouse" and "open source architecture" could just as easily mean a wiki on DIY financing, development, design, construction, maintenance, and beyond using standard techniques. But somewhere they got in their head that they had to use CNC.

I wish it was possible to develop such a thing, but it would be very hard to gain traction without major support. And who with means to do so wants to support a movement to consume and waste (and thus spend) less, do more with less, do it on your own (thus not "create jobs"), etc?