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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

Yet a fundamental tenet of our project and the blog series about it is that slums present complex challenges that can't be fixed with a clever shack alone. Yet, Sunil Suri wrote in a post on the urban challenge that "slums by their nature are located where land and space are limited."

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The $300 House: The Urban Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Today, Sunil Suri offers a way to scale Class-A housing in densely populated areas. Achieving Global, Low-Cost, Class-A Construction. It has been successfully used in over 20 projects throughout Northern California including two residential projects currently under development. The Use of Available Technology.

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