MAD HOUSERS Inc. is an Atlanta-based non-profit corporation engaged in charitable work, research and education. Our charter outlines our goals and purposes:
- To provide shelter for homeless individuals and families regardless of race, creed, national origin, gender, religion, or age.
- To develop low income housing for people in need of housing.
- To help people develop the skills and knowledge for constructing and rehabilitating housing and shelter.
- To increase the quantity and to improve the quality of housing in the world.
- To act, if necessary as an advocate for the homeless, to ensure that their moral and civil rights are protected.
The Mad Housers believe that if a person has a secure space from which to operate, they are much more capable of finding the resources to help themselves.
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Swedish Architecture Students Visit
Had a wonderful visit with three students from Lund, who've come to Georgia to study alternative architecture and social issues (after visiting a few clients, they headed south to meet with Rural Studio), having heard about us from Prof. Meike Schalk, a teacher at KTH School of Architecture in Stockholm.
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Microbuild
How little does it take to build a shelter? How about three people, one truck, and one car? That was the scene at the Low Rider deploy on the 1st, a deploy notably low on volunteers. (This is the reason why we usually don't schedule builds on August - it's too hot and too many folks are away)
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July 24th Fundraiser
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Summer BBQ
We received an email from the Shelter 2.0 folks - sadly, Robert, who was going to bring down a shelter on Saturday, is stuck in Haiti trying to get shelters unloaded at port, and will not be able to make it. We're going to reschedule the Shelter 2.0 demo.
However, we're going to go ahead with the barbecue anyhow! Come on down to hang with the Housers as we drink some brews, eat some 'cue and build some shelters.
See you there!
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Shelter 2.0 Demo / Summer Fundraiser
Shelter 2.0 (www.shelter20.com) is an innovative shelter built entirely from precision-cut plywood using a computer controlled router. Robert Bridges, one of the designers of Shelter 2.0, will be coming down with a donated shelter to demonstrate the ease of assembly of these amazing shelters. We're using the demo to also hold a small barbeque fundraiser -- come on down!When: 5-9pm, July 24, 2010
Where: 534 Permalume Pl, Atlanta, GA 30318
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Poccuo [hearts] us!
We appreciate it when random folks give us a thumbs-up and that happened this morning:
Dear Mad Housers,I'm writing from Poccuo, a design and communications firm in Washington, D.C. We maintain a small blog on our homepage where we highlight our favorite products/projects/sites found online. We've made your organization today's feature entry, and I figured I'd drop you a note with a link -- and just to let you know that we're fans.
We appreciate you giving us something worth talking about.
All the best,
Kim
Nice, huh?! :)
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Emory Presbyterian Hut Build
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