Our Mission is simple...
Strengthening communities through housing technology.
The Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine, through the Open Source Rural Housing Innovation, LLC, Muscatine Community College, and Iowa State University have united together to create and test alternative housing building technologies to decrease building costs, improve speed-to-market, provide extreme weather resistance, and reduce utility and maintenance expense. Housing changes lives, improves education, betters health, and catalyzes economic growth.
A startling stat - 68% of counties in the United States have populations of less than 50,000, yet emphasis and funding is often placed on urban efforts. Muscatine County, with a population of 42,000, is primed to transform the landscape of rural housing success.
Housing Efforts
Recognized.
Papaprazi Approved.
Muscatine was one of 11 communities throughout Iowa that was chosen to receive the 2024 Iowa Thriving Communities designation by the Iowa Finance Authority (IFA) and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA).
Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA), Director Debi Durham, has said the following about Muscatine's efforts.... “We need to print homes. Muscatine is the first in state. So appreciate you stepping up and incubating this.”
IEDA, Derek Folden, said about our local housing efforts, "Fearlessness led with innovation."
Emerging Building Technologies We Are Working On...
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We have several projects complete, including infill lots and single-family homes in a new residential subdivision.
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We have built the first WikiHouse roof system in Iowa, maybe the U.S. It is as cool as we expected. And, are working on more.
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Cement composite systems are a global proven choice for residential construction. Local application coming soon.
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This state of the art facility will support students, builders, realtors, home buyers, and community leaders.
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We are building our own 3D printer out of readily available materials. Don't worry, we will open source the info.
Solutions
We Plan, We Build, We Test, We Deliver,
Oh Yeah - and We Share.
We are deeply impatient in our work. Everything we learn through our innovative prototyping of cutting-edge housing construction will be open-sourced.
"Proprietary" in this work curbs housing, the very thing communities need the most.
Primary Partners
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