Global Village Construction Set
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- #DIY
- #open-source
- The GVCS (Global Village Construction Set) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform for building essential machines.
- It includes construction sets like the Fabrication Construction Set, which can be used to build other machines.
- The goal is lifetime design with low maintenance, requiring only a few hours per year.
- First machine built was the Compressed Earth Brick Press in 2007, with continuous improvements since.
- Achieved a One Day production time for the Brick Press in 2012, aiming for similar for other machines.
- In 2013, used their own machines (tractor, brick press, soil pulverizer) to build the Microhouse.
- Plans to scale by distributing open enterprise models and integrating immersion education with production.
- Metric of completion is the Learning Factor-e model: proof of concept, prototype, documentation, open enterprise model.
- As of 2018, about 1/3 of the machines are completed.
- Aims to break cost barriers with simple, modular, scalable, open-source designs.
- GVCS includes 50 machines, seen as essential for a sustainable, modern civilization.