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From the Ted Talk by Kent Larson: Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
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Housing is another area where we can really improve. Mayor Menino in ______ says lack of affordable housing for young people is one of the _______ problems the city faces. __________ say, OK, we'll build little teeny __________. People say, we don't really want to live in a little teeny ____________ apartment. So we're saying, let's build a standardized chassis, much like our car. Let's _____ advanced technology into the apartment, technology-enabled infill, give people the tools within this open-loft chassis to go through a process of defining what their needs and values and __________ are, and then a ________ _________ will match a unique assembly of integrated infill components, furniture, and cabinetry, that are personalized to that individual, and they give them the tools to go through the process and to refine it, and it's something like working with an architect, where the dialogue starts when you give an alternative to a ______ to react to.
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Original Text
Housing is another area where we can really improve. Mayor Menino in Boston says lack of affordable housing for young people is one of the biggest problems the city faces. Developers say, OK, we'll build little teeny apartments. People say, we don't really want to live in a little teeny conventional apartment. So we're saying, let's build a standardized chassis, much like our car. Let's bring advanced technology into the apartment, technology-enabled infill, give people the tools within this open-loft chassis to go through a process of defining what their needs and values and activities are, and then a matching algorithm will match a unique assembly of integrated infill components, furniture, and cabinetry, that are personalized to that individual, and they give them the tools to go through the process and to refine it, and it's something like working with an architect, where the dialogue starts when you give an alternative to a person to react to.
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