The five houses
One collective, five ways in.
Each house keeps its own rhythm, its own people and its own voice. Below, each one introduces itself in its own type, as it does on its own site.
How they collaborate
Separate houses, one courtyard.
The houses are not departments that hand work over a wall. They share people, gatherings and a council.
Shared principles
Every house answers to the same four principles. A project in one house can be reviewed against them by members of any other.
Shared gatherings
The Annual Majlis brings all five together. Smaller gatherings, like the Reading Circle and Open Studio, are co-hosted across houses on purpose.
Shared council
The stewards of every house sit on the collective council and decide cross-house questions by consultation.
Shared commons
What one house builds, the others can use. Open Source holds the code, Research holds the findings and the Institute teaches both.