This TED Talk features digital housing developer Sarah Murray recorded live at TED at Westpac

2017.

Hi, my name's Sarah and I've been priced out of the housing market.

In fact, I'm one of the majority of my generation

who can't afford a home.

And in 2017, home ownership amongst young Australians

has fallen to the lowest level in recorded history.

So, foolishly or otherwise, I decided to build my own home.

But the prognosis wasn't good there either.

Architects cater for the 1%.

Builders are scarce, so service is inconsistent and prices are high.

The single biggest investment in my life,

and I was amazed how little self-determination,

choice, and ultimately control I had. What's more, I was doubly surprised at how vulnerable this made me feel.

Frankly, I felt trapped. So, I reflected on this for quite some time,

and I realised what I wanted was democratised design and construction.

And that led to me asking one very simple question.

What is building a house? What is it? Well, it turns out that building a

house is making a series of decisions, some with physical consequences, within a defined set of parameters.

Now, having worked in software applications for some time now,

this all sounded very familiar to me.

I also couldn't understand why we build on site.

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