Preface
This book is based on research I conducted at the University of California, Berkeley, and though the conclusions are my own, the results are a reflection of the work of three distinguished professors.

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Chapter 1: Uncertain Beginnings
Builders once occupied open land that provided a secure place from which to sustain their lives. Simple shelters evolved slowly from crude beginnings into a house-form that offered protection, purpose, and a place in what must have been a very uncertain world.

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Chapter 2: Marginalized by Modernity
Laws passed to control growth and protect property values turned land and housing into a commodity, creating wealth for some while marginalizing others to a more self-determined approach to their survival.

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Chapter 3: Informal Builders
A network of informal suppliers, manufacturers, and providers scale their inventory and services in ways that match the needs of the hands-on and untutored builders working in an informal economy.

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Chapter 4: Informal Strategies
Blending the instincts of prehistoric builders with the remains of the consumptive society that surrounds them, marginalized builders piece together house-form in a place that they have already occupied as a home.

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Chapter 5: A Homebuilt House
A homebuilt house is put together instinctively to occupy a place already taken as a home close to the resources its builders need to survive.

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Chapter 6; Vernacular of Uncertainty
The impoverished aesthetic of this vernacular is the antithesis of the fads and fashions found in a consumptive economy. Outside formal market systems, informal house-form is shaped strategically, redefining the margins of order and style, leaving us with the essence of shelter and survival.

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Chapter 7: Resources
Builders have always been free to occupy open land and build shelters to protect themselves and their families in uncertain worlds.

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