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[FORTUNE KOREA = Reporter Lee Jun-seop] Deer Architects, which is developing a modular architecture "Tetris House," announced on the 8th that it has been selected as the "Creative Technology Solution (CTS) Seed1," an official development assistance project (ODA) organized by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).
KOICA's CTS is a project to increase the effectiveness of development cooperation projects by applying the ideas and technologies of innovators such as prospective entrepreneurs and startups to ODA.
Through this project, Dear Architects Office Co., Ltd. plans to develop and supply software and hardware integration solutions that can design and manage relief houses in disaster areas in the Philippines. The Philippines is the third-largest global risk index country with repeated casualties and property damage such as typhoons and floods.
Since 2019, Dear Architects Co., Ltd. has participated in the "KOICA CTS Pre-Course Seed Zero" and "KOICA Innoport Inno-Lab A" programs and gained experience in international cooperation projects in the field of social impact. It registered the Tetris House trademark in 2012 and launched an Android app for modular design called "INNOCUBE" in 2021.
"Modular architecture, which is considered a future architecture, is an innovative solution that can save time and money in disaster relief areas," said Cho Han-moo, CEO of the Media Architect's Office.
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