The model

Build the place. Build the skills. Build a stake in what comes next.

Built By DAO connects the people who use a place with the work of creating it. Homes, workshops, local enterprise and community ownership become parts of one neighborhood.

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Young adults planning a neighborhood project outside a brick workshop.

One connected approach

The pieces are stronger together.

Bring people and resources together.
Connect people who want to live, work and contribute with property, expertise, materials and capital. Start with a place and a useful purpose.
Build the capability to build.
The Foundry links practical learning, workshops and material reuse to the work around it. Knowledge stays useful when people can put it into practice.
Create the places everyday life needs.
Bring homes together with spaces for making, working and gathering. A neighborhood needs more than somewhere to sleep.
Connect participation to the future of the place.
Use clear records, defined agreements and community governance to connect contributions and shared responsibilities with the ownership model.

The physical engine

Practical skills. Useful materials. Local opportunity.

The Foundry is where the model meets the workbench.

Learning a trade, recovering a useful material and helping a local business take shape can support the same goal: a neighborhood with more of the capability it needs close at hand.

Step inside the Foundry

Three young craftspeople checking joinery at a shared workshop bench.

Contribution & ownership

Make the work visible. Make the terms clear.

A record of what you contribute.

Contribution records and credits recognize reviewed work within the BBD system. Clear scope, documentation and review make that record useful to the people doing the work and the people building on it.

An agreement that defines your stake.

A contribution credit is not, by itself, a deed or an ownership share. Ownership, housing and participation rights are defined by the relevant project structure and agreements. That distinction gives the model a clear foundation.

The same principle applies to housing: understand the place, understand your agreement and understand how your participation connects to the wider community.

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