A story of housing innovation in 6 minutes and 40 seconds
What is PechaKucha?
The 20X20 session offered the opportunity for attendees to hear a rapid-fire series of affordable housing ideas and initiatives using a format where each speaker had 20 slides, each of which is on the screen for 20 seconds. The format required the presenter to pare down their idea to an essential element that could be communicated in six minutes -often in the form of a story. Attendees heard 7 fresh ideas in this fast-paced session.
This format was created by a design firm in Japan in 2003 with the name PechaKucha (Chit Chat). It started as a way for architects to present their ideas but has spread around the world with hundreds of cities sponsoring PK nights with a wide range of topics.