It may be a result of a culture of fixers and makers. I think we are quite spoiled here in the West and many of us have never fixed something let alone made som

It may be a result of a culture of fixers and makers. I think we are quite spoiled here in the West and many of us have never fixed something let alone made something of any real complexity or utility. Fixing and making trains the brain to look for solutions by re-purposing items for unintended uses which can apply quite well to building applications.