Concrete tubes just over eight feet wide, with a bench that turns into a bed, could be your solution

Daily Mail ^ | 15 January 2018 | Sara Malm

[mairdie]

A Hong Kong architect has invented what he believed to be the solution of overcrowded cities by turning concrete water pipes into tiny homes.

The OPod Tube Housing system aims to re-purpose concrete tubes measuring just over eight feet in diameter, and turn them into 'micro-homes' with 100 square feet of living space.

It is the brainchild of architect James Law of James Law Cybertecture who designed the build as a possible solution to the lack of both space and affordable housing in Hong Kong.

[mairdie]

[mairdie]

The cosy eco-friendly micro houses made from household junk for less than $200 (just don't expect a king-size bed)

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Leave it to the Asians to figure out how better to pack themselves like Sardines.

[MrEdd]

Somebody read John Steinbeck's Cannery Row too many times.

[chris37]

Mmmmm... I’d take one, but I’m not seeing a throne anywhere in there.

A man has to poop!

[mairdie]

The £1.2million motorhome with a state-of-the-art kitchen, luxury entertainment system… and storage for a supercar

[dfwgator]

Nothing can top what this guy did.

Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDI_lm9rDfc

[a fool in paradise]

Shove Al Gore and mayor DeFascio in one of those tubes.

[mairdie]

The eco-house that lets you live like a snail: The fully-functioning 'home in a hallway' that can be moved when you get bored of the view

[a fool in paradise]

Prisoners can’t be put in such small spaces.

[Vermont Lt]

They are laid the proper orientation. You can just crap on the floor and it will eventually slide out the end.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s like living in a customized van. By the river

[a fool in paradise]

All they are is another brick in the wall

[mairdie]

Hong Kong's human battery hens: Claustrophobic images show how slum families squeeze their lives into the tiniest apartments

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Here in California we outlawed doing this to chickens. Free range!

[a fool in paradise]

Those tubes can double as a coffin when you kick the bucket.

[a fool in paradise]

Our masters say this is for our own good.

[dfwgator]

A certain Genesis song immediately comes to mind.

Get ‘Em Out By Friday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp-TwWnn0dk

[mairdie]

Emergency homes fit for the apocalypse: Portable shelters that can be shipped to disaster zones and built in just half an hour

[Sacajaweau]

So if you shack up in one of these things, would one call it a tubal pregnancy?