Posted on 01/15/2018 4:19:51 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
interesting. Cylinders are not however the optimum way to generate usable square footage.
Too lazy ;-) to do the price per square foot of occupiable space.
Also, for those of us tall folks ... not the best.
Plumbing, electrical, privacy, security ... blah blah blah.
If ya HAVE to have an underground shelter, it WILL make a quick and easy start.
Right !
It makes sense only for QUICK shelter, provided you have the currency and the tools to move it into the location.
In my youth, I experimented with geodesic domes but found them with too much wasted space.
Conventional furniture and cabinets are not curved, unless specialty and craftsman ordered = too expensive.
Funny you say that - I had a (brief) love affair with geodesic dome homes as well. They are simply too problematic to furnish *and* make efficient use of space within.
Still ....
Check out Foretravel motorhomes
http://foretravel.com/coaches.php?category=New
Awe inspiring. We tried ONCE to do a RV trip. Husband couldn’t handle the bus view of the bridge rails so we turned around at the Mississippi and sat in an Illinois field for a month watching the soy beans grow. Then VERY SLOWLY drove back east. The RV is still in the driveway and I consider it a house extension.
I want to see Xi living in one of those. Then he and his lovely wife can claim We are the People
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