'The $300 House' Challenge
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Hi Guys,
The challenge is over but you might be interested in checking out some of the entries. Some interesting approaches to subsistence housing.
http://www.jovoto.com/contests/300house/ideas?sortby=rating
Mike
PS: Many of the entries were completed in SU
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that's really kool Mike... lots of really great ideas.
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Mike, strangely enough I did something a while back kinda on the same track.
I put a concept together for very cheap to manufacture, transport and operate motel for travellers called a 'Crashpad', I never posted it as I was awaiting feedback from a potential investor. I'll post it tomorrow or so, hopefully I can get some interest as IMO it has merit.
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Then there was this...
Created for a client in the UK, concept to curcumvent the ‘trailer’ laws by having a tent style awning/roof. The homes are all portable and can be set up in a caravan park or rented lot. The benefit of this will be apparent during the 2012 olympics when accomodation is most scarce.
The mini home features a bedroom with queen size bed, bathroom and kitchenette.
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that is gorgeous... the renders are so soft and subtle.
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Wouldn't earth bag subsistence housing be a bit more structurally sound with curved walls and also enclose more space with less material?
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Roger,
I imagine the design calls for quick assembly/dis-assembly and for the accommodation to be easily transportable.
Regards,
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@watkins said:
Roger,
I imagine the design calls for quick assembly/dis-assembly and for the accommodation to be easily transportable.
Regards,
bobWhich project are we talking about? Hyper wattle on rubble bags sounds something like a mud substitute applied over earth bag construction. I get the impression rubble bags would be local materials from earth quake or tsunami devastation. Maybe concrete broken up on site and bagged? And I suspect the building would just be bulldozed after they serve their purpose rather than transported. Now your comments sound more applicable to Pete's design.
What say Mike?
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... there are some very interesting designs there but I think the wining group came up with solutions that for the most part are 'doable' on the ground.
For example there is a lot that can be done with just sacks and available on site material. I think this would be the way to go in emergency and impoverished situations. I have not viewed all the entries but will, bit by bit, as I think there are things to be learned.
I agree with Pete's take on the shipping containers. While they looked to be a possible solution, they are really not that practical other than to make use of after they have been emptied of relief goods delivered to stricken areas. Also they require heavy machinery to work them into position. Anything that can't be carried and maneuvered by a couple of humans alone should not be considered.
The 1st place design had one design feature that many of the others didn't, flexible-extendibility! This would allow the people living in these homes the chance to make them 'their own'! Very important under the situations they will be serving in. It surely would generate pride in one's home and encourage people to move on
Mike
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Of course many nomadic peoples have managed quite well in 'tents' of one sort of another from time immemorial.
They are reasonably priced, light weight, readily relocatable and ecologically friendly...
Today they still don't think of them as an inferior house - just 'different'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomadic_tents
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abukamal_tent.jpg
http://www.google.com/search?q=bedouin+tents&hl=en&biw=1080&bih=569&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=zB0vTv-sOoSwhQfgvdA4&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CEoQ_AUoAQ
nomad tents
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Okay, not quite $300 houses but how about this?
Tata announces world’s cheapest (flatpack) house $700
http://www.caradvice.com.au/128924/tata-announces-worlds-cheapest-flatpack-house/
and if you want more upmarket design, have a look at this,
'Roll it' turns compact housing on its head
http://www.gizmag.com/roll-it-experimental-house/19371/
BTW, I see that some company are now doing collapsable containers!
Mike
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.... and before anyone asks about a WC facility in the Rollit ....... I am trying to figure that one out
Would have to be something like they had in planes! -
You have to be careful what you do in the rollit bed. Anything too strenuous and the rollit could live up to its name and roll right down hill. Perhaps it should be like one of those hexagonal pencils.
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