Nov 25
When natural disasters hit, one of the first relief supplies to arrive is clean, bottled drinking water. But soon the empty bottles could be put to good use, too—in the form of this new style of disaster housing.
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Nov 04
You want urban reads?
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You want urban reads? We got your urban reads right here. On this November day: Icelandic elves, Lou Reed, the lost & found art of walking, what "smart city" really means, and an adorable dancing traffic cop.
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Sep 18
This modern 33-square-foot wooden hut is a concept by Swedish firm Tengbom Architects for affordable student housing called a smart student unit. It cleverly packs about five different traditional types of space into one small volume. But would it actually work?
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Jun 26
If there’s any company on earth with an expertise in designing things that are easy to transport and assemble, it’s Ikea. So it makes perfect sense that the Swedish furniture manufacturer would team up with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees—or the UNCHR for short—to redesign the temporary shelters that millions of refugees around the world call home.
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Mar 11
Puzzle Pre-Fab Houses
Posted in: Today's ChiliMany of us have that dream of building our own home. But not everyone is an architect or a builder. More importantly constructing a house can take several weeks. Recognising the need for efficiency and our desire to build-it-ourselves several companies around the world have began offering prefabricated houses that can be constructed in very little time.
At this years’ Retail Tech Japan convention in Tokyo last week we passed by Hokusei offering the latest in efficient house construction.
Hokusei’s “Super-wood techno construction method” uses their “nexus next generation super wood block” technology that enables you to assemble a prefabricated home just like a puzzle in less than a week as in the video bellow (in Japanese).
According to Hokusei the biggest feature of the nexus block is that they can be unassembled and reused to build another structure should you be bored with your house or sick of your neighbours. The nexus block’s diamond shape disperses pressure and is apparently ideal for supporting structures that can withstand earthquakes and also provide insulation (picture below).
Of course in order to build the house yourself you would still need to employ construction professionals and use building equipment such as cranes but the main point is that you save time and money.
In the areas devastated by the 2011 Tsunami in Northern Japan where reconstruction has still not taken place even after two years prefabricated homes may be a great alternative for those families still waiting to move back to their hometowns.
Nov 23
Futuristic eco-hotels are nothing new, but there’s something unique about the one shown above: it’s well on its way to being created. Crafted by the Barcelona-based IN-TENTA creative design group, the removable hotel room is scheduled to be manufactured by Urban Square. Reportedly, it’ll be dropped into “natural locations,” with the shell keeping everything above ground in order to make a minimal dent in the Earth itself. As these things usually go, there doesn’t seem to be much talk on how the plumbing will be handled, but really, who cares about details when you’re living like this?
Via: Inhabitat, Designboom
Source: IN-TENTA
Oct 09
OKCupid Wants to Match You With a Roommate You Bone Once and Never Speak to Again [Websites]
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One time I went on an OKCupid date with a guy who ordered hot wings, licked his fingers, and wiped a fountain of sweat off his forehead with a paper napkin. Needless to say, I never went out with him again. It was a very dark time. And if you’re at an equally low point with your living situation, the people over at the most desperate dating site on the internet want to match you with your next roommate. More »
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