Boat House or House Boat? Futuristic Home on the Water | dornob Most houseboats seem to be designed with one of two primary purposes in mind: they are either constructed as accommodations for semi-permanent living (more house than boat) or they are made to be mobile (more boat than house). This unique but yet unbuilt idea balances both sides, possibly better than anything else built to date. The outer spiraling shell structure provides stability and mobility, guarding and moving the home within. The form, spatial layouts and spacious accommodations all suggest a home on the water at the center of this design – a box-like structure with amble amenities to be quite comfortably livable. Traveling below the surface, one finds a gathering space – an underwater observatory that would make a wonderful space to stay in during the day while idling or traveling.
Container Housing Companies One option if you want a container home is to buy a prefabricated unit from a container housing company. Why consider one of these outfits? They are worth considering if: you don't have enough time for such a big project; you don't have the necessary skills to build a cargo container building yourself; you want something more complex, designed by an architect, with many rooms and floors, contemporary finishes and interiors, modern and clean lines and maximum comfort. There are many finished and under construction projects all around the world that make use of containers for different purposes. Addis Containers is a shipping container house design and construction company from New Zealand. On the container home side, they reportedly have a 320 square foot home for around $40,000 available. 1. 2. Another company we're happy to see out there is Logical Homes.
Exploring not-so-big living containerbay There is growing interest in the use of shipping containers as the basis for habitable structures. These "icons of globalization" are relatively inexpensive, structurally sound and in abundant supply. Although, in raw form, containers are dark windowless boxes (which might place them at odds with some of the tenets of modernist design...) they can be highly customizable modular elements of a larger structure. The projects below are sorted alphabetically (by company or designer's name). Selected projects utilizing shipping containers. Info credits: Zack Smith, Kevin Tze King Ho. Back to top of page Useful linksIf you have any relevant links let us know Container Sources Shipping containers are widely available - here are just a few of the many sources: Allied Container Products Antioch, California Seabox East Riverton, New Jersey Factory Containers Direct - Inventory available in multiple locations- see web site. Technical Resources Books
Living Van & Vintage Shows My Living Van Living vans are like caravans, but usually more heavily built to withstand commercial use. This one was built by Cheshire County Council around 1955, it stands nine feet high and is about ten feet long, and weighs about a ton. Roads and Bridges Dept DIST.no.3NO.210/17 If anyone knows exactly what these numbers refer to, I would like to hear from you. Ex Cheshire County Council Living van and 1955. 86" Landrover. I fitted out the interior in traditional style. The "chassis" is made of wood and bolted to the top of the semi elliptic springs, The roof consists of six curved cross beams of 2"x2" Ash steamed to shape, covered with T&G boards, and finished with roofing felt glued and nailed down.I've started drawing some plans showing it's simple construction which may be of use to anyone building or rebuilding a similar van. Van construction page The whole van was in a very sorry state when I got it, I must have had to replaced about 75% of the wood work, I think it was worth it.
Woodie Gallery: Woodie Motorhomes & Campers - Old Woodies Gallery Woodie Motorhomes, House Cars & Campers Once the car was a familiar sight on the American roads, it did not take long for someone to create a motorhome. This photograph of a happy family in their home on wheels was published in 1909. Source: Motor Magazine, 1909 1915 Lamsteed Kampkar - an early recreational vehicle manufactured by Anheuser-Busch. Photo: Model T Ford Club of America (MTFCA) Roland and Mary Conklin of Huntington, N.Y., made house-car travel a family experience. Photo & caption courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, the Huntington Historical Society (New York), and Home on the Road: The Motor Home in America, a book by Roger White A cottage on wheels, this 1920 Ford Model TT motorhome conversion has a sunroom and a back porch. Photo courtesy Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village 1921 Ford Model T camper conversion. 1921 Ford Model T converted to a mobile chapel - a motorhome of God, so to speak. Thanks to Gloria Taylor and BrainardDispatch.com (Minnesota, USA)
GYPSY CARAVAN TRADITIONAL WAGON FOR SALE ONLINE OFFERS BIDS Gypsies have been traveling the roads of Britain for hundreds of years, but now only one in 10 Romany's spend their lives on the move. At an early age (9) many boys work with their fathers, collecting scrap and doing odd jobs. Marriage comes earlier too at 14, by which time the family may have relocated more times than they can remember. Children are born in the Gypsy wagons, and this childhood is not unusual for a Romany traveler. FOR SALE: Traditional Gypsy Caravan - pull out center extended Traditional wagons or caravans are part of the heritage of our country and enrich our lives with the diversity and spectacle of a wilder, or freer style of living, every bit as fulfilling as living in a cardboard two up two down box and tied to the clock by a mortgage, which nobody really wants, but then that is the rat race - take it or leave it. This wagon is divided into lounge, kitchen, toilet/bathroom and bedroom. FOR SALE - OFFERS: Traditional Gypsy Caravan Other Traditional Gypsy Caravans
Chinese Student Lives In Tiny Green Egg House Images credit Zhao Kang Rents in Beijing are high, so designer Daihai Fei built himself a wonderful little green home that may well become a new icon for the Tiny House Movement.Tipster Spooky writes: Daihai Fei built his amazing egg-house on a bamboo frame, covered with various insulating materials, and topped with a layer of stitched bag. The bags themselves are filled with sawdust and grass seeds, which he sprays with water regularly, to help the grass grow faster. Inspired by the grass-covered roofs of Norway, he knows the grass will over greater protection for his home. On the inside, he has all the necessary facilities, including a bed, a small sink, a lamp powered by a small solar panel and even a tiny bookshelf. It looks quite comfy, and it is parked right across the street from where he works so that he saves on time and transit. I am not certain what keeps the water out; burlap bags do not exactly work like shingles. The solar panel is nicely integrated into the roof.
U7K55 As part of the documentation process of this project, we have been collecting the assorted questions asked by guests to U7K55. This is an abridged and edited list of questions posed to me on the public Thin Soup Nites. Are you the artist? Did you use boullion? Would you add anything to the soup? old shoes? Would you be picky? How did you get inside the structure? May I come in? Is this part of the show? Are you cooking on solar? To what does the name of the piece refer? What have people offered in trade? How did you learn construction techniques? What does the stove run off? How are the lights powered? Are you an Artadia winner? What kind of chocolate is in the bars of chocolate? Where is the greenhouse? Do you travel with the structure? Does it travel? Was the kiosk in antarctica? Is it shelter? Do you live in it? What was your last project? Did you make the soap (referring the beeswax)? Did you make the chocolate? Are you a Boston-based artist? Do you sell wine? Are you a commercial arm of the gallery?
stovesite StoveLab is a collaborative experiment with foundation students at the Massachusetts College of Art exploring the potentials of high-efficiency stoves and the production of biomass fuels. This two-week project provided a unique and often chaotic approach to the concept of art and cultural production, our potential response to extended emergency situations, and the ecological use of sustainable fuels. The goal for StoveLab was to collaboratively design, produce, and test a variety of handmade stoves. Using limited materials, resources, time, and tools; this group of mainly freshmen students researched and produced a variety of stoves, but mainly focused on the ‘rocket stove.’ As a collaborative experiment, the entire group was responsible for the entire production of this exhibition. Final Design Variation on the 16 brick stove Mixing terracotta and sawdust, 2:1 ratio the mix to make lightweight refractory bricks Consult with the ceramics tech and filling brick forms Tools needed:
Utopia 6 floor assembly and progress laundry utopia done for the day pulping for hybridobe more.... pulped paper waste from the Bemis nice. adding local clay and straw test bricks another fine solar cooked meal a groundhog with whom I share my small plot 'night all Windows and Vertical found PVC for windows wrapped bales for a storm Higher and higher spiking in the windows pounding down the bales the last bale Neighbors help with the roof bearing assembly Cutting found bamboo for the roof my bread recipe Solar baked bread, hard-boiled egg a-la-sol, and beans chicken wire Mudding the roof bamboo slats My hybridobe mix 40% paper pulp, 40% clay, 15% cement, 5% straw Metal Work putting up the roof storage and chicken coop photo cred. I found this very angry cement mixer to help with large batch hybridobe see the film