Probably not for NE Ohio, can’t imagine a paper house lasting through even one snow storm but, it rains in Africa and San Diego so I could be proven wrong. John Herman of Gizmodo (a self proclaimed gadget blog) writes about a Swiss company called The Wall AG and their 390 sf homes made out of recylced, resin soaked paper. There is a cool photo of one of these homes on the Gizmodo site.
So far I have been frustrated in my attempts to open any of the web links I found except for a company profile for The Wall AG which is listed as German. There is a LinkedIn presence for a Boston branch as well.
The google excerpts for the actual company intrigued me which is what makes the broken links even more frustrating. From what I can glean, the company does bus kiosks and more, and has a mission of working with cities – providing some of what they offer for free. If any of you can be Sherlock Holmes along with me and find more detail, that would be great.
Back to the 390 sq ft home. Architectural style is very cool, yes? Correct me if I’m wrong though, but when they say this is a solution for refugees in Third World country camps, doesn’t $5k per house sound a bit steep? However, the Gizmodo post mentions that some countries, like Angola, have already placed orders.
What does sound wonderful is the work Wall USA does to enhance sustainability around transit lines. There are examples on their website of this being utilized in Manhattan. Very cool.
Rather than be negative about it however, I love the premise and sure like the look of the house. What do you think? Peace Out – 3C
3 responses so far ↓
1 Karin Bartimole // Jan 19, 2009 at 6:24 pm
It does sound steep. Another solution would be the interlocking water bottle system I recently read about, which solves more than one issue. Inexpensive building and recycling/reducing reducing waste, Here’s a link for more info:
http://www.eartharchitecture.org/index.php?/archives/890-United-Bottle.html
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2 Carole Cohen // Jan 19, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Karin, I really like the Earth Architecture site and the water bottle house link you provided. It’s shaped well to lock in place as a structure, and when you think about it, shaped well to hold in your hand if it’s still containing liquid to drink. So it would make sense to lobby the bottling industry to change shapes to things that can be used like this — awesome
3 yudi // Jan 27, 2009 at 10:33 am
karin..nice info..i already read it
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