This is a type of housing specially designed for emergency accommodation. These are made of fiber glass and plastic that increases the durability and helps them last for a long time. These spheres consist of nineteen tents with an open space in the middle. The inner walls are made up of fine, air-permeable materials. These tents can be occupied by three persons generally though the detachable wall may allow bigger families. The open space permits all the families to gather together that allows them to communicate with each other which becomes very essential psychologically for those who have faced and survived disaster.
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It’s late in the evening and you got friends coming over, a time of being merry and savoring every moment of it, how about taking out that chilled wine from the cellar? If you are wondering how to keep the wine cool for a longer duration of time, welcome to the new wine cooler designed by Joshua Saling. At the onset, it looks like a small cordless phone/cell phone hanging the wall but at a closer look one can see that it has an opening where bottles can be kept and chilled. Looks really cool and ends up making a style statement while cooling the wine as well for that party of yours.
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The new housing design by U.S. based student Craig Mackiewicz is known as the Transportable Emergency Dwelling. It is simply a house built within the footprint of a shipping container and is a unique solution to low cost housing. Each container can easily accommodate two families with scope for extending the space by pulling the compartments and tents. Also each unit has basic utilities required for a normal family daily needs like kitchen, bathroom, storage space etc.The designer has also kept in mind the rain water harvesting by keeping a slant roof having a capacity to conserve 350 gallons of water; even the solar energy is conserved to provide electricity. So all in all, it’s a unique solution for tomorrow’s housing needs.
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Sybarite, a British Architecture Firm has designed an extraordinary architectural concept of Dice House. It is a zero carbon home emphasizing the outline of the Dice. This Dice house has been provided with maximum opening from all sides so that you can have a view of its surroundings. There is a large thermoplastic pillow shaped ‘Umbrella’ that can be seen as a cap of the three floors bound together in one balanced whole. The excellent multiple dwelling scheme of Dice house makes it a truly standout home.
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