Amazing Egg-Shaped Solar Home Fits on the Sidewalk
How much space do you really need to live? For Beijing architect Dai Haifei, the answer is not much. In an attempt to live virtually rent-free, Haifei built himself a mobile egg-shaped abode small enough to fit on the sidewalk.
It stands a meager 6 feet tall and was constructed from bamboo strips, grass seed, wood chippings, and sack bags. With a little help from the sun, the structure will actually start sprouting in the spring.
All in all, the makeshift home cost Haifei only $1,000 to build—including a solar-paneled roof that generates enough power to run a small lamp inside the space.
Not everyone could be comfortable in such tight quarters, but for this innovative architect, it’s home.
Posted on December 15th in Solar Products by Kayla.
December 16th, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Not room for much in there but it seem he may need the use of a toilet . A little bigger with 3 rooms and use a good size solar panel or 2 and he could have heat too.He could make his own panels cheap and save money on the panels themselves.An 18v solar panel can be made for only $200.Check my reviews.
Anyway it`s a strange way of living and idea but just shows you what you can do if you try.
The little house he made reminds me of the dirt houses the first settlers of Canada stayed in on the prairies.
I would like to know how long he will last living in that little space.
But like “The Kinks” wrote – “In a space , allocated to me by the human race,Inhabiting this area ,until i die this space is occupied.”
It`s HIS SPACE