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Ecoshells as temp housing? - dobanion - 06-07-2018
Think there's any chance of these being part of the post-lava housing situation solution?
https://www.dftw.org/
If a company can go into Indonesia or Haiti and build a village of these things, why not Pahoa?
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - randomq - 06-07-2018
Those things would probably last forever. Wherever they put them should be somewhere they are willing to keep using them. Maybe structures built for evacuees can eventually become temporary housing for the homeless.
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - Seeb - 06-07-2018
They would take a couple days of skilled labor to build each. And there permanent with some hassles. Traumatized people just want some normalcy a soon as possible, not the time to Experiment
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - kalakoa - 06-07-2018
(Assuming these are the plastic "igloo", the company can't be bothered to have a real website.)
Traumatized people just want some normalcy a soon as possible, not the time to Experiment
Maybe ask the people what they want. Maybe they would prefer an experimental structure to a tent, or sleeping in their cars.
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - dobanion - 06-07-2018
I think you mean these, and they got a pretty nice website.
http://intershelter.com
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - mella l - 06-07-2018
http://www.monolithic.org/ecoshells
They look nice and here is a company in Texas and one in Idaho I found thru google.
mella l
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RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - Seeb - 06-07-2018
quote:
Originally posted by kalakoa
(Assuming these are the plastic "igloo", the company can't be bothered to have a real website.)
Traumatized people just want some normalcy a soon as possible, not the time to Experiment
Maybe ask the people what they want. Maybe they would prefer an experimental structure to a tent, or sleeping in their cars.
The original link was to one of Dave south’s ecoshell projects ( thin shell concrete on an air form) there is a steep learning curve and a fair amount of hassles - I worked on one.
The small framed tiny house project seams to be coming along well they are going to build a bunch this weekend. It's probably the best bang for the buck and man power
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - terracore - 06-09-2018
I like these. Takes two people about 2 hours, and is ready to use the next day. Adding windows etc can be done later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb1pdvvoVoQ
It's basically a canvas tent embedded with concrete. 24 hours after being hydrated it becomes a permanent structure.
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - Seeb - 06-09-2018
There cool but $30,000
RE: Ecoshells as temp housing? - kalakoa - 06-10-2018
cool but $30,000
A pre-fitted 20' container is $10K, and ready to use immediately.