It is almost officially the summertime, which means one thing for those who live on the Atlantic coast of the United States: It's hurricane season. The time of the year where weekend barbecues and trips to the beach that you've been planning for…
AN architect may have found a solution to the UK’s housing shortage – flat-pack home. Renato Vidal, from Italy, has created an affordable flat pack folding home which could be yours for…
Like it, Hurricane Bezoz or Gates for example. But it reminded me of this I saw recently. Silly names…. which wouldn’t catch on because its a bit insensitive to the vicitms.
Hmmm, still not sure if they fixed this…. “Only 5,000 of the 15,000 shelters that UNHCR bought in 2015 have been deployed, meaning that two thirds of all shelters manufactured, worth a total of $12.5 million, have yet to be used.
The rest have remained in depots while it carried out an investigation into fire safety and other problems, UNCHR told Dezeen.”
Ten thousand IKEA refugee shelters left unused over fire fears, United Nations admits
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You just need a scaled-down cut-out image of the building from above, then use a guide to follow the shape of the jig – to allow the material to fall in the right place, you could even sell lots of 1-metre square jigs of different shapes of a building, for example, the castle.
Man 3D-Prints Castle In Back Garden Using Concrete Printer He Invented
INTRODUCING BOD2
BOD2 is an upgraded and improved version of the printer which
was used to 3D print the first building in Europe, The BOD.
Based on the experience obtained with the BOD printer, the BOD2 incorporates improved functionality and stability compared to the first version. It is ... Read more
They should do this already. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female names which are used on a six-year rotation. It could be updated to include names of benefactors that want to help for a bit of recognition.
Saw this too, how they are making refugee camps better.
installed in London to show people how the ikea one is helping people elsewhere.
here’s ikea’s
These prefabs are being called flatpacks. I guess they are then.
I would live in one of those. Amazing.
Looks like they are getting better all the time. Love this idea and glad it turned into a reality, Bet lots of others are too.
This would change so many lives – More on geoengineering here https://www.livescience.com/16070-geoengineering-climate-cooling-balloon.html
you know, this COULD work, maybe
Is “Swirly McWindface” allowed? If so, you got my dollar.
not just for refugees either. 45k for a house in the uk
Like it, Hurricane Bezoz or Gates for example. But it reminded me of this I saw recently. Silly names…. which wouldn’t catch on because its a bit insensitive to the vicitms.
Hmmm, still not sure if they fixed this…. “Only 5,000 of the 15,000 shelters that UNHCR bought in 2015 have been deployed, meaning that two thirds of all shelters manufactured, worth a total of $12.5 million, have yet to be used.
The rest have remained in depots while it carried out an investigation into fire safety and other problems, UNCHR told Dezeen.”
IKEA are doing a great job here – good example of organizations helping people out when they can.
These guys could do with this, or donations to make the idea real in the UK.
Looks like the king of flat pack nailed this idea and won awards for it.
You just need a scaled-down cut-out image of the building from above, then use a guide to follow the shape of the jig – to allow the material to fall in the right place, you could even sell lots of 1-metre square jigs of different shapes of a building, for example, the castle.
Think big – this is huge, could work for building schools and hospitals in unlucky countries…
This can print a house for 4 grand. But the machine is so expensive that its no use to those who need housing the most.
They should do this already. For Atlantic hurricanes, there is a list of male and female names which are used on a six-year rotation. It could be updated to include names of benefactors that want to help for a bit of recognition.
Found this online, great idea…