Yeah, that’s right, a Beijing architect has built an environmentally-friendly egg-shaped house on the sidewalk in Beijing… and is living in it!
The 24-year-old architect is Dai Haifei.
Here are some of the cool features of the house, most of which you can see in the photos:
- it’s solar-powered
- it has a living roof and walls
- it’s mobile
- it’s made of bamboo strips, wood chippings, sack bags, and grass seed
- it cost about $1000 to build (6427 yen)
- it’s egg-shaped
Photo Credits: 1-6 via AFP/Getty Images, 7-9 via the Beijing Times/ChinaDaily
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2 Responses to Solar-Powered, Egg-Shaped, Eco-Friendly House on Beijing Sidewalk
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What an amazing idea – I wonder if these could be modified to be used as shelters for people when there is a disaster of some sort
great point & idea