Comments on: Living in a cube http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:34:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Administrator http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/#comment-8 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:18:07 +0000 http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/#comment-8 No kidding on the container housing, here is a great site with examples of shipping containers used as living and work space: http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/ No kidding on the container housing, here is a great site with examples of shipping containers used as living and work space:

http://home.comcast.net/~plutarch/

]]> by: Finlay McWalter http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/#comment-7 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:12:02 +0000 http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/#comment-7 Factoid: rooms in Japanese houses are dimensioned in multiples of 35.5 inches, the size of the narrower dimension of a Tatami mat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami) Factoid: rooms in Japanese houses are dimensioned in multiples of 35.5 inches, the size of the narrower dimension of a Tatami mat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami)

]]> by: Finlay McWalter http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/#comment-6 Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:06:06 +0000 http://ulla.kgzv.com/2005/08/25/living-in-a-cube/#comment-6 Better to live in 160 sq.ft (or 1360 cubic feet). Those are the dimensions of a TEU (a shipping container: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEU). That way homes can be built offsite in factores, with all appliances and utilities prefabricated, and onsite you just slot 'em together into a retaining frame. The frame (and stuff like stairs and connective hardware) comes in TEUs too. Add the occasional utility TEU (water, power, telco, laundry) and all the local site has to supply is a concrete foundation and the utility hookups. Bingo, instant housing. Better to live in 160 sq.ft (or 1360 cubic feet). Those are the dimensions of a TEU (a shipping container: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEU). That way homes can be built offsite in factores, with all appliances and utilities prefabricated, and onsite you just slot ‘em together into a retaining frame. The frame (and stuff like stairs and connective hardware) comes in TEUs too. Add the occasional utility TEU (water, power, telco, laundry) and all the local site has to supply is a concrete foundation and the utility hookups. Bingo, instant housing.

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