$5000 paper house in the news....

[keljonma]

http://i.gizmodo.com/5134222/5000-paper-house-is-the-worlds-swankiest-hobo-pad



Aside from having a convertible closed/open-air kitchen with table and benches, the Universal World House has a hidden killer feature:


It has been designed so that a family can slaughter an animal on the veranda, wash it in the shower and hang it, along with fish, on an integrated washing line.

 

[curly_kate]

Wow, that is pretty crazy! I'm sure most Americans would find the bonus feature to be absolutely horrifying....

 

[PamsPride]

I don't know which is crazier the 'bonus feature' or the fact that they said that dinky little thing is meant for 8 people!! That would be my whole family living in just my bedroom!!

 

[Beekissed]

All that lightweight paper, cellulose construction....hmmmmmm....all it needs a really long tail made of paper and string and the next tornadoe or hurricane can turn it into a kite!

 

[keljonma]

All that lightweight paper, cellulose construction....hmmmmmm....all it needs a really long tail made of paper and string and the next tornadoe or hurricane can turn it into a kite!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[keljonma]

Wow, that is pretty crazy! I'm sure most Americans would find the bonus feature to be absolutely horrifying....

kind of an ss house, wouldn't ya think?

 

[MorelCabin]

You know, we just built a guesthouse (not done yet, but by the time all is said and done we will have about $3500 in it. And it's made of wood:>) If I decided to put simple indoor plumbing in and a few extras it would come about equal in price...why paper??? It'll just get eaten by rodents and carried away. I don't get the point of this...recycling paper seems to be the only advantage here...but there are tons of ways to recycle paper

 

[curly_kate]

Probably some guy built it just to see if it could be done....

 

[keljonma]

Probably some guy built it just to see if it could be done....

In the article it states this house is being manufactured by a Swiss company.

Apparently a few countries have placed orders for the UWH, including Nigeria and Angola,