Comments on: Prefabricated House For Defense Needs

By: Toronto

Toronto — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:54:58 +0000

While these do look fairly inexpensive, these days we have nice rectangular shipping containers that can be converted to shippable housing much more easily than 24′ culvert pipe can – and the interior space would be more efficiently used.

By: Steven Hall

Steven Hall — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:14:41 +0000

In reply to Michael Patrick’s observation “I’m thinking that it warms up like an oven” Fuller’s designs for such structures used natural airconditioning where as the structure heats up, the rising thermals draw out air from the lower part of the structure which draws in the column of cool air in the centre of those thermals into the fixture at the top of the structure.

By: Michael Patrick

Michael Patrick — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:12:49 +0000

I’m thinking that it warms up like an oven.

By: Eliyahu

Eliyahu — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:18:30 +0000

This sort of design could also deal with housing for the homeless. An inexpensive dwelling with security and privacy beats living in a shelter any day, and these could be set up or moved quickly as the needs change.

By: Toronto

Toronto — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:17:58 +0000

That’s about 350 “square” feet and with a door or window every 8 feet or so. Where do you sleep?

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:18:06 +0000

Hah, maybe FEMA should take a look at these. They can be erected in only 6 days, whereas a FEMA trailer takes over 9 days.

By: Ernest

Ernest — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:04:34 +0000

That’s a grain silo! Nothing more. Every other farm has one or several.

By: Howie

Howie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:41:07 +0000

While similar to a yurt in appearance that is actually one of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Deployment Units. Here is a page with more info: http://www.infoage.org/ddu.htm

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:02:14 +0000

Also makes an excellent back-yard “in-law” house.

By: Reed

Reed — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:44:17 +0000

Looks suspiciously like a yurt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yurt … radical 1000+ year old Mongol technology