A group of students has developed a miniature Small Transportable Living shell- house for travelers. Its size is 5 square meters only. Pilot copy was made using 3D-printer and all life-support systems (water, heating, electricity and sewage) were built in into the walls during the construction. However, house heater and water treatment devices do not exist yet, as they may not be printed on the 3D-printer. Place for them is reserved, informs ee24.com referring to archi.ru.
The pilot project of Small Transportable Living was worked out by students of the Huddersfield University (UK), the University of California (USA), the Technical University and the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship of University of Applied Sciences (both in Munich, Germany). The project was supervised by Peter Ebner.
House consists from two easily separable sliding segments. Total area is 4.8 square meters (2.2 m x 2.2 m). There is a sliding bedroom / kitchen / bathroom all in one and on the wall there are multimedia system (projector), a small window and LED lamps. Floor is used as a storeroom.
According to the creators, mini-apartment is designed for travelers and young people from 20 to 35 years, who rarely sit at one place or not willing to pay high rents for ordinary apartments. The house may be assembled near the work in order not to waste time for the road, or on a mountain top.
Photo: Small Transportable Living © Florian Holzherr