LinkNotes: Paper House

2009-01-21

Paper House

Clipped from: The Wall paper house offers cheap dry home for poor and displaced - Times Online

The Wall paper house offers cheap dry home for poor and displaced

Clipped from: Paper Houses: New Design Could Revolutionize World Slums - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

New Design Could Revolutionize World Slums

A new invention could soon change the face of shantytowns across the globe. Called "Universal World House," the structures are light, cheap -- and made of paper.

Clipped from: Swiss Company Offers Paper Homes - Science - redOrbit

Swiss Company Offers Paper Homes

A Swiss company known as The Wall AG, has created a $5,000, 390 square foot modular home.

This house is marketed towards third-world towns, for long-term refugees. The Universal World House can be transported and used almost anywhere. It is light, easily assembled, environmentally friendly, earthquake-proof and extremely cheap.

The Universal World House is crafted out of a resin-soaked cellulose, made from recycled paper, shaped into honeycomb walls, which provide structural integrity and insulation for the home. It also comes outfitted for plumbing and boarding facilities of up to 8 residents.

The home's inventor, Gerd Niemoeller, says that the paper house weighs just 1,763lb, which is lighter than a VW Golf. “Without the foundation block, the whole house actually weighs in at about 400kg,” says the design engineer. However, despite it being light, the house will not simply blow away.

Clipped from: anArchitecture: Honeycomb Paper House.

Honeycomb Paper House.

SwissCell walls are based on hexagonal structures similar to honeycombs: the technique results in lightweight but strong boards, typical used in the vehicle and aircraft industry. Usually honeycomb boards are made of aluminum – an expensive and energy intensive material. SwissCell, by contrast, is a cellulose product, impregnated by synthetic resin.

Clipped from: SwissCell - The Wall AG

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