Future Shack: the home of the future

To have a “Future Shack”, the home of the future, all you need is 30,000 dollars. To build it, you need just 24 hours. Made inside a shipping container, already furnished (minimal but comfortable) including bathroom, electric generator and thermal insulation, it is the brainchild of Australian architect Sean Godsell, winner in 2001 of a competition set by Architecture for Humanity.

“It’s the ideal solution for dealing with emergency situations and offering a valid alternative dwelling for populations of the third world,” claims the designer. The prototype is now on show in the garden of the Cooper Hewitt. E.S.

Until 10.10.2004
Solos Future Shack
Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt
National Design Museum, 2 East 91st Street, New York
http://www.ndm.si.edu

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