Exterior, Wood Siding Material, Prefab Building Type, and Flat RoofLine “One of the goals of Zenkaya was to create employment in a country crippled by [an unemployment rate of over 25 percent],” explains the architect, who likes to call himself a social entrepreneur.  Photo 11 of 14 in 14 Totally Off-the-Grid Cabins from A Prefab Housing Concept in South Africa

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It took 11 years of traversing through three different countries for Eric Bigot to develop his Zenkaya prefab housing concept. Designed to bring peace of mind to impoverished South Africans, the ready-made structures aim to provide affordable housing and stimulate the economy by creating construction jobs, something the French-born architect has ample experience doing.