Prefab Cabin
One of the many architectural responses to the housing crisis created two years ago by Hurricane Katrina was the H.E.L.P. (Help Every Last Person) emergency shelter, a mini prefab created by designer Carib Daniel Martin.
Martin is now manufacturing a version of the shelter, known as the microHOME, for general use in a production facility in southern Illinois. The 100-square-foot house includes a kitchenette, a bathroom with a pass-through shower and a composting toilet. It feels like a cross between a backwoods cabin and a trailer— prefab with an ironical folksy edge. Starting at $39,995 it hardly seems like a bargain, though delivery and installation are included.
Would you or wouldn’t you? Anyone?
Martin is now manufacturing a version of the shelter, known as the microHOME, for general use in a production facility in southern Illinois. The 100-square-foot house includes a kitchenette, a bathroom with a pass-through shower and a composting toilet. It feels like a cross between a backwoods cabin and a trailer— prefab with an ironical folksy edge. Starting at $39,995 it hardly seems like a bargain, though delivery and installation are included.
Would you or wouldn’t you? Anyone?
Posted by: Michael Cannell on Aug 20, 07 at 06:00 PM PDT
as a functioning cabin, an altered 'garage package' with the same basic amenities could run much cheaper. but good idea.
Posted by wade on 08/21/07 12:22PM PDT
In an environment where you spent time outdoors as an additional 'room' this would be cool. Plus it seems to leave a small footprint in its environment.
Posted by Morgante on 08/21/07 07:52AM PDT
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