In China, Tricycle House Is Off-grid Home and Garden for the Land ...

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

Private land ownership is something that most of us might take for granted, but it's not the case in communist China, where all land is either state-owned or run by collective economic organizations (CEOs). But with China's rapidly developing economy, skyrocketing real estate prices, unscrupulous "land grabs" and recent legislation towards a civil code protecting private ownership, the issue of owning land is in a tumultuous transition, prompting designers like People?s Architecture Office (PAO) and the People?s Industrial Design Office (PIDO) to explore different possibilities.

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

Their joint effort is the Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden, a paired mobile home and garden plot mounted on modified three-wheelers. Made with CNC-scored, translucent polypropylene plastic, the house is an accordion-shaped, expandable temporary shelter. Say the designers:

Through this design, single family homes can be affordable and sustainable, parking lots are not wasted at night, and traffic jams are acceptable. The Tricycle House is man-powered allowing off-the-grid living.

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

Created as part of Beijing's Get It Louder 2012 exhibition, Tricycle House was shown alongside other temporary urban shelters, like this one made out of spray foam insulation. Of course, this house's hidden amenities gives it a more comfortable edge, allowing it to be a multipurpose living space in small quarters:

Facilities in the [Tricycle] house include a sink and stove, a bathtub, a water tank, and furniture that can transform from a bed to a dining table and bench to a bench and counter top. The sink, stove, and bathtub can collapse into the front wall of the house.

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

? People?s Architecture Office & People?s Industrial Design Office

The mobile garden is a clever addition, showing that living small and on the move doesn't mean a landless existence. More images over at ArchDaily, People?s Architecture Office and the People?s Industrial Design Office.

Source: http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/tricycle-house-peoples-architecture-office.html

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