It only took two days to install the pod.

According to their literature, LEAPfactory’s Gervasutti refuge represents the pinnacle of the Italian firm’s achievement. LEAP refers to Living, Ecological, Alpine Pods, their speciality, and their latest pod is also one of their greatest. It has 6 contact points with the ground and weighs 5,500 pounds, while the elongated shape creates nearly 100 square feet of hi-comfort interior space that sleeps up to 12 people.

Everything – from the exterior shell to the interior fittings – is modular so that when the time comes, the refuge can be relocated elsewhere. The solar panels installed on the roof produce 2.5 Kwh of solar energy – making it completely self-sufficient – and it only took two days to install. This truly is a remarkable achievement in modular design… now we just have to get there!

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2 Responses to “Extraordinary Gervasutti Refuge in Italy is a Prefab Tubular Alpine Pod Home”

nam173 says:

December 9, 2011 at 6:02 am

I’m very interesting to know why, the modular are situated

on mountain-top, it’s reminded of cliff-hanger. 0_0
Fx says:

December 12, 2011 at 2:57 am

The interior space is 30 m2 (about 320 ft2)