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Tricycle House and Garden Offer Off-Grid Living for China’s Landless
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PAO and PIDO used a CNC router to form the plastic Tricycle House, which is made out of folded polypropylene. This is the only plastic that is strong enough to handle the folds that act like an accordion to expand. Unbelievably, the little Tricycle House is equipped with a collapsable sink, stove, and bathtub, as well as a water tank and transforming furniture.
Human powered, the Tricycle House is completely off-grid and because it is translucent, it gets its lighting from either the sun during the day or exterior lights at night. A couple could survive with one portable house and a Tricycle Garden – as depicted in these fabulous images.
+ People’s Architecture Office
Via Arch Daily
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Nobody owns land in China so all living situations are essentially temporary, but the country’s landless might be able to get their hands on their own off grid tiny house and garden. Deisgned by the People’s Architecture Office (PAO) and the People’s Industrial Design Office (PIDO) as part of the 2012 Get it Louder Exhibition, the Tricycle House is a fully functional and portable dwelling accompanied by a garden on wheels.
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The Tricycle House is a portable off grid tiny home in China
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The small home is made with polypropylene
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The home is big enough for a couple
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This particular kind of plastic is strong enough to be folded
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The folds then expand – like an accordion
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Remarkably, the home includes a sink, stove, bathtub and water tank!
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Transforming furniture provides different functions
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Here is depicted a family of tricycle homes and gardens!
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This extraordinary design was displayed at the 2012 Get it Louder Exhibition in China
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