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Tricycle House and Garden Offer Off-Grid Living for China’s Landless

12/28/2012
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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 <a href="http://www.peoples-architecture.com">People's Architecture Office</a> (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 <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/portable-dwelling/">portable dwelling</a> accompanied by a garden on wheels.
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    The Tricycle House is a portable off grid tiny home in China
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    The small home is made with polypropylene
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    The home is big enough for a couple
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    This particular kind of plastic is strong enough to be folded
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    The folds then expand - like an accordion
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    Remarkably, the home includes a sink, stove, bathtub and water tank!
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    Transforming furniture provides different functions
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    Here is depicted a family of tricycle homes and gardens!
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  • Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO
    This extraordinary design was displayed at the 2012 Get it Louder Exhibition in China
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Tricycle House and Tricycle Garden by PAO and PIDO

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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