HUB 01 Features Mobile Student Housing Covered in Plants or Solar Panels in Belgium

Gone are the days when students are simply clumped together in one giant apartment building - at least in Belgium. The Katho Catholic Academy commissioned <a href="http://www.dmva-architecten.be/v2/index.php#news|175">dmvA Architecten</a> and the <a href="http://www.a3architects.co.za">South African firm A3 Architects</a> to design a mobile student housing concept that provides students with their own detached bedroom units that plug in to a central terminal. The HUB 01 prototype in Kortrijk features units <a href="http://inhabitat.com/vertical-gardens-by-patrick-blanc/">clad in either plants</a> or solar panels!

Katho Catholic Academy is experimenting with a new modular housing concept

Three different units plug into a central terminal

One unit is clad in a vertical garden

One unit has a skate platform!

Each bedroom unit comes with a bathroom and study area

The idea is to give students mobility and privacy while also promoting ecological housing and self sufficiency