Beijing architect lives in egg-shaped house on sidewalk

[PeaceNikki]

http://shine.yahoo.com/event/green/beijing-architect-lives-in-egg-shaped-house-on-sidewalk-2425090#photoViewer=6

By Lori Bongiorno and Trystan L. Bass
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Dai Haifei, a 24-year-old architect in Beijing, China, found an ingenious solution to live rent-free. He built himself a mobile egg-shaped house that is powered by the sun.

The 6-foot-high structure, which is small enough to fit on a sidewalk, is made of bamboo strips, wood chippings, sack bags, and grass seed that’s expected to grow in the spring.

The pod features a solar panel on the roof that powers a lamp in the cozy space. The house cost around $1,000 to build (6427 yen), according to China Daily.

It seems Haifei has taken the trend of living in tiny spaces to a whole new level.

OK, where does he pee and/or poo!?!?

[Dennis Donovan]

1. ...in a similar egg-shaped toilet?

:shrug:

[kiva]

2. Some more pics and info:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-12/01/content_11638327.htm

Still no toilet...maybe he parks near public facilites?

[PeaceNikki]

3. Interesting. I think international journalist and DUer HEyHEY who is in Beijing needs to get on this

Not living in an egg, but finding out where this guy poops, natch.

[robinlynne]

5. It is parked right outside his office. he only goes there to sleep.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. But he was forced to leave it.

After local media publicized his "home," Dai came under enormous pressure and removed it in early December. He lived a total of two months in his "egg house."
says the article.

Did not say WHO pressured him.

[woo me with science]

4. That is pretty incredible.

Yeah, it looks less like a house than a chair, or a sauna-type thing.

I would also worry about passers-by throwing stuff inside.

:evilgrin:

[Uben]

6. Does this answer the age-old question?

Since this egg was not possible without the architect, does that not mean the egg was not possible without the chicken, thereby putting the chicken first? By Jove! I think I've got it!

[Speck Tater]

7. I knew a guy, a fellow student at Cal State Northridge back in the 1960's

who slept in a wooden box hidden away in the brush in Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Since he's a tenured professor now I assume he has better digs than that these days.