$5,000.00 House

**Phil** · #1 01-21-2009, 05:31 AM

And it is made out of PAPER!

Architecture: $5,000 Paper House is the World's Swankiest Hobo Pad

**willygoat** · #2 01-21-2009, 08:13 AM

That sounds awesome. What a great idea. Beats the heck out of shipping containers.

**B-Manic** · #3 01-21-2009, 08:15 AM

Nice, and at 390 square feet it is larger than some of the condos in my neighborhood and hundreds of thousands of dollars cheaper.

**milenio3** · #4 01-21-2009, 11:40 AM

AMAZING! A forward step to an Ecology Society? Who knows.

PS. Nice to see you around, Felipe!

**whulsey** · #5 01-22-2009, 01:02 PM

Wasn't the Monsanto House of the Future at Disneyland in the late 50's-early 60's made of resin coated paper?

**Paperbeam** · #6 01-22-2009, 01:28 PM

Actually, the Monsanto House of the Future was constructed from p*****c and from what I recall proved impractical to live in due to condensation issues, etc.

House of the Future at Yesterland

Go paper!

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**whulsey** · #7 01-23-2009, 12:04 PM

Thanks for the link. I was totally fascinated by that exhibit when I was a kid. Love the comment about the new "revolutionary microwave".

**markcrowel** · #8 05-13-2009, 04:18 PM

I read an internet article about a man out west who builds houses from "papercrete", a conglomerate of ground paper and some sort of waterproofing agent. I can't recall the man's name, but it looks like an affordable type of housing for low-income people.

People underestimate the construction possibilities of paper. I recall seeing, back in the late 1960's, a magazine advertisement from a paperboard manufacturer, showing a color photograph of a small bridge made from corrugated cardboard. Resting safely on the bridge was a full-size American pickup truck.

My deranged little mind is contemplating a 1-to-1 scale model of an automobile, complete with pedal propulsion.