Bruce Sterling @bruces17h ago

*This seems interesting -- all the house-technology in one solid pointy lump, and then you attach some favela tenting to it, maybe some sleeping bags

https://newatlas.com/tiny-houses/klumpen-off-grid-utilities/

Everything you need to go off the grid fits in this $35,000 teepee

This ominous-looking structure could make it way easier to set up your truly private homestead in the middle of nowhere.

New Atlas
Show threadsabik17h ago
@bruces
East European "panelaky" apartment blocks used to have something similar — a prefab / quick assemble core that has bathroom and toilet on the inside and kitchen bench on the outside (stove and sink)
Show threadsabik
@bruces Contrast with various "overengineered tent" proposals for refugee camps, which do the opposite — fancy walls and roof, no utilities
Mar 28 at 7:47amWeb