Drawing on ideas from his sculpture practice, Craig Pleasants designed an octagonal, eco-friendly kit house as a low-budget housing alternative. For example if a person took out a 10 year loan to pay for a $25,000 mortgage the monthly payment would be less than $300 – most rentals are much higher! And wouldn’t it be satisfying to own a home.]
Based on a house he built from conventional materials in 1979, the new “Octagonal Living Unit” is constructed from pre-cut, recyclable panels of steel and expanded polystyrene. It takes only a matter of days to assemble. With a price tag of less than $25,000 and a footprint under 400 square feet, it could easily function as an artist’s studio, a guest house, a living space for a small family, or (as the need arises) disaster housing. The material, extremely resistant to seismic activity and high winds, is strong and safe, yet the design aesthetic is sculptural and appealing.
Craig is currently collaborating with kickstarter.com to raise funds to construct a full-scale prototype for the Octagonal Living Unit project. If the $21,000 goal is met by June 30, funds will be awarded and the project may continue. With the success of his kickstarter campaign, Pleasants hopes to market these low-profile octagonal houses to a wider audience.
Wow, 350 easy to assemble square feet for $25K, or less. Very impressive, and I like the octogon!
I hope this pans out. It needs to. Every success Craig!
Columba
I love this idea, but I would suggest once you get past the prototype stage you consider trying compressed straw sips. Much more eco friendly.
It looks really good. Great price for the amount of square feet.
ANother irrelative comment I’m afraid. I love your site and call in most evenings. The problems is I have pretty poor internet access. I can get the text OK but the pictures rarely download. Is there any chance you can compress them or do something that makes them easier and quicker to download? I can get pictures from other blogs. If you can I will be very happy and very grateful because your site is one of my favourites.
I do optimize the photos for the internet so I”m not sure why it does not work. I will look into it.
AWESOME! 🙂
Very cool idea !!
I think it could also be a small bachelor pad aswell
I would love this as a studio for my art