HOUSE IN A BOX

GROUP MEMBERS

  • Reece Crozier
  • Aviwe Twalo
  • Sean Clifford
  • Kyle Osborne
  • Laurence Van Eyssen
  • Louw Coetzee
  • Nathan Gordon

STUDY STRUCTURE


The House In a Box project will consist of two main phases. Phase 1 will be modeling up the existing structures and interviewing residents of the emergency housing currently provided. In phase 2, new ideas for emergency housing will be provided.

FIRST MEETING


MATERIALS

        • Cheap/cost effective
        • Reliable
        • Resistant to fire and storms

INTERVIEWS

        • People in the area
        • Developers
        • Other companies

RESEARCH

        • Site
        • Terian
        • Recyclable materials
        • Ventilation
        • Insulation
        • PVC pipes
        • 2 liter bottles filled with sand
        • Sand bags

Phase 1

Very first draft of existing structures

Estimated setup time: 1-2 days

Links to modular prefabricated units:

Kwikspace:

CS Modular house Co.

  • We received an e-mail/ request from Rick from CS Modular house Co.,Ltd from China: apparently the lead manufacturer for modular container houses.
  • They provide four kinds of different modular container houses:
    1. 20ft flat pack container house
    2. 20ft/40ft shipping container house
    3. 20ft expandable container house
    4. 20ft foldable container house
  • Website: www.csmodularhouse.com

Phase 2

Louw Coetzee

Plastic Moulding Companies:

  • Africa Plastics
  • Big Boy Plastics
  • Waldo Plastics
  • Plastics|SA

Estimated setup time: 2 hours

Reece Crozier


Aviwe Twalo

Estimated setup time: 1 day

Kyle Osborne

Estimated setup time: 2 hours

Nathan Gordon

Estimated setup time: 1-2 hours

Laurence Van Eyssen

Estimated setup time: 1 hours