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    Marianne Williamson
    from her book "A Return To Love"

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    Here my thoughts and brain storming on housing, and general issues of life including political issues:

    2009/03/31
    Misc. Alternative Housing
    last edited 2009/04/01 13:32 (*)

    Here a few more approaches of light weight housing, which qualify one or more points:
    • economical / low cost (avoiding mortgage)
    • easy to built (do it yourself)
    • ecological (sustainable materials)

    Free Spirit Spheres


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    With only 3.2m diameter the spheres are quite small to live in I would say - yet, composed or located within the trees they seem almost to belong there as they naturally seem to blend into - a beautiful approach.

    Source: Free Spirit Spheres.com

    4Treehouse

    A design by Lakusz Kos:


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    I was wondering how the shelter is actually attached to the tree without damaging them - also, if they grow with different pace, whether the living space tilts slowly - therefore an non-intrusive yet stable and adjustable anchor system is required.

    The required ground space is perhaps zero square feet or square meter . . ?!

    Source: 4Treehouse

    Geodesic Treehouse

    A more tent-like geodesic shelter:


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    Source: O2 Sustainability.com

    See also my Simplydifferently.org/Geodesic_Dome

    Microhouse 39m2 for 20k Euro


    A cubic low-cost 39m2 house made out easy available materials, material cost 20,000 Euros (US$ 30,000).

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    Source: Microhouse.at

    Micro Mini Home

    A cubic home with 2.64m each side (6.7m2, apprx. cost 50,000 Euros):


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    Source: Inhabitat.com: Micro Mini Home

    Paco Unit Home

    Another cubic design by Jo Nagasaka:


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    Source: Sschemata.com & Inhabitat.com: Paco Unit

    Some of the examples are very small, a bit too small for my taste for 1-2 persons. I lived in a 6.4m diameter yurt which made 32m2 sufficient for a kitchen, sleeping space, a desk, a stove and a section to cook.

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    All posts or individual posts:

  • Believe in Values or from king/queen issued money to math based money (2013/12/28 13:34)
  • More Alternative Houses: Treehouses & Bubbles Again (2012/11/27 14:01)
  • 3D Printing - The Next Technical Revolution (2012/07/08 13:34)
  • More Alternative Housing: Pre Fab Cabins (2010/11/07 10:09)
  • More Alternative Houses: Treehouses in Sweden (2010/07/10 16:14)
  • Moving to France, Pitching my Yurts Again (2009/12/21 18:08)
  • 100% Recycling - A New Economy (2009/10/03 17:59)
  • Reforming the West - Perestroika for You too (2009/06/07 14:37)
  • Facebook & Twitter, New Democratic Tools from the Internet? (2009/06/03 19:05)
  • More Alternative Housing (2009/04/10 21:01)
  • Ironies of Globalism (2009/04/08 19:51)
  • Brain Storming: The World Government Swiss-Made (2009/04/07 11:31)
  • Misc. Alternative Housing (2009/03/31 17:13)
  • The Banking System: Trust & Money Making (2009/03/29 07:35)


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