Comments on: THE CARDBOARD HOUSE

By: ravenrai

ravenrai — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:12:18 +0000

this looks like the onigiri house

By: john daniel

john daniel — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:23:00 +0000

Paper machier (not to sure about spelling) has been used to build housing around 1900s. when paper products are mixed with glues, for example, and compressed into sheets very strong long lasting products can be made. build your own boards from waste paper?

By: barbara wall

barbara wall — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 10:22:00 +0000

Looking for comment on the future of house design to appear in the International Herald Tribune. I would like to speak with individuals who have bought flat pack houses/architects who have a view on this construction method/building materials firms. Also interested on building designs for disaster-prone areas of the world.

Many thanks,
barbara wall

By: steve loken

steve loken — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:40:00 +0000

Been looking for you folks for a long time! I’ve researched the paper school at Westborough on Thames in UK, and got some original reasearch that the allies pulled together approx 140,000 collapsible cardboard houses that were shipped to Europe after WWII. Phenols for waterproofing were in short supply, so they dipped the cardboard into molten sulfur, with some Borate. This reduced the flammability of the paper, and sufficiently waterproofed the structure, so that one stood at the U of Wisconsin Madison for over 12 years. Bacterial Cellulose(BC), as pioneered by Dr Malcolm Brown at the Univ. of Texas@ Austin can revolutionize the way we (bacteria) make paper without trees, and shorter fibered structures like your pioneering will become more mainstream. I hope this will help expand links of comment. I’m a builder, and building technologist in Montana with a need to network with others on this very worthwhile endeavor, Thanks for your good work, Steve

By: Leo

Leo — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:58:00 +0000

$35.000 that could have been spent on a cure for cancer… all hail the miserable failure called humanity.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:11:00 +0000

$35,000? What’s the cardboard made out of – Sequoia pulp?

By: brandon

brandon — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 00:53:00 +0000

this is remarkable- I agree it’s absolutely brilliant- the Buddhists around the world are rejoicing right now because of this….

By: kris

kris — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 18:10:00 +0000

I love it. I think it’s genius.

By: Jill

Jill — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:22:00 +0000

Sorry I didn’t mention this in the post (I was trying to keep it short and sweet), but of coure the architects of this project have considered how this house will stand up to rain and moisture. The exterior of the house (the roof) is coated in HDPE plastic.

There are plenty of other specific details I haven’t mentioned in this post as well ? if you have questions, please check out the project website at: http://www.housesofthefuture.com.au/hof_houses04.html

The website should answer any detailed questions along the lines of “why doesn’t this house blow away?”, “How does the structure deal with moisture?”, etc

By: betz

betz — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 16:22:00 +0000

What about rain and moisture?

By: seabasstin

seabasstin — Sat, 27 Aug 2005 23:04:00 +0000

hi
ok this is not meant to be rude or anything, but why would anyone want a $35000 cardboard house.
If there is one thing that prefab has to compete with is cheap mobile homes.
this seems like a really interesting set up, but the price leaces a lot to be desired.
it needs to be up to $15000 not more then that.
at least that is my perception.