A House Made of Pallets
It’s a Summer Friday, so I thought I’d take a cue from my colleague Dan Vest and post something a little more fun today. Pallets have been in the news for many of the wrong reasons in recent weeks, but I ran across something that may help the wooden shipping pallet restore its image a bit.
Apparently, it’s common practice in Austin, Texas, to build houses out of shipping pallets. (See the photo, below left.) According to the website apartmentthearpy.com (that’s where the photos are from, too), these shipping-pallet houses were created by the architecture firm I-Beam, and “designed as temporary homes for refugees.” Advantages are they can be easily assembled and taken down and can be built with a wide array of features (see flower box in the second photo). I’m guessing price is also a huge advantage. Disadvantages include, well, living in a house made of shipping pallets. As the site says, “While a bit drafty in this incarnation, the houses can be made into more permanent dwellings using local materials like mud and adobe.” Good to know.
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July 23rd, 2010 at 11:56 am
Chris this is a good example of reusing materials, kudos to I-BEAM for thinking outside of the pallet! Also Kudos to the MHEDA team for moving forward to a more interactive website. Great job keeping MHEDA members up to date on Material Handling News and to all who have contributed. Have a great weekend.