During a recent trip to Tokyo I met a series of families who were living by a river running through Tokyo. All of these homes were built from found objects and incorporated simple solar cells for energy generation.
Location
Tokyo
Japan
Project posted by Cameron Sinclair




Comments
very clever
I love the covered bike parking out front.
How cost effective is this solution as compared to say a 'capsule hotel'?
Difficult for me to combine these two elements in my head... these people are recognised as homeless?
Only in Tokyo!!
Excellent structures though, kind of like junk's without the hull.....
$2,000 for one used shipping container and then put straw bales around and above it, finally covered with a piece of plastic. GEORGE WU, AIA 伍榮基 美国註册建築師