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We may never see this type of housing in the developed world, but for the developing world this new type of housing would be a huge improvement over shacks of rusting metal and cardboard:
The video estimates a need for 740 million houses in the developing world. “That would require building 100,000 new homes every day for the next 20 years.” That is a lot of housing. Advantages of this new type of housing including:
- Low cost
- Lightweight materials
- Small construction crews
- Much quicker to erect
- Long-lasting
- Immune to bugs, rot, etc.
See also: Foam and steel construction makes a quick, inexpensive, super-efficient house
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