Boing boing points to a wicked wired article about a new instant portable structure, just add water. inflatable concrete forms aren’t new, but adding it to a portable structures is.
I have a feeling we’re going to see a lot more of this kind of thing in architecture. I’m not saying your next McMansion is going to look like something out of the Flintstones, rather that self assembly will become more important. 70% of the cost of building a house is labour. Imagine if you could have a custom designed home, built in a week, for 50% less than a conventionally built home…
