Ekinoid Project: 2012

Global Frontier Towns for all environments,

all people

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The world is getting hotter and more crowded every day, and modular, prefab constructions are a new topic that is being addressed in the architecture and interior design world. There is also a new concept of “living small”. This idea is not just about energy efficiency and carbon footprints, it is more about being strange, cool and beautiful.

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These strange, cool, and beautiful ideals can be found in the master works of The Ekinoid Project: 2012. This project focuses on creating global towns for “ all environments and all people”. Essentially these self-assembly off-the-grid towns address emerging issues we are currently facing today .

These pods appear structurally light but actually are extraordinarily strong. The Ekinoid pods also have reduced the need for raw material, and can even be recycled at the end of its estimated 100 year useful life. Every part of the Ekinoid is custom made to suit local climates and landscapes.

So how much does this strange pod cost? Ekinoid price their pods (excluding white goods, furnishings, hydroponic systems etc.,) for around 78,000 USD (approximately 60,000 Euros, 50,000 GBP, 74,000 AUD)

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An Ekinoid house, at these dimensions, would provide ample living space for a family of four. For larger families or groups of people, or as extended work space etc., Ekinoid homes are designed to fit together in a modular way, at up to four simultaneous locations (from one house), if required. So, at maximum, one home could act as a hub to four other identical Ekinoid buildings, radiating in a circle around the central hub building. Or you could join two Ekinoids together, or three or 20 or even 1,000 if you wished Ekinoid: http://www.ekinoid.com/index.html

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Dimensions

Diameter

Internal: 32 feet

External: approximately 34 feet

Volume

Volume = 4/3 pi.r cubed

32 feet diameter: V = 17,164 cu.ft; 636 cu.m

Surface area of sphere: A = 4 pi.r squared = 3,218 sq.ft; 358 sq.m.

Lower (and upper) floors (the two main floors): approx. 24 feet diameter = 453 sq.ft; 50.33 sq.m;

Total living surface area therefore = 89 + 50 = 139 sq.m + storage.

Storage areas theoretically are each 50 sq. m; therefore another 100 sq.m.

Source: http://www.ekinoid.com/index.html