Building Types

A preview of ways to create shelters on the cheap; listing various temporary and quickly built buildings. Suggested criteria:

• price (both for the most basic and somewhat comfortable package)
• size
• overall sturdiness and resistance to the elements - this is not quite temporary housing
• construction materials and their availability
• construction tools and other aspects to consider; time to built it
• general positives and negatives

Sources:
http://floatingman.wetpaint.com/page/construction+techniques?t=anon
http://files.howtolivewiki.com/TIDES_PACKET/TIDES_BOARDS_V2_low_resolution.pdf (p.8-16)
http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/ - pages lead to many other resources

Types:

• ?adobe (not sure if it is fast enough to built)
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe
  • http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/adobe.htm
• ?concrete pipes (ditto)
  • http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/06/25/dasparkhotel-made-from-pipes/
• Earth bag
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthbag_construction
  • http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/
  • http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/earthbag.htm
• Hexayurt
  • http://hexayurt.com/
• UniFold shelters
  • http://perfectshelters.com/
• Shelter Systems Dome
  • http://Shelter-Systems.com/