个人资料
弓尒 (热门博主)
  • 博客访问:
正文

【嘛?垃圾箱也能是教授的家?----- Yes!!】

(2016-06-10 16:27:18) 下一个

 

 

3平米 / 33平方英尺的 Wilson教授的家

Professor Jeff Wilson, who is living in the dumpster for at least a year, and holds a PhD in Environmental Science

 

Jeff Wilson博士是美国Huston-Tillotson University(休斯顿蒂罗森大学)环境学的一名教授。

  他原本跟妻子一起,住在一个将近280平米的、带草坪的独立洋房里。

 

但是他们并不开心,Wlison和妻子常常在空荡荡的房子里擦肩而过,彼此却根本不说话。

  1年前,他跟妻子离婚。Wlison以1美元的价格卖掉了自己大部分的家具和衣服,搬到了一个50平米的公寓内居住。

  他突然发现,其实生活不需要太多东西。 

他搬到单身公寓一段时间

  发现生活完全可以精简到极致。

  于是,等公寓租约到期,

  他再次搬家了。

  这次,他搬到了学校的垃圾箱。

【据说这是个 为期一年的实验】

洗浴就去学校体育馆,

  喝水全靠旁边的小湖。

  他觉得,

  “除了每天晚上去洗手间比较痛苦,

  其他时候还是很方便的”。

  等Wilson正式在新家安顿下来,

  他开始琢磨“装修升级”。

  首先第一件事,

  就是把油布屋顶换成

  有气象站的滑动斜顶屋顶。

  他说这是为了随时监控天气,天气好的时候,可以打开屋顶看星星。如果暴雨或者狂风,那就得扛着屋子赶紧逃啊。

  他还给自己装了一张床,一盏灯,墙上挂了壁画,地上铺了地板,地板底下还安装了储物位。

  为了应付德州炎热的天气,他还在屋里装了空调。电都是从旁边的女生宿舍牵过来的。

  装修好的垃圾箱,还挺有家的味道。

  喏,明白为啥要放宿舍旁边了。

  他甚至给垃圾箱配备了

  一个简易的花圃,

  一个邮箱,

  还开了一扇窗。

  Wilson越来越喜欢新家了,

  虽然夏天的垃圾箱很容易高温超过40°C,

  让他常常只能呆在办公室。

  或者四处游荡。

  但是他很高兴的说:“我的生活既简单又舒适,休斯顿简直就是我家后花园”。

  由于长期在校园里散步,Wilson有了大量的时间,去跟遇到的每一个人聊天。喝喝酒,谈谈心,再微醺着就着月光回家。

  暖暖的灯光,映着墙上的壁画,整个小房间温馨极了。

  在完全适应了垃圾箱的生活后,

  他还对垃圾箱进行了第三次改造。

  这回,Wilson给垃圾箱装上太阳能电池板,

  彻底摆脱电源了的限制。

  他还做更多的装饰,

  使它看起来不那么像一个垃圾箱。

  在这个过程中,

  Wilson还新交了个女友,

  女友对他的“垃圾箱计划”充满好奇,

  所以Wilson就带她回家体验。

小小的屋子里,

  两个人头挨着头并排躺着,

隐约还能听到屋外的鸟鸣声、脚步声。

  提起在小屋里睡一晚的感受,

  女朋友高兴的手舞足蹈:

  “我觉得非常自由和有趣,

  这简直不可思议。”

  垃圾箱改造完成后,

  Wilson带着它去环游美国,

  并且努力推广“less is more”

  (简约主义)的生活理念。

  Wilson捡了废旧地毯和明信片来装饰垃圾箱

  在旅行中,

  他认识了不少志同道合的朋友。

  Wilson和他旅途中认识的朋友

  当然了,

  也被问了很多,关于“垃圾箱计划”的问题。

  他说最难回答的问题是:

  “住垃圾箱,那圣诞老人怎么进去呢?”

  小朋友们好奇的围着垃圾箱看

  嗯,也许,

  可以从垃圾投入口

  爬进去吧。

 

 

点击 开播

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/03/02/what-living-in-a-dumpster-for-a-year-taught-this-professor-about-that-things-we-dont-need/

 

The Dumpster is located on the Huston Tillotson University campus (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

Wilson is working with his students and the local community for the project (Photo: Sarah Natsumi...

The dumpster measures 33 sq ft (3 sq m) (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

The dumpster measures 33 sq ft (3 sq m) (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

A number of modifications have been made to make the dumpster habitable (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

A number of modifications have been made to make the dumpster habitable (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

The dumpster first had to be cleaned and rust-proofed (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

A weather station has been added to the dumpster (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

A weather station has been added to the dumpster

A barrel is used to collect water (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

A barrel is used to collect water

The dumpster pockets have been sealed so that it cannot be mistaken for and serviced as...

The dumpster pockets have been sealed so that it cannot be mistaken for and serviced as a standard trash receptacle

Wilson has furnished the inside of the dumpster (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

Wilson moved into the dumpster on February 4th, 2014 (Photo: Sarah Natsumi Moore)

 

===========

tiny houses. They're exactly what they sound like — homes of varying tininess, often pictured in bucolic ruralities.

Their 208-square-foot design slides into multi-level structures called "racks," which connect to municipal utilities like electricity and plumbing.

The first rack is scheduled to open in Austin in 2016, and plans are underway to build them in 10 more cities by 2017.

With Kasita, you can move your entire home to any city with a rack. All you have to do is make a call, schedule a big-rig pickup, and off it'll go to your next destination.

Kasitas are equipped with all the amenities of a modern home, including a kitchen with a cooktop, convection oven, and dishwasher; a bathroom with a walk-in shower; and a combined washer and dryer unit.

The walls use a special tile system that lets you customize the space to your needs.

Plus, they'll have voice-activated components like lighting, entertainment, and a hidden queen-size bed that rolls out on your command, like a boss at bedtime.

To make Kasita an affordable housing opportunity, they're building community partnerships for creative land use.

They haven't yet announced pricing for buyers, but one of their stated goals is to offer rentals at half the market rate of standard studio apartments. In the country's most rapidly gentrifying cities, that could add up to serious savings.

 

 

 

[ 打印 ]
阅读 ()评论 (0)
评论
目前还没有任何评论
登录后才可评论.