The inspiration for the Pallet House came from this fact: 84% of refugees could be housed with a year's supply of recycled American pallets.
A 250 square foot Pallet House requires 100 recycled pallets lifted and nailed into place by 4 or 5 people using hand tools in under a week.
This pallet house, designed by I Beam Design, was conceived as a transitional shelter for returning refugees.
The Pallet House adapts to most climates on earth and provides a durable, more lasting solution to housing some of the world's 33 million displaced people who spend an average of 7 years in refugee camps.
This is a practical example of low tech architecture that can help people right now, using materials destined for the dump we had not considered for home building!
--Bibi Farber
For more info on this Pallet House design, visit:
www.i-beamdesign.com/projects/refugee/refugeevideos.html