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Concepts & Designs
Artist impression: The OPod Housing No.1, scheduled to open in 2019.
(Source: jameslawcybertecture.com)
OPOD TUBE HOUSE @
HONG KONG
Hong Kong studio James Law Cybertecture developed a prototype for low-
cost microhomes made of repurposed concrete water pipes that could be
the answer to housing crisis in cities across the world.
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The OPod Tube House on public display in Kwun Tong,
an industrial part of East Kowloon, early this year.
(Source: jameslawcybertecture.com)