IIT-M students design foldable house
Posted on: 08/Nov/2016 9:55:46 AM
Civil engineering students at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras have designed a two-storey house out of metal frames and iron panels that can be unfolded and fixed to accommodate 20 people at time. The house can come handy during natural disasters that leave many displaced or can be an extension to an existing house.
The house was displayed at the Centre for Innovation open house . Speaking about the project, the students said, Hundreds of people were displaced and had no shelter after the floods in the city last year. It was then we decided to come up a foldable house. Wooden panels can be used as walls. Any material can be used. The panels of every room can be dismantled and folded except the toilet. The toilet comes as a 13m long and wide box fitted with all the necessary faucets. The box is attached to one end of the frame of the whole house.
