环境科学教授杰夫·威尔逊认为,美国的房屋已经变得太大,太浪费了,给人们一些他们不需要的东西,而价格往往是他们负担不起的。威尔逊也不是“光说不做”,为了证明他的观点,他将在接下来的一年里生活在一个标准的6'x6 '的商业垃圾箱里。
This dumpster, to be specific …
… which, yeah. That’s a dumpster.
Calling him “Professor Dumpster”, the Dumpster Project website is chronicling Wilson’s year in the dumps- which began back in February- and using his experience as a basis for a video documentary that will, presumably, debut at SXSW next year. Accoring to the site, Wilson “will be spending one year in a dumpster that is approximately 6 feet x 6 feet, or about 1% the size of the average new American home. Professor Dumpster, in his bid to become part of the ‘new 1%’ will strive to use 1% the water, 1% the energy, and create 1% the waste of the average American home.”
目前,这个垃圾箱还只是一个6×6英尺的垃圾箱,它被清理干净,涂上颜色,并连接到电网上。然而,威尔逊对他1%的房子有更大的计划。If “phase 1” is the dumpster, itself, “phase 2” adds a shade structure to minimize his need for the “window” mounted AC unit, as well as a laundry unit/bathroom built into a tool shed next to the unit …
… now, if you’re anything like me, you noticed that Wilson seems to be saying that he wants to take up quite a bit more than the “1% of a new home” he originally talked about, but he’s still committed to using a small % of a new home’s footprint while staying at that 1% level of resources. He plans to do that by building up, rather than out …
… Wilson’s forward-looking plans would stack dumpsters, Lego-style, and use their opened “lids” as perfectly placed solar “leaves”, each of which would hold a solar PV panel of its own that would allow Professor Dumpster toseparate fully from the grid, and even teach his classes outside.
You can check out Wilson’s “pitch” for the project in a short video, below, and let us know what you think of Wilson’s extreme tiny house experiment-and whether or not you think you could be happy in a 6×6′ footprint!- in the comments section at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
The Dumpster Project
Sources | Images:the Dumpster Project, viaGeekologie.
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