To Build an Egg

[Francesca Knowles]

If It's Hip, It's Here: Hard Boiled Housing. The Blob VB3 By dvmA Architects.

[Cathy P.]

Now that's an egg! I was thinking earlier today that once I had asked about the Eggcamper "Teardropp" and got a "well, that is teardrop and not an egg" but a lot of the trailers here don't look like an "egg" but are still fiberglass trailers. I wondered though was the two halves together what caused it to be called an "egg", like the Easter eggs?

[carlkeigley]

Now that has storage.
But oh! The tow vehicle it would take.

[Jim Bennett]

Kinda neat, and lots of good hard work went into it. Not sure how one could really use it. Not to keen to sleep stuffed on a shelf.

[Raz]

Yea, but it's a stickie.

[Darrell in Al]

That got one heck of a awning though.. I'd not wan't to tow it though.

[Cathy P.]

It would be a great tiny house. I have been following the tiny house movement and this would fit either putting it on a trailer or a foundation. Actually, this looks like it would be bigger than many of the tiny houses with much better storage area. They design some pretty unique and wonderful houses when they have design competitions.

[alan in alberta]

i've done a couple of cedar strip kayaks
hmmn maybe a cedar stripp egg........

[carlkeigley]

Originally Posted by alan in alberta

i've done a couple of cedar strip kayaks
hmmn maybe a cedar stripp egg........

I think that's a great idea.

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by alan in alberta

i've done a couple of cedar strip kayaks
hmmn maybe a cedar stripp egg........

It would not be all that hard to do, the hardest part would be doing a design and getting the stations (moulds) set up to lay the planks on. I am sure someone with the right software could do it. Heck, maybe the same software boat builders use could be implemented.

[Donna D.]

No windows??? I'd feel like I was at work....

[Robin G]

I am with Donna, No windows!

My first thought was, where are the windows? Can't imgine sleeping in there. Fresh air please!

[alan in alberta]

Originally Posted by Jim Bennett

It would not be all that hard to do, the hardest part would be doing a design and getting the stations (moulds) set up to lay the planks on. I am sure someone with the right software could do it. Heck, maybe the same software boat builders use could be implemented.

i took a couple hundred hours for the kayak... how long would a trailer take....

it would look really good if you book matched the strips though

donna we could put in portholes for you

[Jim Bennett]

Originally Posted by alan in alberta

i took a couple hundred hours for the kayak... how long would a trailer take....

it would look really good if you book matched the strips though

donna we could put in portholes for you

You could do strips wider than those used in canoes or kayaks, except maybe on the corners. I have been working on a canoe for two years, and am just about ready to glass the inside of the hull. Life seemed to get in the way.

[George Nagel]

Buddy of mine builds an ice (fishing) house like that every year. Sells it for a profit and does another for the next year.

[Francesca Knowles]

Originally Posted by alan in alberta

i've done a couple of cedar strip kayaks
hmmn maybe a cedar stripp egg........

I actually ran across this design during one of my idle-speculation-searches related to my longstanding fantasy about building a glassed trailer with an internal structure made of the bamboo that we grow here on our property.

Francesca

[RRJR]

Stick it on a frame and put some windows in & VUALA !!
Don't forget to wire it and put some lites on it.