ECOCAPSULE: FUTURE HOME

Many of us dream for a big house with all utilities and luxuries inbuilt, but if you are out of those few who don’t believe in live life king size types and just want an efficient way to live,nice architects have a solution for you.

Ecocapsules, designed by Bratislava-based Nice Architects, promise to let anyone live off the grid for up to a year.the tiny egg shaped ecocapsule could be the low energy home you’re looking for. 

Ecocapsule is a micro-shelter that packs an impressive sustainable punch—the ultra-portable house is powered by solar and wind energy, and also includes rainwater collection and filtration

Ecocapsule is being recommended as being the “green” housing solutions for future generations.

Each unit is equipped with solar panels, a retractable wind-turbine, and a design that captures rain water. Inside, you’ll find a built in kitchenette with running water, a flushing toilet, two large operable windows portable bed working /dining area storage space and hot shower.

Solar panels and a silent wind turbine charge a battery system that will power the “micro home” during times where there are less wind and solar activity . Its roof is decked with 600W solar cells and a built-in 750W wind turbine that store the energy they harness into a high-power battery. The structure's shape also allows its inhabitant to collect rainwater by placing containers around it. 

Rain water is collected via the system integrated into the structure’s surface, and a filtration system within the home offers clean drinking water
 Since it measures just 14.6 feet long by 7.4 feet wide by 8.4 feet tall, anyone who isn't into tiny houses  might feel more than a bit claustrophobic inside. This egg like structure can comfortably accommodate 2 people and the two power sources can generate enough energy for a whole year.

Each Ecocapsule weighs 1,500 kilograms and can fit inside a standard shipping container. The walls are well-insulated and there’s a connector so you can charge your electric car while you tow the capsule.

The Ecocapsule “is suitable for a wide range of applications,” write the designers, such as an “independent research station or a tourist lodge to an emergency housing or a humanitarian-action unit.

Very first question which arised in my mind 

        why is ecocapsule egg shape?

So here is the answer...

 According to the architects, the spherical shape help maximize rain collection. Also the micro home is easily transported and deployed in various areas, making it an extremely viable solution for addition to home, tourist units, research stations, or emergency shelter units.

Currently, only renderings and diagrams of the Ecocapsule are available; however, Nice Architects plans to unveil a prototype at the pioneers festival in vienna on May 28.

The company doesn't have a price for the Ecocapsule yet but I don’t think it would be cheap, By the looks of it, Nice Architects is willing to ship out the capsules overseas, so long as buyers are willing to pay the rather hefty shipping price (around $2,400 from Slovakia to New York). Once it arrives, the new owner can take the 3,300-pound micro home anywhere.