Gimme shelter: building in a bag, just add water
By Ryan Block 
posted Mar 15th 2005 3:00PM
posted Mar 15th 2005 3:00PM
For emergency and interim aid operations, setting up camp is no easy task—and tents and shanties prefab
buildings fall on opposite ends of the cost and sturdiness spectrum, which is why the Concrete Canvas could be coming
soon to a disaster near you: take one bag of cement-impregnated fabric, add water, inflate, and twelve hours later
you've got yourself a space worthy of being called an emergency bungalow.
Could be great for the troops to set up temporary bases. Substitute water for sand (in the current case of fighting in the middle east), and they'd be all set. Why does it take 12 hours to set up though? Hopefully they can speed that up in the future.
how do you substitute water for sand?
you need water for concrete to set.
it takes 12 hours for the conrete to set...
did you read what this actually was?
heh heh ... You said impregnated ...
It's so sad, while the rest of us are coming up with better ways to help and save lives during emergencies, a small group of blood-thirsty people want to use the same methods to do more killing. Sad.
Coming soon:
Bucket O' Bungallo
Palace in a Pail
The Moisture Mansion
...from the same folks who brought you Liquid Landscape and the Semi-Gaseous Driveway Repair Kit!
Perfect for all those weekend camping get-a-ways.
...
Until you decide to pack up.
The guys behind this have one hell of a market for htis and I don't just mean emergency housing. I was thinking permanent shed in my garden or indeed as housing for the 3rd world perhaps, lots of applications hope it makes it through to production.
A new blank concrete coloured canvas for artists to get their teeth into - sky patterns at music festivals - bring back psychadelia...
How much water?
Imagine all the possibilities, I can't wait to see one inflated and the different sizes made..
What a great item.. I wonder if you would need a building permit to use this or is it considered portable and I wonder how it would hold up in snowload.. I wish I could test one in the NW to see.. I am so excited.. Great Guys!
Is there anyway to get further info. on this and is there a way to get permission to put this info. on my website/s as I believe this building in a bag will open many doors for those constructing a new house etc...
Yeah!