Instant Housing and Designing for Disaster


	Instant Housing and Designing for Disaster
balthazarus
11-16-2008 8:15 AM
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disasters, inflatable houses, survival
balthazarus says:
Cool! and innovative.
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11-16-2008 9:20 AM
AiNeko III
temtpting to go nomad
11-21-2008 8:30 AM
nephicarrera
Thank you for your comment. I am am fan of portable housing. This is a collection of places I would like to live in.
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