“Professor Jeff Wilson wants to create the “iPhone for housing”. He thinks we need to shed our preconceptions of housing as dependent on land and instead consider his plug-and-play shelter.
His Kasita units are not just tiny homes- the prototype is 208 square feet-, but they fit onto a “rack” to become part of “a vertical, high-end, design-yet-affordable, urban trailer park”. “Think about an RV park”, explains Wilson, “it’s a vertical way to do that: so you own your RV and you park it in a slot, this is a structure that these can go vertically.”
Wilson was inspired to attempt to revolutionize housing while, as a college professor, he tried living in a 33-square-foot dumpster for 10 months. In 2016 he built the prototype and later this year he plans to launch the 320-square-foot production model at 3 locations in Austin. There will be an option to rent or buy and while Wilson hasn’t released the price, he says it will be affordable even to a barista.”
Another great video by Kirsten Dirksen
Kasita.com
Don’t miss the lively discussion on YouTube
WOW~these Kasitas lend themselves to so many possibilities,
An Apartment? Not my cup of tea.
I’m a country boy. I’m fine with living in small spaces, but I don’t want to be in the middle of a big city. But I posted the story because it’s interesting to see what other people are doing in the tiny/small house movement. This particular idea could very well catch on.