All I Ask Is That You TRY!

You would think that while the design geniuses were making this building able to resist everything from alien to ant attacks, they could have made it look a bit less goofy. I would hate to survive the initial civilization ending incident only to be humiliated when I walk out the front door. How do you even begin to match the flowers and the landscaping to this hideous design?


Beating out seven other NOLA-based entrants, Lin and Kinnard’s Sunshower SSIP House was designed to withstand whatever nastiness Mother Nature just happens to throw at it: hurricane-force winds, 8.0-magnitude earthquakes, floods, wildfires, tornadoes, you name it. The home is also termite-proof and mold- and mildew-resistant. And as detailed by competition guidelines, the prefabricated Sunshower SSIP House is composed of $100,000 worth of building materials (powerful Oceansafe SSIPs are used for the exterior walls and roof) that can easily fit into a shipping container and be deployed to disaster-stricken areas for quick assemblage, making it not only a safe place to ride out a storm in but a suitable place to live during the aftermath of a natural disaster.