The fact that housing has become unbelievably expensive in China is not new news by any stretch of the imagination, and residents of Beijing have been living in much smaller spaces for years now. But due to severe overcrowding and the need for sustainable residences, it seems the tricycle house could be an innovative—though not necessarily comfortable—solution.
Somehow, they still manage to make everything fit.
Designers construct the frame out of polypropylene, a wear-resistant plastic.
Melissa Stanger was the Lists and Features Associate Editor. Previously the Associate Editor of Levo League, her work has been syndicated to the Huffington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Yahoo Finance.She is also a craft beer enthusiast and homebrewer, and a mentor with the Digital Mentoring Program at Girls Write Now — an organization that fosters a community of mentorship between professional writers and high school-aged girls in New York.
