2024-05-04T15:45:38-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149959416/proyecto-chacras-a-house-built-in-ten-days-with-only-recycled-materials Nicholas Korody 2016-07-22T19:04:00-04:00 >2016-07-27T23:44:07-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e0/e0suxv0t7k707my8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Built in a scant ten days, &ldquo;Proyecto Chacras&rdquo; is described as &ldquo;pop-up productive housing.&rdquo; The 30 square meter home was designed by <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiNmafMlYjOAhWC4yYKHc31B94QFggcMAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.naturafuturarq.com%2F&amp;usg=AFQjCNF8HJ8lmctSycdkp_eVNMNWC3QTjA&amp;sig2=2dKN3zIFgZFKCgZvA674yw&amp;bvm=bv.127984354,d.eWE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Natura Futura Arquitecture</a> and Colectivo Cronopios out of donated materials and tools, with volunteer labor. Located in Chacras, Ecuador, it houses a family who lost their previous home in an earthquake last April.</p><p>The structure has a concrete and brick base that supports modules made of pine palettes. Windows were made from strips of recycled waste and wood. The roof, which was put on last, is zinc sheeting. The house includes two bedrooms and one kitchen-cum-living room.</p><p><a href="http://www.architectureindevelopment.org/project.php?id=591#!prettyPhoto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">h/t Architecture in Development</a></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/88/88lwbsy2su5lkxvk.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/mk/mkqf135n6zplhhix.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/kt/ktbhxord3ckaf2kt.jpg"></p>