Cardboard homes takes one day to build

Named Wikkelhouse, which translates to Wrap House, this modular building system is made of 100 percent recycled cardboard. Created by Amsterdam collective Fiction Factory, the structure can be assembled one day, and designed to last at least 50 years. 

As the video above shows the prototype involves a series of interlocking cardboard segments (each weighing 500 kilograms), that can be connected and disconnected as needed to increase or decrease the length of the building.

This clever design also means the structure is easily transportable. It also doesn't require any foundations for building, so the modular home can reassembled on any site. 

The sections are made from 24 layers of cardboard, which curve to form a Playschool-like house-shaped mould, before being bonded together with an environmentally-friendly superglue.  

The cardboard is then coated with a breathable, waterproof film, before being finished with weatherproof wooden cladding boards. Interchangeable extra sections include a kitchen and bathroom, and glazed paneling.

Campsites across Europe have begun installing the sustainable units. They're currently purchase in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands for now.

Image: Wikkelhouse