Bruce Hicks, owner of Food Truck Heaven in Davie, Fla., was inspired to construct the 8-foot by 5-foot aluminum shelter on wheels after learning of a formerly homeless man in Utah who had succeeded in doing something similar, the Sun Sentinel reported.
Photo is by and owned by Bruce Hicks.
After completing the prototype –- which cost him about $500 to produce –- he and his partner, businessman Jeff Norton, are going to take the pod to local shelters to see how they can be used.
My concern is that these tiny spaces, which are OK as a very temporary solution, will become the new normal when it comes to how much space any person deserves to have. Smaller and smaller apartments - rooms really - are being built. It's OK if you have an active life and are rarely home, like if you are working and going to school, or in a larger space at your parents when you visit, or in a house some of the time and just living close to work or a project. Otherwise, these tiny spaces, like most SRO's are crazy making and isolating. I have a degree in design.
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this is a great start for anyone to get to the next level.looking at it ----it seems perfect for even two people or two units side by side .......just great who crazy now....paul gill
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