There are different types of houses like cape cod, classic cottage, colonial, bungalow, etc but have you ever heard about a bike house? Yes, a house on a bike. It might sound crazy but it is more of fun for people who want to live in tiny houses. A bike house is usually a small tiny house which is attached to a bike in the front and can be moved.
There are some adventurous people who likes to live in the houses build on a bike which they can take anywhere they go. It is an innovative idea of reinventing the whole idea of mobile housing in an eco-friendly way. It is more fun for all those bike lovers who can now have their houses on their bikes. In addition, they are very compact and can be molded or folded anyway. Most of them can have a folding bed, a small kitchen, a mini fridge, a small study or an attached toilet. The best part is almost all these bike houses don’t run on fuel which means they are environmental friendly also. These houses has been designed keeping in view the future variations and even solving housing problems of most people.
Another benefit of this type of housing is its good for maintaining your health as cycling is one good exercise which keeps you healthy. Also, these houses are quiet affordable and easy to maintain as compared to a big house. So, don’t you think bike housing is a good and healthy housing idea.
Now, let’s check out some bike houses designed by various designers to meet your mobile housing need:
Camper bike1
Camper bike1 has been designed by Kevin Cyr in April 2008. This complete human powered bike is half the size of a normal cab over camper. There is no requirement of using fuel which makes it eco- friendly as well. The camper easily gets perched on the back of the bike and is attached to a burly tricycle fame which has been made to haul goods. So,every time you go out you can take your home with you. Moreover, you can easily park it at any parking place.
Bike Motor-home
Image Source : bikeportland.org
Bike motor-home has been designed by homeless Brian Campbell. He was living in Portland, Oregon and was homeless. By inventing such a mobile house he not only solved his housing problem but for future, also created a masterpiece which runs on human power. Moreover, it was also an environmental friendly design concept. Bike Portland Readers funded Brain’s vision and raised $1,000 for the purpose of building this bike house.
Bike trailer house1
Bike trailer house1 was designed by Paul who built his trailer home in the same way he use to build his toy 3-wheeler bike. This house was designed to serve all the comforts of a traditional home, except the toilet. He installed things like Solar food dehydrator screens, Solar shower,wind generator, sleeping bag, storage box etc in this house and is very happy in extraordinary lifestyle.
Casey wong2
Casey wong2 was designed by Casey Wong who is designer from Honk Kong. This house was one of the best possible way of combating the rising prices of homes. As this is also a mobile house, also it is very affordable. There is a door, a writing desk and a fold out bed which is 3 x 4 feet in dimension. This house even gave him the opportunity of enjoying the beauty of the ocean.
Michael Moore’s Tiny House
Michael Moore’s tiny house was designed by Michael Moore, a student of Columbus College of Arts and Design. He built his 525-pound house during his two semesters missing a number of his classes and spending several hours out of the class. He worked hard and came up with a design concepts for bike pulled tiny house. It is again a very compact house with a small kitchen attached and a folding bed. For Moore it was one of his best masterpiece.
