These strange houses, called home pods, are giant spheres designed by the former Rolls Royce engineer Jag Virdie, who with his startup Conker Living, is going to propose an economic and ecological architectural alternative compared to the standard way of living. These houses are of great visual impact and seem to come out of some saga inspired by the future, but they are cheap: available at a price of $ 27,000 for 10 m2 and 3.9 meters in diameter.

The materials used are aluminum and recycled plastic, designed to last for a long time and respecting the environment: in fact, their unique spherical shape allows you to collect the water that flows on the structure, to filter it and then to reuse it. When temperatures drop, a heat recovery unit heats the home, reducing electricity consumption.

It would be interesting to imagine an entire city composed of these spheres, so essential in their functionality as to seem like small dens in which the man of the future will take refuge. I wonder if it will be even happier with fewer objects around.

So… what do you think about it?