Can’t afford luxury accommodation on a beach front and don’t like the idea of having to set-up camp?  Well, think new age…A company called, Yoon Space Design, has installed eight white, egg-shaped pods on a sandy beach in Yangyang-gun, a county in the Gangwon-do province of South Korea for holiday makers looking for something different.

Named Albang, the lightweight structures were hand-whittled from blocks of polystyrene, making them light enough to be easily transported to different seaside locations. They can be stabilised by being mounted onto small podiums. Each of the tiny portable seaside retreats has a floor area of two square metres, big enough for 2 people.

The blocks of expanded polystyrene (EPS) – the foam-like substance often used as packaging material – were hand-carved rather than moulded to give the surfaces of the final forms a textured finish.  The material was chosen by the architect for its resilience to seaside conditions, its low cost and light weight.

Each hut is recognisable by a different colour on the door, making it easy to identify as yours.   The architect had this to say about the project: “We always dream to travel and take a rest in different places.  This project was planned to make a never-experienced space, not a hotel, tent or a camping car."

Do you think this would work here in SA?

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