世界人口的逐年增加激发了一群设计师的灵感，一个个另类住房的出现让人们禁不住惊叹：哇！原来房子还能长这样！里面还有我们之前提过的迷你屋，大家还有印象吗？
The increasing year of the world's population has inspired a group of designers, and the emergence of an alternative housing makes people wonder: Wow! It turns out that the house can grow like this! There is a mini house that we mentioned before. Do you have any impression?
1.SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES
船运集装箱式房屋
The Dutch popularized shipping containers as living spaces when in response to a shortage of student accommodation, the firm Tempohousing created small student apartments out of old containers. Prefabricated homes are gaining steam as they are durable, found all over the world, and require minimal construction.
由于学生宿舍短缺，荷兰人普遍将船运集装箱作为住房。集装箱建筑开发商Tempohousing将旧集装箱改建成了小型学生公寓。这些装配式房屋经久耐用，遍布全球，所需物料极少，因此越来越受欢迎。
2.TINY HOUSES
微型房屋
The Tiny Houses movement advocates living simply in small homes, often fitted with environmentally-friendly and sustainable technology such as solar panels and summer/winter insulation. While style varies, tiny houses tend to emphasize design over size, utilizing multi-functional furniture such as beds that fold into sofas to save space.
著名的“小房子”运动提倡享受小屋里的简单生活，这类小屋往往采用了环保可持续技术，比如太阳能面板、隔热和供暖设施。它们风格各异，强调设计而非规模，室内一般配有像沙发床这样节省空间的多功能家具。
3.BILLBOARDS-TURNED-HOMES
广告牌式房屋
The three Slovakian designers of Project Gregory had a genius idea - turn urban advertising spaces into tiny, triangular houses, to be used as housing for the homeless. Currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, they are looking to make the first prototype a reality and start installing the 2-in-1 structures across Slovakia, then Europe, and ultimately the whole world.
格雷戈里计划的发起者是三位来自斯洛伐克的设计师，他们突发奇想，将城市中的广告牌摇身一变，一个个为流浪者设计的小型三角式住所便展现在人们面前。最近他们正在Kickstarter网站上发起众筹，希望能建成第一个广告牌式房屋，可能的话，之后还会在全斯洛伐克，全欧洲，甚至全世界打造这种二合一结构的建筑。
4.YURTS
毡房
These traditionally nomadic structures hail from Central Asia, and are becoming more widely spread as they provide a low environmental impact and are easy to construct and transport. Yurts consist of an expanding wooden circular frame with a durable cover that due to its shape, are resistant to high winds.
毡房源自中亚，由于对环境几近无害，易于建造和运输，这类传统的游牧式建筑应用得越来越广泛。毡房主要由一个大的圆形木质框架构成，外层覆有持久耐用的毛毡，也因其外形，毡房的抗风性极强。
5.TRASH TURNED INTO HOMES
废弃物制成的房屋
Artist Gregory Kloehn heads the Homeless Homes Project in which discarded waste and garbage dumps are scoured to create mobile and habitable homes for those living on the streets. Materials are upcycled and painted in vibrant colors with attention to details, including doors embellished with mirrors or windows to give dwellers a sunny view.
艺术家格雷戈里·科隆发起了“流浪者之家计划”，在这一计划中，科隆会从废弃物和垃圾堆中搜寻可利用的建筑材料，为街头流浪者打造移动式居所。这些屋子使用的材料都是回收再利用的，涂料的颜色也都鲜艳明亮，细节之处更是做得十分到位，比如嵌有镜子或窗户的门可以使屋内采光效果更好。
The world's population is steadily increasing, creating a need for more creative housing solutions that take up less space and are friendlier to Mother Earth. While mansions and villas are still being constructed, there is a changing tide in which folks are looking to consolidate their living spaces, to minimize extra costs and their carbon footprint.
随着世界人口稳步增长，人们需要更多像这样的小型环保又不失创意的住房。虽然不少豪宅别墅依旧在建，潮流还是有所改变。如今人们正思考着如何能让房间更为紧凑，以最大限度地减少额外开支和碳足迹（指个人和企业的碳耗用量）。
With a dash of creativity and some out-of-the-box thinking, the typical notion of home is getting a beautiful makeover – providing options for those looking for a change, or supplying a much-needed living space to someone on the streets.
传统意义上的房子如今在设计师的奇思妙想中改头换面——为那些寻求新变化的房主，或是无家可归的街头流浪者提供了多种选择。
Do you want to experience such an alternative residence very much? Do you know the alternative forms of traditional houses? Come and communicate with your partners.
大家是不是很想体验一番这样另类的住所呢？你还知道哪些传统房屋的替代形式吗？快来和小伙伴们一起交流交流吧~