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Nev Houses: Designer Nev Hyman Creating Flat-Pack, Cyclone-Proof Housing for Vulnerable Pacific Nations
- Published April 20, 2016 10:46AM UTC
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20th April 2016, ABC News By Mark Solomons
Key points:
- Hyman teams up with architect to design cheap homes for Vanuatu
- Homes can withstand 300km/h winds and are easy to set up
- Vanuatu Government want tens of thousands of houses for immediate use
For decades, Australian surfboard shaper Nev Hyman shaped boards for world champions, but now he is shaping something quite different: affordable, cyclone-proof housing.
After launching three surfboard brands — the first in 1973 — Mr Hyman initially invested in plastics recycling.”Being in Bali in the late 70s and early 80s and seeing how fantastic [Bali] was, and then going back there and seeing more and more rubbish in the oceans … I ended up thinking I might as well invest in a plastics recycling company,” he told 7.30.
Then, four years ago, Mr Hyman teamed up with leading Sydney architect Ken McBryde to experiment using recycled plastic waste and wood-plastic composite to make cheap homes for Pacific nations that could be quickly set up by non-expert local labour.
The pair initially aimed their project, called The Nev House, at Papua New Guinea.
But following Cyclone Pam in March 2015, they redesigned the house to withstand 300 kilometre an hour winds and shifted their attention to Vanuatu.
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