POD-idladla

24/03/2024

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-flat-pack-mobile-home-aims-to-make-buying-a-house-as-easy-as-buying-a-car-231256.html

The POD-Idlala was introduced in 2015 as a sustainable, more affordable alternative to traditional housing, and is still around, trying to make a difference

24/03/2024

well, well, well...

The POD-Idlala was introduced in 2015 as a sustainable, more affordable alternative to traditional housing, and is still around, trying to make a difference

18/03/2024

https://vimeo.com/923651811?share=copy

11/10/2023

Rebuilding lives... that's what we do too :)
Allan Schwarz Mezimbite Forest Centre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQXuK8kH9UQ

Last year an award-winning documentary crew came to Mezimbite to film the story behind the Mezimbite Forest Centre.When South African architect Allan Schwarz...

06/04/2022

Bringing the winch down again to re-do the chains’s lengths… so that it lifts up more level.
The centre of gravity in a triangle is…?


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06/04/2022

Ferdie from is one of the nicest people to work with!
And Hilton from kept his cool
Finding ways to better attach the straps to the shackles to the spreader-bars…
Whole new familiar lingo.

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06/04/2022

He doesn’t have Spider-Man shoes, so he won’t succeed.
When MAN does not have a plan.
But they don’t give up :)

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06/04/2022

going back up again to re-do the straps attachment to the spreader bars.
Boss involved, a good sign.

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06/04/2022

The riggers don’t know their geometry…
They ought to lift the box horizontally
They set the winch and the braces in the incorrect centre of gravity of the triangle.
So the triangle lifts off skew…
My heart was pounding.
How do I tell these guys they doing it wrong?
They weren’t even listening to my magician, David Collins
(Riggers: guys that rig up the product to be lifted)
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06/04/2022

The 60-ton crane about to lift the top box
Weight of titanium roof: 2.7 tons
Lifespan: 500 years
(you can leave it in your will)

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01/04/2022

A very long one day… finally at the new
The moving team unified and persistent.
The new hosts a fantastic bunch.