Paper buildings could become recyclable student housing
People make paper planes for fun but no-one would really think of flying in one of them. But what about using paper as a material for creating homes?
Guy Lönngren, a professor from the Institute for Product design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) claims to have found a type of paper strong enough for building houses.
Back in 2007, Lönngren and his students were playing around with cardboard, trying to make furniture models for one of the student projects at NTNU. During the project, they stumbled upon an unusually sturdy cardboard panel, made only of paper and air but arranged in a specific, ridged, 3D construction. They soon realised this material was strong enough to build houses …