LIKE FOLDING FLOWERS

As the housing market gets bleaker and climate change starts to take its toll, it can feel as though no living situation is secure. Everyone wants to feel as though they have a safe, solid place to come home to, and the team at Resilience Design and Build is pushing boundaries everyday to provide quality housing for all Australians. Here, Bridget Armitage of Western Australia Home Design + Living sits down with founder Siobhan Pearson to discuss the company’s latest venture, OriQube, a foldable home designed to tackle the worldwide housing crisis.

Bridget Armitage

Incepted as a response to the devastating Australian bushfires, Resilience Design and Build specialises in homes that are climate resistant and high quality, ensuring that less and less people are displaced by natural disasters. However, Pearson’s passion for forwarding the housing industry doesn’t stop there. For those who have unfortunately already been displaced due to unforeseen circumstances such as climate disasters, COVID-19, and even just the general cost of the living crisis, Pearson envisaged the conceptual theory of a folding home. This led to the patenting of the OriQube, a revolutionary design that would change how we think about housing. INSIDE OUT So, what exactly is the OriQube? Pearson gives us the rundown: “The OriQubes are foldable, stackable, and able to be delivered on the back of a standard truck…

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