Providing or finding a home can be difficult, with problems in economies, restrictions in land space, even with the availability of materials. People have to envision a variety of ways to live in the world when there is a shortage of funds, such as the shanty towns of India and Brazil, or when there is a limitation of resources and building materials, such as the mud and dung huts in the Zulu and San African tribes. Often the result of the endeavors can be bizarre, beautiful and ingenious as in the cases of Richie 'Reishie' Sowa and Dai Haifei.

In December 2010, Dai Hafai, a young architect in China, built an egg shaped living quarters situated in the heart of downtown, right on the sidewalk. His motivations were due to the high cost of living in Beijing, and to avoid his parents from going into debt for over 200 years just to provide him with an apartment. The domicile, a 6 foot high, solar powered mobile cocoon, cost under $1000 to build.


Unfortunately he was forced to remove his innovative living quarters soon afterward, though the firm he worked at, as well as where the egg was parked in front of, volunteered to house the interesting living space.USA Today

Richie 'Reishie' Sowa constructed not one but two islands using recycled plastic bottles, plywood, mangrove trees and sand. The first island, dubbed Spiral island, floated in a lagoon near Puerto Aventuras, Mexico until a hurricane destroyed it in 2005. A second Spiral Island was built in 2007, in the waters of Isla Meieres in Mexico.


With access to whatever resources are available, anyone can provide a home for themselves imaginable. However there are major limitations, such as nature, and mankind. The ocean can provide rich resources if the people who involve themselves with such a dangerous element can prepare themselves for the ferocity and ever changing environment. The problems posed by mankind has more to do with occupation. Rarely since the time of Manifest Destiny has mankind been able to just stake a claim wherever desired. Property is owned, so a person can't live anywhere without having to pay, people are killed for trespassing, and vagrancy is a crime. So what happens to people when there is no place to go?Environment