Many of you know about the devastating magnitude 7.9 earthquake that hit China in May of this year which killed over 69,000 people and left hundreds of thousands without shelter. After this many designers needed and tried to figure out a way to make shelter for all of those people. Ming Tang did just that with his idea for folding houses. The government first intended to make 1.5 million temporary homes for the victims but this idea came along which is a much cheaper and more environmental friendly alternative. The concept of the bamboo house is basically a series of bamboo poles that are assembled to create a rigid shape. Once the shape of choice has been made it is covered with pre-consumer recycled paper.