New Media: Japanese house: transformer 2 storey camping car 2000

Friday, September 19, 2014

New Media: Japanese house: transformer 2 storey camping car 2000

http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~gyo/English/profile.htm

Three high school graduates took 2 years to plan a round the country of Japan trip.
11 months of travels, approx 25,500km covered.
They built the 2 storey camping mobile house. Hand made.

Illustration camping-car

Please click the letter you wants to see.

inside the room

**TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS**
Base Vehicle	TOYOTA 'Toyoace' 1.5ton
Engine	Type '2L' diesel 2.4liters
Seats	3persons
Berths	4persons
Exterior Length	5.2m
Overall Width (After Transformed)	1.8m (2.4m)
Overall Height (After Transformed)	3.0m (4.6m)
Maximum Interior Width (After Transformed)	1.62m (2.03m)
Gross Weight	3000Kg
Clean Water Tank	120liters
Grey Tank	140liters
Black Tank	50liters
GAS	Propane 8Kg 2bottles
Generator	1300W 100V
Second Battery	100Ah 12V
Ice Box	3Way 44liters
Inverter	500W 100V
Toilet	Simple Flush Toilet
Other Equipment	Bathroom (With Bathtub) Electromotive-type Outrigger Retractability Step Retractability Deck Skylight etc

Arrangement Plan

No.	Name
1	Japanese-style Room(Bedroom)
2	Living Room
3	Bathroom
4	Bathtub
5	Stairs
6	Entrance
7	Kitchen
8	storing
9	Cab

Comment.

This camping car is made to small size. Because the road in Japan is narrow.
We made for folding two-story camping-car to prepare the greatest emigration space into the small body.
Time necessary to make the second floor is about two minutes. These operations are done in the driver's seat(cab).
The second floor is about 6 square meters area.
A driver's seat(cab) is not connected to a living-room, so cannot basically ride on living-room while running.

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http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/tiny-transformer-rv-camper-turns-from-truck-to-two-storey-house.html

The "two-storey campingcar" built by three Japanese students is full of clever ideas, and a great demonstration of how to get more out of less.

They have solved a number of very complex problems of fitting different shapes together, making them move and still keeping dry and comfortable inside.

It is not the greenest trailer we have seen,(that would be the miniHome or the Portabach) and is full of the usual RV stuff like waste tanks, generators and propane. But then, it was built eight years ago when these issues were not so high on the radar. In the RV industry they still matter for little.

But unfolded, it really does feel like a traditional Japanese house, most of which are pretty small.

The kitchen looks workable;

The bathroom is tight but no worse than many I have seen on boats or RV's;

And it has a storage stair!

The lifting mechanism is ingenious, more information here.

By the side of the road it looks quite normal;

Unfolded it is another story.
Watch it in Action! Lots more information at their website, found via dornob.

http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~gyo/English/index.htm

complete web site w construction details and how to, and the trip they took around Japan

http://www.geocities.jp/kumata_g/kinkyou/kinkyou.htm

Since then the record of the camper.

2007.3
The camper does not run after our trip was over.
As a house, I lived in there for 1 year and six month.
Some maintenance is necessary now to run.