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Students created a $15,000 house that can go up in under 24 hours

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Architects are increasingly coming up with clever ways to design homes that cut down on construction time.

Take the Kokoon, a new three-story wooden house that can go up in under a day. The first prototype was recently unveiled in Otaniemi, Finland.

Built by students, the home was a project for the Aalto University School of Arts Design and Architecture’s Wood Program. Every year, the Program designs and builds a small structure, ranging from pavilions to houses. This year, they created the Kokoon, Stephanie Jazmines, a student who worked on the project, tells Business Insider.

It’s a portable, prefabricated house, meaning read more >>>

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com