The house, named "Chameleon", has an area of only 7 m2. It is assembled from 95 modules, which together weigh about 100 kg. However, the uniqueness of the building is not in its compactness, but in the fact that it is completely built of paper and changes its appearance depending on the angle of view. The modules form an "accordion", the "furs" of which are designed in black and white, so that the house looks either white or black, or intriguingly striped. The only exception is the square windows, the slopes of which, like the entire interior of the Chameleon, are painted bright yellow.
The architects chose MiniWell corrected cardboard as the only building material. The sheets of the 1200 × 1600 mm format and 2 mm thick were patterned with marble veins, giving the chosen monochrome façade palette a more interesting texture. The walls and the roof are fastened to each other using a suspension system according to the Lego construction principle, which, if necessary, allows you to add up to several hundred new "sections" without compromising the stability of the entire structure.
The Chameleon project was conceived as a way to experience the new possibilities of a material as familiar as cardboard. However, its authors hope that over time, paper houses will take their rightful place among buildings made of other environmentally friendly materials and contribute to the development of a new language of architecture.
