When you were a student, did you ever have your electricity or water turned off because you were late in paying your bills? There is still a way to deal with electricity and gas, but if your water is shut off, you are out. Life becomes unfeasible. Poverty is a scary thing.

If you have experienced having your electricity or water turned off at least once, you might jump at the Ecocapsule. Designed by Nice Architects, an architecture studio in the Slovak Republic, it is a freestanding mini-house that requires neither electricity nor running water.


The roof of the Ecocapsule is covered with solar panels that generate electricity from the sun. The roof is covered with solar panels that generate electricity from the sun, which is then used to supply power for indoor use. However, solar panels cannot generate power when the weather is unfavorable or at night. According to Nice Architects, the combination of these two power generation systems and batteries can supply most of the power used in the mini-house for most of the year, with the exception of January and part of November.


The water is collected from rainwater and filtered. This water is used in the kitchen, toilets, and showers in the house.




The houses are equipped with a kitchen, a table for working and eating, a folding bed, and storage, making it truly possible to live here alone.



The only thing that is a bit questionable is the sewage disposal. This is not mentioned on the Ecocapsule website. I assume that the "Ecocapsule" will be used as a camper in some sort of RV park. If so, it may be designed to use the park's facilities.



A prototype of the Ecocapsule is scheduled to be unveiled at the Pioneers Festival, a startup-supporting event to be held in Vienna, Austria, on May 28 & 29. Various questions will be clarified there.