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Young Filipino Wins Grand Prize For Low-Cost Bamboo House That Can Be Built in 4 Hours

Twenty-three-year-old Earl Patrick Forlales won £50,000 for his ‘Cubo’ homes, a possible solution for Manila’s growing slum population.

With degrees in chemistry and material science engineering from Ateneo de Manila University, 23-year-old Earl Patrick Forlales created a concept for an affordable, easy-to-build modular housing solution called Cubo that uses bamboo as its main material. Through Cubo, he hopes to provide decent-sized, ...