# Flatpack Housing Projects This Portable Home Design Can be Put Togther Simply Using a Screwdriver By M | Published 2016-02-13 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-home-design References: [notable](http://notable.ca/this-stylish-new-diy-house-can-be-assembled-with-just-a-screwdriver/) & [popup-house](http://www.popup-house.com/en/) The PopUp House design is a [flatpack home](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/boxabl-baby-box) that can be built without the need of a construction team or contractors thanks to a flatpack design that only requires the use of a screwdriver for assembly. This allows consumers to put together the affordable home entirely on their own while sticking to a reasonable housing budget. Similar to furniture purchased from retailers such as [IKEA](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/allen-key-lamp), the PopUp House allows consumers to put together a home entirely on their own using a pre-purchased flatpack frame. The house costs roughly $340-$409 USD per square metre which is nearly one sixth the cost of a traditional home. The PopUp House is made using [stackable blocks](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bug-collection-1) that take a week to assemble before the environmentally friendly design is fully liveable. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 6.5/10 - Popularity: 93% | Activity: 93% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Flatpack Home Innovations:** There is an opportunity for companies to create flatpack homes at an affordable price point, which can be assembled by consumers with only a screwdriver. - **Self-building Home Kits:** Opportunities exist for companies to create self-building home kits that are eco-friendly and require minimal effort to assemble. - **Affordable Housing Solutions:** There is a growing need for affordable housing, and flatpack homes could provide a disruptive innovation solution by being cost-effective and easy to assemble. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Home Building Industry:** The home building industry could benefit from incorporating flatpack home designs as a cost-effective housing solution. - **Furniture Industry:** Furniture companies could expand into the flatpack home industry by creating pre-purchased flatpack frames for consumers to assemble on their own. - **Sustainable Building Materials:** There is a need for sustainable building materials in the flatpack home industry, and companies could create eco-friendly stackable blocks for homes to be constructed from. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Economical Modular Wooden Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cake-house.md) - [Pre-Fabricated Compact Portable Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/grande-s1.md) - [Compact Modular Forest Cabins](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digital-house.md) - [Singular Person Foldable Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-baby-box.md) - [Origami-Inspired Disaster Relief Pods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/prefab-folding-pods.md) - [Repairable Flat-Pack Sofas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flatpack-sofa1.md) - [Flat-Packed Wooden Stool](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/flat-stool-concept.md) - [Low-Cost Modular Prototype Housing](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/industrialized-building-system-prototype.md) - [Climate-Responsive Prefab Homes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drop-pod.md)