Belgian 'egg house' combines bed, bath and kitchen in self-contained unit

In 2009, Belgian architecture firm dmvA had a problem. They had been commissioned to build an office extension for an Italian design firm, but the local zoning board refused to approve any permanent structures. Their solution: make it smaller, and make it mobile. The result is this "egg house," a moveable micro-house that combines kitchen, bathroom and bedroom into just 215 square feet of space. The blob is built from cast polyester on a plywood skeleton, but the core of the design relies on a n...