Polystyrene foam is used to build houses in Japan.

Own housing is the cherished dream of a huge number of people both here and in many other countries. However, the Japanese found a way out of the situation, and a very original one. They began to build and sell houses, the cost of which was no more than $2,000! It's about... foam.

As local media write, today this fragile and unreliable material competes with brick and concrete. It just needs to be coated with a fireproof compound. Construction of one house does not take more than 2 hours. And the service life can exceed 300 years!

The foam is finished with putty, round windows are cut out with a grinder. Scientists have justified the shape of the hemisphere. It is better able to withstand earthquakes that constantly attack the country.

The authors of the idea do not hide the fact that so far few people have purchased such houses. Foam needs to build trust.

See the video for even more details.