9萬就能造房？這房子簡直是所有人的理想...
For over a decade, several architecture students at Auburn University have worked on a nearly impossible problem. How do you design a home that someone living below the poverty line can afford, but that anyone would want–while also providing a living wage for the local construction team that builds it?
10多年以來，奧本大學的幾個建築系學生一直在探討一個幾乎不可能解決的問題：如何設計一套生活在貧困線以下的人能買得起，而且每個人都想買，同時能爲當地建築隊提供基本生活工資的房子？
In January, after years of building prototypes, the team finished their first pilot project in the real world. Partnering with a commercial developer outside Atlanta, in a tiny community called Serenbe, they built two one-bedroom houses, with materials that cost just $14,000 each.
經過了幾年的模型構建之後，在一月份，這個團隊完成了他們在現實世界中的第一個試點項目。他們與亞特蘭大以外的一個開發商合作，在一個被稱爲Serenbe的小社區建造了兩套一居室的房子，而且每套房子的物料成本僅爲14000美元。
These architecture students and their advisors have spent more than a hundred thousand hours tweaking each detail of the house to optimize both the function and the price.
這些建築系的學生及他們的導師用了10萬多個小時微調房子的每一個細節以優化其功能和價格。
The foundation of the house uses cantilevers , seesaw-like joists that help save wood and concrete and actually make the house stronger than a typical foundation would.
這套房子用懸臂以及像蹺蹺板一樣的託樑打地基以便節省木材和混凝土，而且它們實際上會使房子的地基比一般的房子更結實。
But they also realized there were numerous issues, from dealing with insurance, to the bank. In a typical case, when someone is buying the house on a limited income and can't afford the $20,000, banks won't finance a mortgage for such a small amount of money.
不過，他們也意識到從處理保險到銀行（貸款）等相關事宜存在很多問題。一個典型的例子就是，當某個收入有限且拿不出20000美元的人要買這套房子的時候，銀行不會爲這麼點錢就爲他提供房屋抵押貸款。
Originally, the project aimed for a house that would cost $20,000 in total, including construction, though they now believe that more money may be needed to provide a living wage for builders. They’ve rejected the idea of using factory-made prefab parts, because one of the main goals is to also provide jobs.
最初，這個項目的目標是建這套房子的成本（包括施工費）一共20000美元，不過如今他們認爲要爲建築工人提供基本生活工資，建這套房子可能需要更多的錢。他們否決了使用工廠製造的組合式部件，因爲這個項目的主要目標之一還要爲大家提供工作。
Still, whatever the final cost, it will be cheap. And if someone wants to put it together themselves, it would cost less than $20,000.
不論最終成本是多少，它還是便宜的。如果有人想自己組裝，其成本可能還會低於20000美元。
