A seven-square-metre teepee with a dishwasher, satellite broadband, a washing machine, and a microwave. This is what leaving civilisation looks like in 2026.
Klumpen, designed by Swedish architecture duo Himmelfahrtskommando, is a factory-made “off-grid utility core” — a tent-shaped structure you deploy wherever you please and press ‘ON.’ Solar panels clad the walls, feeding a 7.5 kWh battery that powers everything inside: a two-burner cooktop, a 60°C shower, a toilet with greywater recycling, and enough connectivity to stream whatever you were trying to escape from.
The base model starts at $35,000, plus roughly $3,000 for shipping within the EU. For those whose idea of “off-grid” includes active volcanoes or glaciers, an extreme-conditions aluminium edition runs $198,000. A €2,000 deposit secures a reservation, with the first batch expected to ship in September 2026.
The spec sheet reads less like survivalist gear and more like an IKEA showroom compressed into a pyramid. Two metres per side, 4.85 metres tall, the Klumpen packs in a sink, a microwave, a heat pump for heating and cooling, a blackwater septic system, and — in case roughing it gets lonely — an integrated mobile phone antenna.
Who is this for? The product’s own pitch says it requires no permits or infrastructure. The funding credits include the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme and Sweden’s Vinnova innovation agency, suggesting someone in Brussels thought this was worth backing with public money.
The tension is right there in the name. “Klumpen” means “the lump” in Swedish. It is, by design, a lump of civilisation you drag into the wilderness so you never actually have to leave civilisation behind.
Sometimes the product is the punchline.