A bunker in spirit perhaps. Putting asides little details like air filtration, and the fact that it is far too shallow in the ground to provide realistic protection against even civilian level threats, the structure is too weak to survive high ground pressure or a ground level HE strike, and likely wouldn’t fair well against seismic activity either. Using Culvert pipe to make a home is a neat idea, and burying it underground is a nearby idea too that can reduce the need for climate control. Styling it like a bunker is a fun touch, but really at best I’d say it is a “bunker style” home, and if I were planning to construct even a “poor man’s shelter” in this fashion I would at least use thick wall reinforced concrete pipe as the primary hull instead of the metal, or use this as an inner hull and have a reinforced concrete pipe or shell as a jacketed outer hull, with air, dirt, and or critical systems between the hulls, and dig down deeper to allow greater volume of earth covering it.
The eternal debate, I’ve had this before. Some say “but the smell of laundry hides the smell of your poo!” And I say perhaps, but at what price? Your laundry smelling like poo? I agree and say no sir. No. Not to mention the potential risk for some guest or relative to take a Cleveland steamer right in the pickle barrel.
not just the smell, the fecal matter... everything about that screams mistake.
And the justification, even over the smell... the best would be plumbing concerns... but there's a freaking sink on the opposite side of the "bunker" and they had enough money to invest in this idea so... no... not an excuse from that view either.
Also not much of a bunker if you have to go outside so you can dry your clothes... unless that thing can also dry them.
Ground pressure from a nuclear blast impacting the ground dissipates very fast in relation to distance. Only problem would be strike was less than half mile away. The steel vs concrete isn't really an issue considering the 10 ft or so its buried. Soil will account for most of the required strength. Only real issue is ground water, since sandy soils are typically well drained and the sump pump will work overtime in the rain. (This is typically a storm shelter type thing nowadays; so don't let the "fall out shelter" sticker fool you). Numerous people have them for gimmick guest rooms or where desert heat is intolerable (Australia, Nevada, etc.).
And the justification, even over the smell... the best would be plumbing concerns... but there's a freaking sink on the opposite side of the "bunker" and they had enough money to invest in this idea so... no... not an excuse from that view either.
Also not much of a bunker if you have to go outside so you can dry your clothes... unless that thing can also dry them.