i'm searching for a lost link, or any additional links on movable dwellings... prefabricated modules that can be transported or moved from place to place... there was a link some time back to a site for a proyect that would inhabit the roofs of buildings, and could be transported via chopper to another roof...
basically i need to develop a list of good references as a stepping stone for a studio project i'm proposing with fellow teachers... these links would be cross-referenced with informal activities in the streets of south america and yet again with research on archigram projects and guy debord readings.
it's really the transportable issue that interests us here more than the dwelling component.
Start with Jennifer Siegal's work at the Office of Mobile Design. She supposedly considers any architecture you can't take with you to be an affront to personal liberty... or so some of her propaganda states. Also, Lucy Orta is a slow place to start. Smale scale and too artsy, but atleast it's out there.
bula, i actually appreciate any post that will bump the thread up so its still visible... and anyways rv's are an example after all...
mmatt, thanks for the siegal tip, i was trying to remember her name.
j, thanks but no access to libraries whatsoever. my library is the web.
the specific project i'd like to find was posted on archinect a whiles ago.. the website was very informative, i think the architects were german but i'm not sure... there were comments on parallels to bucky fuller's dymaxion house but aesthetically this was very modernist, more similar to siegel... there was a graphic that showed how the house could be lifted and transported to another rooftop via chopper... the unit tied into the building's mechanical systems for water, power, etc... anyone remember this link?
[i had it in my links but my computer died a whiles ago so i lost all my favorites]
How about the housing boat, or woonboot as we call them in the netherlands. If you type woonboot in the google image search there are many examples. Most of them are probably not 'architecture' but there are some dutch architects who designed a wonderfull woonboot. For example Micha de Haas and Herman Hertzberger (he calls them watervilla)
movable dwellings
i'm searching for a lost link, or any additional links on movable dwellings... prefabricated modules that can be transported or moved from place to place... there was a link some time back to a site for a proyect that would inhabit the roofs of buildings, and could be transported via chopper to another roof...
basically i need to develop a list of good references as a stepping stone for a studio project i'm proposing with fellow teachers... these links would be cross-referenced with informal activities in the streets of south america and yet again with research on archigram projects and guy debord readings.
it's really the transportable issue that interests us here more than the dwelling component.
some good links here but i'm looking for more:
http://www.archinect.com/forum/threads.php?id=P3451_0_42_0_C
so, any takers/suggestions? see, not only students are using archinect as a shortcut.
sorry....couldn’t resist
Start with Jennifer Siegal's work at the Office of Mobile Design. She supposedly considers any architecture you can't take with you to be an affront to personal liberty... or so some of her propaganda states. Also, Lucy Orta is a slow place to start. Smale scale and too artsy, but atleast it's out there.
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bula, i actually appreciate any post that will bump the thread up so its still visible... and anyways rv's are an example after all...
mmatt, thanks for the siegal tip, i was trying to remember her name.
j, thanks but no access to libraries whatsoever. my library is the web.
the specific project i'd like to find was posted on archinect a whiles ago.. the website was very informative, i think the architects were german but i'm not sure... there were comments on parallels to bucky fuller's dymaxion house but aesthetically this was very modernist, more similar to siegel... there was a graphic that showed how the house could be lifted and transported to another rooftop via chopper... the unit tied into the building's mechanical systems for water, power, etc... anyone remember this link?
[i had it in my links but my computer died a whiles ago so i lost all my favorites]
and mmatt, yes thanks i have looked at orta, she's mentioned on the other archinect thread i'm linking to in the original post... a good reference.
what about MVRDV's shipping container project?
how tired are we of the shipping container?
I love my 4 season 3 man tent.
as do i love my 1970 VW van.
here's a floater...
great, keep them coming! the city we'll be working on is crisscrossed by estuaries so very relevant.
greenmach, i've looked at mvrdv and it's a possible source although the scale they're working at is much bigger.
How about the housing boat, or woonboot as we call them in the netherlands. If you type woonboot in the google image search there are many examples. Most of them are probably not 'architecture' but there are some dutch architects who designed a wonderfull woonboot. For example Micha de Haas and Herman Hertzberger (he calls them watervilla)
this one is by Micha de Haas
thanks sylvester and rutger, that is very useful...
bump-a-bump bumping this thread in case there's any other suggestions...
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