#moving architecture

[archiveofaffinities]

Upholsterer's Van, San Francisco, USA, 1926

[indiaartndesign]

A radical design is based on a circular approach to architecture will see three boats designed by Carlo Ratti Associati visit Dubai and become the backbone of the Italian pavilion during the Dubai Expo 2020. Check out the designers’ approach to circularity and reconfigurable architecture here…   http://bit.ly/2p0BlSH

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

On wheels, on the wing, on the water: vintage portable homes.

[ab-7813-blog]

board game documentation. 

primarily due to the size [and weight] of the model, it needed to be either taken apart + kept or thrown away. Reminding myself the concept of the model [shelter], i decided to take the model apart and promote the final article as a buildable model. My thinking became the mass production of the model would allow the message to spread further and be seen by more people over possibly a greater period of time. and so, ‘the shelter - model of contemplation’ was borne.

[ab-7813-blog]

moving architecture,

[ab-7813-blog]

overview of finished model.

[ab-7813-blog]

the finished model.

[i have annoyingly misplaced a series of photos between this post + the last. there was lots of on-the-spot edits throughout this phase too including the adjustable ‘bolt’ legs [along the black platform] and the actual mechanism itself. alas].

[ab-portfolio]

the shelter was a model conceptually focused on providing dignity for homeless and disadvantaged folk. The premise of the structure was to provide a place to sleep in the evening off-the-ground, offering a dry place to sleep but also metaphorically respect towards the situation; you may be down + out but you are not alone. A clean, dry place to sleep is offered + dignity is given. Introducing the mechanism allowed the shelter to fold-away during the day, which having provided respite during the evening, provides a return to useable urban space during the day.

The model was constructed using contemporary fabrication techniques including cnc-milling, vacuum forming acrylic, setting concrete moulds from the acrylic, 3D computational design for 3D Printing and laser-cutting. Due to the constructed size + weight of the model, it required deconstruction. The remaining pieces were then re-envisioned as part of a reproducible milton bradley andrew best model kit; accounting for the time taken to complete the model and within its conceptual-premise, sustained periods of contemplation on the issue are offered. A socialist constructive inspired experiment designed question our commitment towards an equitable future.