MICRO LIVING UNIT DESIGN
CAVE DWELLING IBES OF WARRIORS
DURATION: 5 WEEKS
S THE ANCIENT THE CLIFF DWELLER STABLISHMENT THIS WAS STUDIO
HAS A DIFFERENT APPROACH: THE DESIGN DEVELOPS ROTHERFROM DEVISED ATHE INSIDE, STARTING WITH DWELLING PLACE, THE HUMAN SCALE APPARATUS, AND TO PLACE OVER THE DEVELOPING IN THE UNIT, ASSEMBLY CHANGE, NATURAL GING SEASONS. AN AND FINALLY COMPLEX BUILDING.
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THE FIRST EXERCISE IS EXPLORING MICRO-LIVING PRECEDENTS.
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EDECESORS - THE GHTLY CONNECTED
OF THE AMERICAN TURER’S HOME, IN ERRITORIES.
TRODUCED TO THE TARGETTING THE NADOS.
E GENERAL PUBLIC E AND CONVENIENT E WITH TRANSIENT THEIR OWN, WHITH THE SEASONS OR HOME WILL THUS THE LOW INCOME, IETY OCCUPANT. A RMED: THE “TRAILER
ATIVE WILL NEVER WONDERER AS ITS A STIGMA ON THE CTED TO THE ROAD, EEDOM.
D TO BE OUTSIDE OF EY CONTINUOUSLY AND ETABLISHING . EVERY MOVE IS A WITHIN THE SAME
“MANKIND WAS DIVIDED INTO CAVE DWELLING AGRARIANS AND WANDERING TRIBES OF WARRIORS [...] THE CAVE DWELLER WAS THE ANCIENT CONSERVATIVE[...] WHO BECAME THE CLIFF DWELLER AND BEGAN TO BUILD CITIES. ESTABLISHMENT WAS HIS. HIS GOD WAS A MURDERER. HIS SWIFTER, MORE MOBILE BROTHER DEVISED A MORE ADAPTABLE AND ELUSIVE DWELLING PLACE, THE FOLDING TENT. FROM PLACE TO PLACE OVER THE EARTH FOLLOWING THE LAW OF CHANGE, NATURAL LAW TO HIM, HE WENT IN CHANGING SEASONS. AN ADVENTURER. HIS GOD WAS A SPIRIT.” Frank Lloyd Wright - “The Disappearing City”
MOTOR HOMES AND THEIR PREDECESSORS - THE HORSE PULLED WAGONS, ARE TIGHTLY CONNECTED WITH THE AMERICAN SOCIETY. THEY WERE ONCE A SYMBOL OF THE AMERICAN DREAM - THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURER’S HOME, IN THE QUEST FOR THE WESTERN TERRITORIES. THE MOTORIZED HOME WAS INTRODUCED TO THE MARKET IN THE EARLY 1930’S, TARGETING THE CAMPING AND HUNTING AFICIONADOS. IT DID NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE SECTION SCALE 1/2” = 1’-0” GENERAL PUBLIC TO DISCOVER THIS AFFORDABLE AND CONVENIENT ALTERNATIVE OF LIVING. THOSE WITH TRANSIENT JOBS COULD HAVE A HOME OF THEIR OWN, WITH THE ABILITY TO MOVE WITH THE SEASONS OR THE EMPLOYMENT. THE MOTOR HOME WILL THUS FOREVER BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW INCOME, OUTSIDE OF MAINSTREAM SOCIETY OCCUPANT. A NEW AMERICAN TYPOLOGY IS FORMED: THE “TRAILER TRASH”. THE CAVE DWELLER CONSERVATIVE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND OR ACCEPT THE WONDERER AS ITS EQUAL. INSTEAD IT WILL CAST A STIGMA ON THE COMMUNITY SO TIGHTLY CONNECTED TO THE ROAD, TO MOBILITY AND PERSONAL FREEDOM. THE OUTCAST FEEL PRIVILEGED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE SHADOW OF THE WALL. THEY CONTINUOUSLY REINVENT THEIR COMMUNITY, AND ESTABLISHING THEIR UTOPIA IS WITHIN REACH. EVERY MOVE IS A NEW SCENARIO, A NEW TRIBE WITHIN THE SAME RULES AS THE PREVIOUS ONE.
ADAPTABILITY
DAY USAGE
NIGHT USAGE
FUNCTION OVERLAP
PLAN SCALE 1/2” = 1’-0”
KEY DESIGN ELEMENT: EFFICIENT STORAGE