Parasite Precedents Just the Facts: 2001 Rotterdam, The Netherlands 85 gross square meters Residential / Temporary Exhibition This project was designed as a temporary addition to a former warehouse building for an exhibition. The addition was located at the top of a small elevator shaft on the warehouse building, thus determining the size of the compact plan. This project represents parasite prefab as it is structurally supported by the host building, draws from the services of the existing building, and was designed to be temporary. This project is composed of load-bearing insulated panels, but the shape makes it dependent on the existing elevator shaft for strucutural support. The assembly of these panels on site took just a few days. The parasite prefab addition drew from the many services of the existing building, inluding the circulation
Las Palmas Parasite P.A.R.A.S.I.T.E. PROJECT Kortknie Stuhlmacher Architecten
system. As this was designed and assembled for an exhibition, the structure was moved to a storage location by crane, road, and water trasportation.