The term "movable architecture" can be first understood as "nomadic houses", such as the yurts in Inner Mongolia, which belong to the tent-style houses that can be relocated, which are due to human activities and living habits formed by the natural environment. "Movable buildings" can include many different forms of housing, but they all have one thing in common, which is that the flexibility of buildings is high, including environmental location and building form. The "movable building" we are referring to now will actually be more inclined to the freedom and design required by modern people, and the design will be maximized in a limited area to meet the various needs of people's lives.
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Live wherever you want
Abaton Construction, based in Madrid, Spain, has been committed to buildings with environmentally friendly materials for many years and has won many awards for its contributions to environmental protection and sustainable development. The mobile cabin is a new creation of Abaton that allows people to live as they please.
In a 27-square-meter cottage, there is a living room, a dining room, a fully equipped bathroom, and a double bedroom. Guarantee that two people can live comfortably together. Push open the outer wooden door, is a huge glass door, sitting in the house can watch the sunrise and sunset, the clouds cirrus cloud shu.
Abaton built the cottage from Spanish fir, native wood and grey cement particleboard in environmentally friendly and recyclable materials. The wooden house is small in size, very convenient for transportation, and placed in the right place. Even if it is necessary to disassemble, it can be assembled in just one hour. For nomadic life and adventure lovers, this mobile home is the most suitable.
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Modular holiday home
MAPA Architects' exploratory design for the relocatable holiday cottage MINIMOD in Brazil began in 2009 and continues to this day. Its first prototype was built in Porto Alegre and was placed near lakes in the wild landscape of the south.
The first generation of cottages, located in a scenic location at the top of the hill, the plane is a crossed cross. Each space in the cottage will see a different landscape, allowing the surrounding continuously changing light environment: dawn, day, sunset and night to embrace the building.
The second hut is placed on the road toward a small pond to its south, a building hidden among the area's native vegetation. The same number of modules were used using the cottage in the form of a cross above, but organized in a straight line and parallel to the slope of the foothills, an additional terrace that extends out is integrated with the building.
MiniMOD Catuçaba's modules are built in factories in industrial towns near the São Paulo metropolis. The modules are transported 150 km away and installed on site with the help of cranes. Geographically, the two first-generation MINIMOD Catuçaba are located 1,000 meters apart. Therefore, they adopt different spatial combinations as responses to different natural environments.
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House in the water
The DD16 is a compact modular home suitable for installation in remote or extreme climate areas. The residence consists of two modules manufactured in the factory. Conceived as a travel facility that can move around, every detail has been carefully considered to accommodate very harsh climatic conditions.
Compared with ordinary houses, all structural components and interior decorations can be adjusted according to the needs of use. The frame of the building is made up of laminated wood with bayonets, which can help reduce the weight of the structure and reduce the appearance of cold bridges.
Wide windows and plenty of light enhance the visuals of the space. The interior decoration takes the same approach, showing the characteristics of sturdiness, lightness and efficiency. Hidden niches are used to store items, and some furniture can be modified or folded.
With the support of DublDomClub, the residence is currently being tested in the form of rental housing, and after the use of many customers, the residence will receive test feedback from different groups of people. The testee will paddle into a floating residence and spend the whole day inside. The houses tested are located near Moscow, and the glass façade facing the trees will make people feel like a wild lake in a forested area. Houses turn in different directions as the wind blows, bringing a constantly changing outdoor picture.
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The "magic" of the assembly of discarded parts
Invisible Studio recently built a prototype of a mobile home using construction waste materials and local untreated wet wood. The cabin, called the trailer, is equipped with a movable bogie with wheels that allows it to be transported on any road and slide off the metal base frame without moving.
The entire cottage could be built at just £20,000, providing occupants with affordable multi-purpose space, and not only that, but the project also introduced a parts kit for people who built it themselves to meet their different needs.
Invisible Studio used discarded materials to build multiple parts of the house, including insulation, doors, and lighting. In the outdoor part, the surface of the "trailer" hut is covered with corrugated fiberglass panels and steel plates, while the indoor part uses wooden formwork, and blue rope scrap materials are used to make railings and handrails.
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Utilize urban waterway space
Carl Turner's scheme is a half-ship, half-residential building that attempts to recreate a miniature ecosystem that ships naturally form as they sail at sea. As a result, both space and resources are considered scarce items here.
The architects described: "We are developing a compact and floatable residential concept that is designed to respond to underutilized urban waterway spaces and to deal with the increase in flooding that is occurring in the UK as well as globally. ”
The design attempts to recreate a miniature ecosystem that ships naturally form as they sail at sea. The residence consists of a series of components that can be transported to the site by truck or barge and then lifted into place.
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Mysterious "caves" in the forest
Arthur's Cave, created by architecture studio Miller Kendrick, takes its name from a famous legend: a cave that could be discovered once but never found again. This hotel suddenly appears in the forest, adding a sense of mystery.
The design is inspired by the ancient landscape of Wales, but uses modern construction techniques. It mainly uses CNC-cut birch plywood, a miniature structure consisting of a series of "bones" that are tightly fixed in a jigsaw puzzle.
Taking four weeks to make, Arthur's Cave can be placed in any forest isolated from the city, so guests can fully immerse themselves in nature. Also like this legend, after the guests leave, the hotel will disappear in nature...
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Shelter for quick installation
The Rapid Construction Shelter (SURI) was designed by Suricatta Systems in Spain and is easy to transport and assemble, while still providing a comfortable living environment for individuals and families.
The design of the SURI includes sections that can be collapsed and joined to create units of various sizes and functions. The advantage is that it is a modular system that can be assembled to create facilities ranging from family homes to medical centers.
The SURI has a service life of 10 years and all materials used are recyclable or biodegradable. The enclosure system consists of a lightweight frame surrounded by a multi-layer DuPont Tyvek UV-resistant breathable membrane used in the building.
Roof catchment systems filter rainwater into drinking water, adjustable apertures can be used to control indoor lighting, and solar panels meet habitat living needs. The building walls were also treated to protect residents from mosquitoes.
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Return to the origin of human society
On the sand dunes of more than 70 miles of desert north of Phoenix, Arizona, lies a huge complex of buildings, interspersed with squares, semicircles and other figures, and it is difficult to notice its presence if it is not dotted with cypress and olive trees. And if you don't get closer, it will be even more difficult to believe that there is still a community, an "ideal civilization" here.
It was the ideal city designed and planned by italian architect Paolo Soleri before 1970 in pursuit of the architectural concept of "low consumption, sustainability and high efficiency". He hoped that people who shared his ideals would move here and build a small society that would create play and self-sufficiency together.
He attracted many architects and artists, and by teaching a variety of skills, such as building houses, growing vegetables, pottery, even tour guides, making coffee, immigrants can finally get a job of their own and a modernist apartment with an invincible desert landscape.