Portable Architecture: Design and Technology

✍ Scribed by Robert Kronenburg

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 160
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A documentation of mobile structures

Since the earliest people lived as nomads, their buildings were portable, constructed in a way that allowed them to be rebuilt as they moved to new locations for better living conditions as the seasons changed. This book discusses the forerunners, present context, and technology of portable architecture. It documents numerous international examples, organized by areas of application, and offers a broad array of suggestions for practical design. In the Arts and Culture section, Shigeru Ban’s Nomadic Museum, made of shipping containers in the USA and Japan is examined, as is Mark Fisher’s event architecture for concert tours by the Rolling Stones and U2. Suggestions for flexible living include Richard Horden’s micro compact home and the Container Home Kit from LOT/EK. The design of mobile structures used in extreme situations, such as the Antarctic or in the aftermath of natural catastrophes, is explored. Exhibition and entertainment facilities are other typical areas of application for light, mobile structures. Demountable, temporary structures allow for exciting architectural experimentation which can then be prototyped for regular use.

• New updated and fully revised edition of the standard work Portable Architecture
• Numerous spectacular international examples
• Enhanced documentation of the basic technical principles

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Exhibition and Commerce
IBM Travelling Pavilion
Japan Pavilion
Nomadic Museum
Spirit of Dubai Building
Pacific Century Cyberworks Connect Kiosk Shops
DIM Mobile Retail Unit
Uniqlo Pop-Up Store
BigM
Unipart Structure
Smirnoff Cube
Airtecture Air Hall
Airquarium
Dyson Mobile Exhibition Pavilion
Entertainment
Screen Machine 2
Bathing Ship
U2 Vertigo Tour Stage Set
The Rolling Stones Bigger Bang Tour Stage Set
Superbowl Half-Time Shows
Harley-Davidson Machine Tent
Valhalla
Shelter and Residential
Portable House
micro-compact home
Caravan of the Future
Mobile Dwelling Unit
Arts and Education
Mobile Museums
Classroom of the Future
Animaris Rhinoceros Transport
Karaza Theatre
Military and Expedition
ISS TransHAB
Halley VI
BHP Geological Survey Camp
Selected Bibliography
Index
Illustration Credits