Open Call: MOBILE LIVING
+FARM 2015 Summer Project MOBILE LIVING, which posits the question, how can we utilize technology to encounter housing differently while reacting to frequently changing social + economic shifts? The project will be explored across two studios and invites participants to investigate material palettes, component prototyping, and fabrication methodologies to transform the dwelling into a intelligently inhabitable environment for living.
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Project
The act of space making finds itself in a world in which environments – whether social, economic, or behavioral reconfigure themselves with blurring effects. The dwelling is a space where forces may interact with one another in a relatively unstable way. As a result, a collapse of content may occur yielding a deterritorialization, or even a completely unexpected concept of nomadic thought. Architecture is hardly a static object that exists in isolation and against it’s environment, but is a responsive agent with purpose (though not beyond itself), nor isolated to suit the needs from something outside. During these studios participants will address the issue of housing directly while examining the notion of stability.
This project is part of a larger investigation on the systems in architecture that respond to the ephemeral qualities of behavioral territories and social exchange. Today we are witnessing a renewed enthusiasm toward the notion of dwelling, and this project responds to changing interpretations and attempts to transform the dwelling into a intelligently inhabitable environment for living. 2015 Summer Studios participants are invited to design, fabricate and construct their design for a new mobile dwelling.
During either 9-day studio, participants will live in the remote village of Gowanda while taking part in a fast-paced hands-on collaborative process. Participants will engage in all aspects of the project realization including iterative design sessions, focused discussions, full-scale prototypes, group presentations and technical investigations into a final built project.
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Fees
One studio is $1435 for each individual. This must be paid in advance of the workshop, and the Fee Includes:
- Digital Instruction: Rhino Intermediate and Advanced Levels. Grasshopper Beginner and Intermediate Levels.
- Fabrication Instruction: Training Sessions include Metal Crafting, Wood Working and Advanced Wood Crafting.
- Construction Instruction: Fundamentals and Metal Tooling with experts in the field.
- Materials: All Materials included to build the final project.
+FARM and Beyond
+FARM will conclude with a community BBQ, participants will prepare a presentation to our invited guests from the community. Afterward the project will become home to a local artist and each participant will be invited to the opening celebration. The project will conclude with the first +FARM publication.