Transportable environments 3 : proceedings of the Third International Conference on Portable Architecture and Design, April 28-30, 2004

The latest volume in this popular series of books which explores the theoretical basis for temporary and transportable structures where permanence is either not possible or desirable. The book provides insight into the wide range of uses of these structures, the varied forms they take and the concerns and ideas for future development, focusing on portability, adaptability, sustainability of the built environment, and technical innovations. A wide range of designed solutions identify and define contemporary directions in design theory and practice. With international examples throughout, this book will be of interest and value to all those involved in the areas of building design, building component manufacture and urban design. Book Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Illustration Credits......Page 8 Foreword......Page 9 Theory, History and Context......Page 12 Polyphilo's Thresholds: Alternatives for Nomadic Dwelling......Page 13 The Figure of the Spiral in Marcel Duchamp and Frederick Kiesler......Page 21 10,000 Songs in Your Pocket: The iPod as a Transportable Environment......Page 32 Oil and Water: Offshore Architecture......Page 41 A Generation on the Move: The Emancipatory Function of Architecture in the Radical Avant-Garde 1960-1972......Page 51 Carried Away! The Spatial Pleasure of Transportability......Page 64 Ephemeral Landscape, Portable Dwelling: The Ice Fishing House and the Fish House ommunity......Page 72 Design......Page 80 Transformation in Architecture and Design......Page 81 Traces: The Architecture of Remembering......Page 91 Plastic and Bamboo: Tailor-made Tent Design......Page 97 Pedestrial Clip-on Footbridge: Making Use of Temporary City Space......Page 103 Mobility Between Heaven and Earth......Page 109 Mobile Architecture and Pre-Manufactured Buildings: Two Case Studies......Page 118 Technology......Page 126 Transportable Environments: Technological Innovation and the Response to Change......Page 127 Material Innovations: Transparent, Lighweight, and Malleable......Page 133 Mobilized Manufacturing: The On-Site Construction of Freeform Composite Shells......Page 147 Transformable and Transportable Architecture with Scissor Structures......Page 156 A Very Rapid Deployable Canopy System......Page 169 Biological Structures and Deployable Architectural Structures......Page 183 Projects......Page 192 LOT-EK, Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano (New York, USA)......Page 193 Office of Mobile Design, Jennifer Siegal (Los Angeles, USA)......Page 196 Biomimesis in Architecture: Inspiration for the Next Generation of Portable Buildings......Page 200 Dockable Dwelling......Page 202 Crysalis: A Portable Personal Shelter......Page 204 In.Ter.Tex.Ture: Weaving Kinetic Structures......Page 205 i-Home: Smart Student Living......Page 207 Portable Performance Space......Page 209 Mobile Clinic: A Transportable Treatment Unit for Sub-Saharan Africa......Page 211 Trajectory of the Junks......Page 214 Past Tents: A Scenographic Experiment......Page 217 Biographies......Page 219 Selected Bibliography......Page 225 Index......Page 230 An overview of structures designed to be mobile, their uses, and the principles involved in their design including a consideration of the wide range of applications in which they can be found. This book provides insight into the wide range of uses of these structures, the varied forms they take and the concerns and ideas for future development