Fancy a holiday home that you can drop off anywhere in the world? The prefabricated boxes start at around $120,000.
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Rolling Masterplan —
Swedish architects Jägnefält Milton proposed to transform the city of Åndalsnes, Norway by mounting buildings on rails.
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Rolling Masterplan —
"Our master plan... turns the old industry train tracks into a new kind of infrastructure for mobile buildings that can be rolled back and forth depending on seasons and situations," write the architects.
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Hypercubus —
The Hypercubus is a mobile 2-person hotel room which can be dropped off at music festivals or outdoor events, and provide warm, secure accommodation with a toilet and sink.
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Hypercubus —
Austrian architects studio WG3 say the Hypercubus offers a new solution in cities which see a seasonal changes in visitors and in national parks without destroying the environment.
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Airstream —
In many minds, mobile living will forever be associated with one classic design: the Airstream trailer, whose iconic look has barely changed in more than 85 years.
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Airstream —
Inside, the $120,000 Airstream Classic has been remodeled for 2015 and features a queen-sized bed, dual recliners and a walk-in closet.
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Diogene —
The architect behind London's tallest building, the Shard, has set his sights on something far smaller: the "Diogene" micro home.
Vitra, Ph. Julien Lanoo, 2013
Diogene —
The house promises to fulfill designer Renzo Piano's ambitions for "off the grid" living: the roof is fitted with solar panels and a boiler tank, meaning it will have hot water and enough electricity to for the stove, fridge, and lighting downstairs.
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Secret Operation 610 —
Secret Operation 610 is is a research space on caterpillar tracks, built to live on a former NATO air base in near Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Michiel De Cleene
Secret Operation 610 —
Designed by RAAAF and Studio Frank Havermans, the flightless sci-fi aircraft is part-art project, part-base for research programs on a runway which hosts cutting edge aeronautical experiments.
Michiel De Cleene
Makoko Floating School —
38-year-old architect Kunlé Adeyemi designs buildings that float to confront issues affecting communities living on the water's edge.
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Makoko Floating School —
This moveable floating school was built for Makoko, a slum on the waterfront in Lagos, Nigeria, that comprises buildings constructed on stilts over a lagoon.
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Tiny Project —
32-year-old web designer Alek Lisefski designed and built this fully-stocked, tiny house-on-wheels to live in with his girlfriend and their dog.
With its front deck folded up, the Yeta log cabin looks like nothing more than a stack of chopped wood -- telling little of the living space, kitchen, bathroom and shower inside.
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Yeta cabin —
The portable, solar panel-equipped hut is not the only roving invention from Italian architects Lab Zero: they've taken inspiration from jellyfish, eggs, and tortoise shells to envision a more mobile world.
