A T-shaped arrangement
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The project begins with the premise that hinging the manufactured house can create
a unit which combines the affordability of the single wide with the flexibility of
the double wide. The effect of breaking the single-wide in two on its exterior
volume, as expressed by the elevation and the siting, is of particular interest.
While working with the premise of some convertibility, I am emphasizing the 'houseness' or permanence of the mobile home rather than its mobility, in response to prevailing user preferences. The union of the halves is effected by the hinging of walls from the core, which tailor the core to the new arrangement. For each position of attachment, there is a variation in plan of the mobile piece. (Excerpts from Student's Project Description) |
Sarah Radding's proposal challenges one of the fundamental problems with the manufactured home as starter home, its resistance to renovation. Having seen photographs showing mobile homes uncomfortably swallowed by later additions, Radding takes the opposite tack, she provides for alteration, by designing the junctions between the units and using the core as a "hinge." Using the core, rather than the perimeter as the central organizing device, she allows users to add on seamlessly as they need.
K Matsushita
P Rhee