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CCAD Students Design a Live-Work Airstream

Posted on 04/11/2014 by brisorensen

A team of about 170 students at the Columbus College of Art and Design have begun a semester long project to create a mobile Airstream office/living space. The group is re-imagining the iconic Airstream that could be used by a … Continue reading →

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Bookmobiles

Posted on 04/09/2014 by adakas

In our initial planning, we considered libraries as one of the potential users of the MoCoLab. With this thought in mind, these precedents offer insight as to how the Airstream can be used in this way. First is Il Bibliomotocarro. … Continue reading →

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City Hall To Go

Posted on 04/09/2014 by adakas

We all know how unpleasant it can be to spend the day at the DMV, and other government centers. With this in mind, a community outreach program in Boston has created a ‘City Hall To Go.’ On this truck, residents … Continue reading →

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Hank Bought a Bus

Posted on 04/09/2014 by adakas

As an architecture student that was tired of projects that would never be created, Hank Butitta decided to take his thesis in a different direction. Always dreaming of having a cabin in the woods, but unable to materialize it, Butitta … Continue reading →

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A New Look for Airstream

Posted on 03/26/2014 by adakas

Christopher Deam has been given an exciting and much-needed job: revitalizing the mainstream Airstream. He discovered that there was a disconnect between the exterior shell and the interior architecture, and decided that for an American icon, it would no longer … Continue reading →

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AIA Vermont Airstream

Posted on 03/26/2014 by adakas

According to the AIA website, A group of Norwich University undergraduate architecture students are transforming a 21-foot 1969 Airstream Globetrotter into a mobile outreach, education, and design center over the course of the next six months. This project was made … Continue reading →

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‘Vagon del Saber’ Boxcar 1513

Posted on 11/20/2013 by nilsgore

A project in Ecuador, via the designboom website: “carrying neither freight nor tourists, the ‘vagon del saber’ boxcar 1513 renovation by ecuadorian studio al borde sees it transformed into a cultural public space. selected as part of the railway system recovery program by the ecuadorian … Continue reading →

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The A47 Mobile Library

Posted on 11/20/2013 by nilsgore

A cool project in Mexico City. From the ArchDaily website: “The A47 Mobile Library is a project developed by the Fundación Alumnos47, a civil society organisation that brings learning communities together around contemporary artistic practices and visual culture. Given that … Continue reading →

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UVA Learning Barge

Posted on 10/29/2013 by nilsgore

The Learning Barge is a project of Professor Phoebe Crisman and the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Architecture. It was built with a similar process as the MoCoLab, utilizing architecture students to design and construct the barge for community/university … Continue reading →

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Bookmobiles of Yore

Posted on 10/14/2013 by nilsgore

From the Smithsonian blog: “This is a bookmobile—a library on wheels. These mobile libraries used to travel around bringing books to the people. The blog Messy Nessy Chic has a great roundup of images of these vehicles of bibliographic wonder. … Continue reading →

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