FUTURE HOUSE
Somewhere in America
Credits: Michael Sorkin, Andrei Vovk
This proposal is for a small community sharing resources and
environment. The basic unit is a double space, two sheltering
elements that share water and waste management, energy
production, and a social space - a tiny community. From this
kernel the larger house grows and from these houses larger
communities might also develop, fi nding their form according
to the living arrangements desired by their inhabitants. The
house proposed here offers space for a new kind of elective
extended family, for people living singly, in couples, with
children, and in groups. In various alterations and recombinations,
the house can continuously transform itself to different
needs and choices. Constructed of soybean-derived plastic
panels cast to form an infinite variety of shapes, glazed with
aero gel windows that can be made transparent or opaque at
the turn of a dial, generating its own power from photovoltaic
and hydro, and treating its own wastes through green “living
machine” technology, the house is at peace with the world.
Imagine being able to step into a mobile “bubble” docked to
the house, enter a destination code, and find yourself transported
anywhere on the planet.
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