Without the choice of "movement", the trailer, originally a permanently temporary shelter (forever travelling) has become a temporarily permanent structure. Instead of inspiring freedom it evokes desolation. Instead of fostering strong communities bonded by their love of travel, trailer camps produce social isolation.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Overall Idea? - Polly Auyeung
For a piece of architecture that is designed with an ideal in mind, there will always be people who find an alternative function for it. The trailer and especially the Airstream was originally designed to prompt americans to explore, "to place the great wide world at [their] doorsteps". But FEMA officials noticed the economical side of the design. Trailers modified to their bare minimums could be produced quickly and cheaply, transported easily, and packed tightly to make emergency camps.
Without the choice of "movement", the trailer, originally a permanently temporary shelter (forever travelling) has become a temporarily permanent structure. Instead of inspiring freedom it evokes desolation. Instead of fostering strong communities bonded by their love of travel, trailer camps produce social isolation.
Without the choice of "movement", the trailer, originally a permanently temporary shelter (forever travelling) has become a temporarily permanent structure. Instead of inspiring freedom it evokes desolation. Instead of fostering strong communities bonded by their love of travel, trailer camps produce social isolation.
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