"Living Box" Prefab Design Competition
A somewhat incomprehensible design brief – "The 'Living Box' shall overcome the contrast between 'stable' and 'temporary' that, as underlined by Le Corbusier -great master of Modern Movement but mostly a punctual studious of new ways of living- necessarily emerges from temporary living" – um... is that from a fortune cookie? – is available at Edilportale: good luck. (Plus PDF). You have till 31 December.
(For some inspiration, start at Inhabitat).
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Some years ago, a friend who was very admiring of Kowloon City decided to do a treatment of London in a similar mode, but thought about it in terms of modules smaller than house size, smaller than room size. I likened his approach to the Bronica model of camera assembly: the basic unit is assembled from a stock set of varied modules. In this case, the house modules comprise separate subassemblies like wiring and plumbing conduits, wall and window frames, floor and ceiling frames, plus the usual accoutrements like bath/shower, toilet, sinks, and so on.
Each of the major subunits had to be attached to an existing structure - so that a mass of individually-assembled units would develop in organic fashion, in an interlocking beehive fashion, largely eliminating the need for detailed planning permission. In effect, it's about bringing shanty town vernacular to first world cities, refining the architectural standards, and then exporting the technology back to the squatter settlements. Much better than living in a box!
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