reference*

References

RESEARCH

http://www.aerotube.com/html/brochure.html
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4242845.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinge
http://www.marlborohinge.com/standard.htm
http://www.erwagner.com/stockerhinges/products/terminology.php
http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/hinges
http://www.idfuel.com/index.php?blog=2&p=502&more=1&c=1
http://www.southerninflatables.net/
http://www.inflatablechurch.com/mainpage.htm
http://www.inflatablechurch.com/construction2.htm
http://www.inflatablemarquees.com/index.htm
http://www.inflatablenightclub.com/
http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/03/66872
http://www.innovationsxtreme.com/PriceLists.htm
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-self-closing-hinge.htm

LIVE HOUSE

Holthouse,Simon (1975) The Mobile Home in Australia
Kronenburg, Robert (2003) Portable Architecture
http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2882
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/10/shipping_contai.php
http://container.khcc.gov.tw/English/home01.aspx?ID=$3004&IDK=2&EXEC=D&DATA=67
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/19/
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/icff/icff-2006-mobile-living-opening-reception-009335
http://patentroom.com/brent-mobile-building-design
http://habode.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-is-house-in-shipping-container.html
http://flickr.com/photos/47126594@N00/
http://www.lot-ek.com/
http://www.marchstudio.com.au/home.html
http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/
http://mocoloco.com/archives/001109.php
http://web.mac.com/ellenjantzen/iWeb/Michael/M-Velope.html
http://www.miqel.com/fuller_design_science/n55_diy_future_tech_designs.html
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/press/press_kit.html http://weburbanist.com/2007/09/17/mobile-urban-architecture-from-portable-housing-to-temporary-hotel-rooms/
http://www.youtube.com/user/MOOVLive
http://zigloo.ca/index/projects/zigloo_domestique_modern_custom_home_design
http://www.onsitestorage.com/PRODUCTS.html
http://www.us.playstation.com/EP/Events/276
http://www.exhibitrailers.com/SU.htm
http://www.well.com/user/pk/waterfront/EastshoreStatePark/photos/Seabreeze.html

LIVE VEHICLE

http://www.kisscafe.net.au/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/katestream/395378917/in/pool-coffeeboxes
http://www.venue.com.sg/vbox.html
http://cre.ations.net/creation/jacket-cuff-lights LED install DIY

final meeting

woo..meeting today just me n austin..juz to go through the submission requirement aga, n to discuss what we gna present in the presentation..who to do wut...haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa*

can believe is the last day 2molo..finally finish this busy studio..lolzz.

presentation layout

Presentation layout....omgg finally finish........letz get over itt

work work work fer da final presentation..

lots of works to due fer the presentation...so annoying....gotta start doing it now...so dat i can have more time to do mah other studio...wut r da submission requirement..actually i dun really get it..so i ll juz do the parts i know..at least i noe wut to do fer da individual partss..

cant wait to finish this semesterr...i juz wanna get outta heree..

carlton housing event**

kids love it...n they love austin..

just arrive to our destination..waiting for the prcoession..

we have try to change the parts into different combinations...

i noe the pic were taken vy blur...but the outcome is great...

it is attractive n vy sexy..

finally finish, great experience, great people, and our vehicle works well, didnt not break, and people loves it..so does da kidss...but some of the kid is trying to ruin it...

overall...our performance stage is absof*ckinglutely bequtiful

we have to re-glue the rubber protection..since it keeps coming off, and v need to use staple gun to secure that as well, i though v r running out of time but then v can still finish it on time.

very great experience, people just bump into u..nice chat wiv them..

no more workshop

finally cum to da last day of work shop...

wut v did today?
- re-paint da white
- re- construct da corrugated
- re- vanish the surface..
- giving up the board fer da stage...mick suggest v sud turn da board into sumfink else..sumfink fer children..
- enjoy viewing our amazing vehicle.<3

wut else do v need?
- rubberrr..n k is goin' ta get it..hopefully he can get it..coz v r running out of tym

'POLYPROPYLENE' issue

da polypropylene is really quite expensive n since v dun hv much budget left...hmm..so our final decision is using the sunturf corrugated..they are much cheaper compare to da polypropylene...n i can get it through bunnings by mahself...so no tym ta waste.....hmmmmm...
860 x 3600 mm x 2pieces
$34.2 x 2 = $68.4

cant wait to go to da workshop 2molo..to finish our lovely lil stage....loves it**

our new project cost table*

workshop session..

in process*

click here is c our portable stage on move* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B26NaLESivY

BUNNINGS aga

i went ta bunnings today aga..yes..is lyk an every week stuff...
i was lookin' fer paints today...the timber gloss vanish, and white paint, spray..also brushess..
n i realize the paint is expensiveeee....but v dint need ta use it at this stage..i fink i ll figure it out in another way(s)..


plywood (outside of the stage) - timber gloss vanish
plywood (inside) - paint white to get effective fer da lightings
folding stage - either a bucket of paint or spray..v r nah gna use a lot..since is juz one side.

hmm....keep finkin'*

plywood issue*

since the unforture order happens on thur...(the staff in da hardware store, made an wrong order fer us..which v wan 2 12m plywoods..n i hv no idea y she hears i wan a 1 15m plywood)...which left us a mess n v need ta pay a lil bit more fer a 15m plywoodd....n is $$$65$$$ omg....its deliver to us on monday..so i hv ta bak ta workshop ta pick dat up...hmmmm*


new project cost table is coming up**

vol 1:workshop session

SUPER SILLIE*

since i neva read da schedule....'

n i tho v r still hving class on bul 87..so dat i juz wen 87 juz on tym..n wen i open da doorr..no one was deree..how stupid...n diz is nah da 1st tym..annoying.....**

i missed the sign offff

omg i juz got austin msg...n i realize i missed the design sign off ll...

it was actually on this morning....omggggggg

project cost

finally finish prepare the project cost table for the design sign off fer 2molo..
afta getting quotes from different hardware retails n suppliers..
i finally figure to get almost all the materials from bunnings...

and here are the project cost*
still trying to find a way to get cheaper materials or delivery...the budget is 16 bux over right now...hmm..trying to reach the 450 bux wivout getting any xtra money from our pocket*

click to enlarge

design sign off 2molo

10.30am – Children’s vehicle
10.50am – Live music/stage vehicle
11.10am – Coffee vehicle
11.30am – Cooking vehicle
11.50am – Communications vehicle
12.10am – Information vehicle


wut v need fro 2molo*

project cost budget,
schedule of the model making
scenario
CAD drawing

material hunt*

click to enlarge

basically, in this week i hv been to few different hardware stores, n called up few different suppliers (timber n plastic)...

and i found out there are lots of difficulty when 'hunting' for the materials i need..

-for most of the suppliers as they said the juz do wholesale..so i got rejected from most of them....
-wen i found sumfink dat i need usually got out of stock..mayb they dun hv stock..
-also i hv to deal wiv the delivery issue, coz sum of the hardware store actually doing free delivery but they charged their item in a vy high price...so i wud hv to figure out..lyk if i found sumfinks dat is cheap/ reasonable price...but they charge approx.50 bux for delivery.. (n its depends on wut kind of car/truck/urt, n of coz da larger car cost more)...

class on elgin st*

live studio at 0507 carlton estate*

pin ups for the class, materials research,

materials mesaurement, CAD drawing,

instruction of how to use...

enlarge the pic by click it

confirming that tmrw Wed 7th our class will be held at:

Elgin Street Housing Estate

Artists room
Ground floor 20 Elgin StCorner of Elgin and between Canning & Nicholson St's
CarltonEnter off Elgin St,

The artists room is at the base of the red brick tower building,
Enter via fly screen door on northern wall of building., oppositecarpark.

GROUP MEETTING II

SPOTTED:GROUP MEETING AT 5/5 MONDAY 1300 BULD 87

THE MEETING FER TODAY IS ABOUT THE USE OF MATERIALS FOR OUR CONCEPTS AND TRYING TO GET THE BUDGET OF THE MATERIALS, HOW ARE THE CONCEPTS USE WIV HUMAN POWER..

AND TEH STUFFS V DO, HAVE TO SHOW ON WEDNESDAY, PIN UP AGA**SO HV TO CREATE NEW LAYOUT AGA..

CLASS 043008

1st tym to come out some concepts of the msuical peformance stage*

1. balloon stage (using pole or either helium)

2 circular stage (can b fold wen transport)

pic below shows sum research of balloon and music peformance..

also the mock up v made for both version of our platforms

enlarge the pic by click it

researchh

new project

a new project has started named "live vehicle"...
we have to be in a group of three. and the brief hv given us 6 services to choose and to design 2 concepts..but the end of next week...

GROUP WORKKKK..hmm..and imma doing the performance part...pretti confusing at the moment, nah sure wut m i gna research bout'...

performance? da way to sell da service? is it lyk those club's promoter askin' ppl to get ticket from them..is dat similar to diz?ta let people noe dere is a service/function goin' on, try to make every1 to came?

Mid sem review

omg datz da dayss...drive me lyk hell..hmm

haven't sleep fer 2 days alreadi...quickly finish dat den i can pop inta bed in wake up 2molo..lolz

bibilography

References

Holthouse,Simon (1975) The Mobile Home in Australia
Kronenburg, Robert (2003) Portable Architecture
http://www.iconeye.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2882
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2007/10/shipping_contai.php
http://container.khcc.gov.tw/English/home01.aspx?ID=$3004&IDK=2&EXEC=D&DATA=67
http://arieff.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/20/19/
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/icff/icff-2006-mobile-living-opening-reception-009335
http://patentroom.com/brent-mobile-building-design
http://habode.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-is-house-in-shipping-container.html
http://flickr.com/photos/47126594@N00/
http://www.lot-ek.com/
http://www.marchstudio.com.au/home.html
http://www.michaelrakowitz.com/
http://mocoloco.com/archives/001109.php
http://web.mac.com/ellenjantzen/iWeb/Michael/M-Velope.html
http://www.miqel.com/fuller_design_science/n55_diy_future_tech_designs.html
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/press/press_kit.html http://weburbanist.com/2007/09/17/mobile-urban-architecture-from-portable-housing-to-temporary-hotel-rooms/
http://www.youtube.com/user/MOOVLive
http://zigloo.ca/index/projects/zigloo_domestique_modern_custom_home_design
http://www.onsitestorage.com/PRODUCTS.html
http://www.us.playstation.com/EP/Events/276
http://www.exhibitrailers.com/SU.htm
http://www.well.com/user/pk/waterfront/EastshoreStatePark/photos/Seabreeze.html

I <3 DOIN' ASSIGNMENT

brainstorm..fun..newaiz just try to gathering the information i have got...and sort of make me get an understanding of wut situation m i in n stuff lyk dat.

transform the shipping container into a live perfomance stage..i reckon is pretti interesting..imagine hvin a truck with live band on driving around..howz dat sounds?

sketches sketches sketches made me sick

'

refinement of the extentable issue

ll b upload more...

wut can shipping container use for*

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...actually a lot more

Emergency disaster shelters

FEMA & Red Cross applications

Construction site offices and worker housing

Mining worker offices and worker housing

Worker housing for off-shoregas and oil drilling rigs

Mancamps

Worker housing for farms, vineyards, agriculture, etc.

Hunting and fishing camp lodging

Homeless shelters

Work shops

Artist studios

Home child care centers

Guest cabins

Portable press rooms for event coverage

VIP lounges for special events

Extreme weather shelters

Farm workshops

Tack rooms

Storm shelters

Portable medical clinics

Migrant worker temporary housing

Sleeping quarters for forest service fire fighters

Remote security outposts

Ecological campsites

Housing for border patrol

more

container bay??

hm..home can be anywhere

a company introducing a sort of ready-made container house, and is selling in nz. it made out of a 40ft shipping container, and the house has basically got everything it needs, the hot/cold water, electricity supply

check out da sitehttp://habodehomes.co.nz/

insipiration

i have come up wiv few differents ideas..exhibition space, cafe/lounge ,performance stage

which i try to relate to the issure for the community, try to do sumfink dat can gathering them up, connect or chat to each other.trying to find a wait they dun really need to speak english,mayb sum of them cant really speak english and hving a difficulty...a place that cud b a moment to enjoy together, that place require to have a common language that every1 noes....music, pic, live tv....

i reckon this sort of things really helps in the ideas..it relate to the topic to the design...i wanna create sumfink unusal..people ll easily understand try to keep everything simple..


oh 2 more weeks to the mid sem review RAWRR!

...continues

section 8 container bar@melbourne

bar in a lane

i have visit the site which had provide from the list of reference on the brief...i have never notice diz place everytym wen i walk pass...hm...afta the visit i realize its really clever..how they transform the thing from a shipping container to a bar and toilet(2 seperate containers)..basically the bar has everything it needs refrigerator, lighting, hand wash, vent three bar table(da table is part of the container by flapping down da walls)..


newaiz here are sum describtion of the bar:

Section 8 opened with a big bang. Located in a Chinatown car park next to the iconic Shanghai Dumplings restaurant, the bar?s opening stayed true to the traditions of it?s neighbours with lion dances, firecrackers and even had honorable John So gracing the event.

Avid Melbourne bar lovers Sean, Richard, Maslyn and Craig have always been into the city?s bar scene and during one fateful booze-fuelled session, the idea of starting Section 8 materialised. Klinger from cult comedy M*A*S*H was the inspiration for the bar?s name. Section 8 was the term for the mentally insane discharge that could have been his ticket out of the war zone. The four boys figured that since they?re part insane themselves, why not?

Section 8?s subterfuge style might have people walking straight by mistaking it for an abandoned car park. The bar itself was fashioned from an ex-shipping container and the seating area made up of neatly stacked wooden crates. Sean says this untouched urban feel was achieved with the help of architectural company Diretribe. On closer observation the giant letters covering the car park floor make up the spelling for ?diretribe? and ?section 8? jumbled in a haphazard way.
Section 8 carries eleven different beers, four reds and whites, and a promising cocktail list is currently underway. In the morning, Section 8 serves up refreshing ?slow food? breakfasts and smoothly changes to a cool bar lit with Chinese lanterns in the evening.

section 8
designer of section 8

wutz a prefab?

prefab = prefabricatedThis term is wide open to interpretation.
prefab home = "kit home" = "panelized home" = "pre-cut home" = on-site assembly from prefab components.
The components are either generally available when the structure is designed or they are created specifically for the project (i.e. designed for reproduction)

mobile home*
manufactured off-site,transported to the site in a largely completed state.minimal on-site labor.

*mobile home is a technical term for a structure that was constructed before June 15, 1976 and meets certain criteria defined by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Regulations distinguish a “mobile home” from a “HUD-code manufactured home” which is a structure constructed on or after June 15, 1976 and meeting slightly different criteria than a "mobile home". "mobile home" is frequently used in the vernacular, even by HUD who often refer to "manufactured (mobile) homes". Further info here.Info credit: Kevin Dickson.

Review afta visit 3CR

i reckon it was a great experience in visiting how a radio broadcast work, how they "mobile", and it really give us an idea/direction of what we gna do....newaiz GREAT<3

1st post on april

VISIT 3CR RADIO 2MOLO*

SHIPPING CONTAINER

i hv been researching on shipping container.. how it structure, how it shipping the desig of the SC, how people use the SC
in nowaday....




an excellent page of every single detail of a shipping container must check it out
The Container That Changed the World
reinvent shipping container
building home from SC

portable architecture

wutz da defination of portable architecture?

a building dat can move around..
it can b anywhere,allow u to carry wiv you into different place, not a fixed structure, easy to install/setup
example of portable architecture..carivan, tent,infatable building (circus)...etc

Nearly every American house I've lived in has long ago been demolished to make room for some other building. There is a delicious (though painful) paradox here: Americans long for stability, but all they get is stationary impermanence. No wonder then many of us long to become permanent nomads, snails with houses on our backs, Touareg tribesmen, and Gypsies."?Poet Andrei Codrescu, from his introduction to Mobile: The Art of Portable Architecture by Jennifer Siegal

Architecture schools teach statics ?the branch of structural analysis based on the principle that buildings should be stationary and motionless. Civilization, too, teaches "statics" when it halts nomadic cultures, asserts the idea of living in one place, and attempts to freeze buildings in place and in time. In a counterpoint to these lessons, Jennifer Siegal's Office of Mobile Design (OMD) challenges current models with designs that are flexible and mobile and that reach toward a different way of thinking about how we live.

Since 1998, OMD has been looking at ways to rethink standard modes of mobile living, focusing especially on the much maligned "mobile home." Siegal's dream is to reinvent a mobile house, retaining the concepts of affordability and flexibility but shaking up the bland design notions that now dominate the genre.

Portable Housing

The "portable house" was one of the first manifestations of her concept of new nomadism. It was designed to provide alternatives for those who have disposable income but not enough capital to enter the standard housing market. Siegal's portable house has expandable and contractible spaces and varying degrees of transparency in materials with the intention of providing a richness of experience in a simple form.
Her portable house has a central kitchen/bath core with sleeping areas to one side and an expandable living area on the other. As climatic conditions change, the house can be reoriented to take advantage of sun and natural ventilation. Units can be grouped to form larger social entities and common spaces. Or multiple units can be connected to create a larger space for a family.

The portable house ?"a mass-customized residential building unit" ?also incorporates several sustainable strategies and materials. It has a natural ventilation periscope, advanced plastic-foam insulation, and floors of plyboo, a laminated bamboo product.

Siegal sees such buildings that are mobile and "rest lightly on the land" as an alternative to urban sprawl. One of her office's most recent projects is Ecoville ?an artist-in- residence community near the heart of downtown Los Angeles.
In Ecoville, portable houses are stacked in a variety of configurations. Sustainable strategies include drought-resistant plants, common gardens, and green building materials.........click here for more

Elements of the "portable house," by Jennifer Siegal's Office of Mobile Design, expand into the landscape.

http://www.architectureweek.com/cgi-bin/wlk?http://www.designmobile.com/index.html

FREIGHT HOUSE

we are required to design a Freight house with a 20ft shipping container..low-tech,low cost the development of the house needs to folding/unfolding...etc..

pre-made container?

i hv found sum pre-made shipping container the building is for temporary or permanent housing, shelters, portable offices/studios, worker housing..a simple idea of how the patition of the interior display..

http://globalportablebuildings.com

"the brief"

omg..a new brief aga....hv ta work extra hard on it...newaiz it sounds interesting by using a shipping container to create a service for the community....but still lots of details need to b consider well...n it has to b a reasonable point to use inside the container..

L.ve House
Mobile Performance Buildings
Freight House Project
Industrial Design Upper Pool Design Studio, GRAP 1034 / 1035 / 2221, Semester One, 2008

L.ve House
Mobile Performance Buildings
Freight House (25% due in Week 6)
Much of the world's freight is moved around in shipping containers. They are mobile modular structures of a standard dimension. They are designed to be fastened together, stacked, mechanically lifted, and mounted to a range of vehicles, secure, and weatherproof. There are literally millions of them globally, and many have reached their serviceable life. For these reasons, they have inspired many architects and designers as a ready solution for low cost modular building applications. We are going to use this system of containerisation to explore themes and principles relevant to the Live House Studio, in particular packing and performance.

You are required to design a Freight house using a single 20-foot shipping container as a starting point. You will need to propose a series of features and mechanisms that give it the ability to transform from its standard freight form to a configuration capable of providing a useful service.

There are many examples of innovative applications of containers. I have provided a list of some of those possibilities below, with links to several of those examples. Please also see the references provided for the Research Report. There is also a list of processes used in unpacking and packing for you to investigate. Your proposal needs to be realistic, utilising current inexpensive technologies. You will need to provide examples of systems and technologies from other products and applications to validate the feasibility of your concept.

You are to explore and present the project using animated 3D CAD models and/or physical working scale models. Please thoroughly document the development of your concept.

Some important questions to address are:
‧ What service will your Freight House provide?

‧ What are the appropriate features required to provide that service?

‧ How can you maximise the available space and number of features of your Freight House, while retaining its capacity to be freighted using existing container transportation and handling systems?

‧ What are the most appropriate mechanisms for transforming your house from its freight mode to working mode? ‧ How might this transformation entertain and intrigue?

thinkin' inside the box

EASTER BREAK*

finally holz start...umm..i fink i ll start lookin' into specify area on the live house, portable architecture, mobile building, mobile home..carvan, tent, inflatable building structure...try research it on internet library and visit sitee..if there are any...

hopefully i can do better in mah tym management in complete the task i needa do...

1st tym to borrow book from library in this 3 yrs

oh......books..i have borrow some books for the research hopefully it will help me a lil bit..

look at the yellow books, it from 1975..so vintagee..nah sho y i hv borrow it.....juzt because it said "mobile home"?

button house

illy push button house

the well-know illy push button house..was manufacture from a shipping container. and by fold/ in and put to creat a mobile cafe..

i really impressed by the design..is brialliant and used the space well...but wut happen wen its rain?



"illy’s innovative Push Button House, designed by noted artist/architect Adam Kalkin, was on display at New York City’s Time Warner Center from November 29 – December 29, 2007. Originally unveiled at the 52nd Venice Biennale in June, 2007, the illy Push Button House is a fully functional and sustainable home built within an industrial shipping container. At the push of a button, the shipping container transforms into a five-room home with kitchen, dining room, bedroom, living room and library.... "

click here for more information

[offical website]
[coolhunter]
[mocoloco]
[vdo of how its open]

outdoor class