Most people think that a vehicle is mainly used for transportation, but my car is much more than that. Beyond providing the freedom of driving, the space between the driver’s seat and the windshield is…
a Dining Area where I eat my breakfast and dinner every Tuesday.
a Conference Room where I can speak in person or on a “teleconference”
a Think tank where I generate ideas or obsess over situations
a Rehearsal room where I practice my singing and occasionally dance, but only while in traffic
a Dressing room when I need to apply make up or a quick wardrobe change
a Guest room for when I have to take a brief nap during a trip
an Exercise in anger management when I’m stuck in traffic
a Television that only plays scenic programs
a Welcoming Friend, at the end of a long day, ready to take me home
a Conference Room where I can speak in person or on a “teleconference”
a Think tank where I generate ideas or obsess over situations
a Rehearsal room where I practice my singing and occasionally dance, but only while in traffic
a Dressing room when I need to apply make up or a quick wardrobe change
a Guest room for when I have to take a brief nap during a trip
an Exercise in anger management when I’m stuck in traffic
a Television that only plays scenic programs
a Welcoming Friend, at the end of a long day, ready to take me home
There is a series of dotted lines in the driver's seat showing the range of motion I have, depending on the tasks mentioned.
2 comments:
Jen - Your very interesting and astute observations about the flexible space will not move into a the potential for design until they are translated into a 2d drawing or a 3d model that shows the envelope of space where car becomes table or dressing room or music studio, etc. The dots are a beginning; a stand alone drawing will really have the potential to be a useful tool.
in the last reading that anita gave us there was, i believe, a direct reference to the car as a machine whose workings resemble those of the human body. in this respect then, perhaps the car seat can be seen as a cradle: the car is an outer, moving, but mechanical shell/being cradling a inner, stationary but living being.i don't know how this could be useful to your thesis--perhaps seeing short-term housing as the temporary cradle/shell that it is?
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