FLEXIBLE DWELLING Lucia Carmona OIKODOMOS URL La Salle

FLEXIBLE DWELLING Lucia Carmona OIKODOMOS URL. La Salle March, 2009

FLEXIBILITY NORTH AMERICA , TIPI As human beings we are flexible creatures. Years ago, our existance was based in our capacity to move, in fact, we own our survival to it. Nowadays being flexible is not only related to movement, but to change and adaptability. (KRONENBURG, 2007, 10 -14)

FLEXIBLE DWELLING Dwelling able to change along user’s needs, as a response to changing society. 25 years +5 +10 +10 E. G. CHANGING SOCIETY. In the first half of XX century a revolution happened, architects were concerned of answering human needs. rchitects examples of flexible dwelling.

Dwelling is flexible when it is. . . Adaptable A room is for OR Transformable A living room grows Bedroom dissapears Tools Not specialized room (s). Equal in size and importance. Folding, pivoting, sliding elements. Mobile furniture. Perfectible Dwelling is completed Provide general structures. E. g. Stairs. Mobile Dwelling changes its location Portable light structure.

ADAPTABLE/ VERSATILE Adequated space for different activities according to user’s Free plan space, where different activities can take place. CASA RIETVELD SCHRÖDERS Utrecht, Gerrit Rietveld, 1924

TRANSFORMAB LE Dwelling able. to change in it’s physical configuratio Pivoting walls that opened or closed the space. FUKOAKA HOUSING Steven Holl, 1989

PERFECTIBL E When basic structure is done, expecting the rest to be completed. Construction of basic elements of a dwelling leaving the rest to selfconstruction. CONJUNTO DE 93 VIVIENDAS Alejandro Aravela, Chile, 2007

MOBILE Dwelling designed to change its location. Light folding wood structure, able to be transported. LE PETIT MAISON DU WEEKEND Ohio, Patkau architecs, 1998

POTENTIALI TY Flexible dwelling should be defined by it’s potential; depending on • Room’s and corridor’s size. • Dinamics elements (doors, walls, furniture) • Height. • Multi-purpose space. • Distributions. • Free access to facilities. • Possibility of diverse access . . .

FLEXIBLE DWELLING Today’s society demands flexible dwelling, an architect can achieve flexibility with different approaches.

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