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walking house is a mobile and modular dwelling system created by the danish architecture studio n55.
the concept is a small home which slowly walks allowing its inhabitants to live a slow nomadic life. the dwelling
collects rainwater for reuse and also uses solar energy to heat hot water. inside, a small composting toilet is used
along with a wood-burning fireplace for heating. the home consists of a main room that can be added onto
including a greenhouse addition that would enable the user to grow much of their own food. the unit can also be
joined with other to create walking villages. each unit holds up to 4 inhabitants and can be infinitely expanded.
the home maneuvers on six legs that are pneumatically powered, allowing it to walk on all sorts of terrains.
the unit is a hexagonal prism that has large windows on each end and small platforms inside to split the home
into levels. the home travels at a top speed of 60 meters/hour.

http://n55.dk


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nate db
09.28.10  
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archigram's walking city is finally here
ste   09.28.10
The house is really well made, super fun idea
love it
Greetings
Joen S. Myrtue
Joen S. Myrtue   09.28.10
it's lovable!
myface   09.28.10
uh... campers were invented a long time ago. And they're nicer inside.
MT   09.28.10
just perfect :)
totoro   09.28.10
GREAT IDEA!
it s an introduction to have towers that can go everywhere!
with a great speed!
gh gh   09.28.10
Technologically interesting. Highly impractical. Wheels exist for a reason. One would need quite a large area of lands, as travel in the public domain would not be supported by current legislation d;-)
Jetwax   09.29.10
Peaceful. I'd love to have this walk me around my property, Through the woods? Beautiful. Reminds me of something Hayao Miyazaki would think of.

Also, I don't get the nay sayers on this thread, If you're looking for a camper go to another website. This place is for abstract, modern inspirations.

Props n55
MW   09.29.10
Design also needs functionality.
Yes, it looks pretty.
No, it's not useful.
Ameliorate-   09.29.10
How concept! interesting ,but not to live.
jimmy   09.29.10
I also think it's cool, but where's the toilet??
tridn   09.29.10
ever heard of an RV?
R   10.01.10
Wrong solution, to a wrong problem.
The devils advokat   10.04.10
no wonder I didn't get that 'design' scholarship...
Moebius Toiletpaper   10.04.10
Awesome, really an ingenious design, and its caught my eye and occupied my imagination much better than half of what Ive seen in architecture. way to raise the bar
Michael Angelo   10.05.10
That's the most stupid idea ever. A trailer is more confortable and faster.
Marcelo   10.05.10
not very practic even for a prototype caravan on the roads much more usefull, inspite of that, few engineering modifications are needed to be added.
all in all nice idea!!!
eng.   10.05.10
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