collectif de la meute + raumlabor create nomadic inflatable architecture

collectif de la meute + raumlabor create nomadic inflatable architecture
photo © guillaume prié visuels
all images courtesy of collectif de la meute and raumlabor

the development of mobile housing throughout the 20th century considerably contributes to the questioning of the notion of housing itself. this idea of moving with our own space of life, instead of permanently taking up residence, comes within a dialectical alternating of proximity and distance, presence and absence. due to this mentality, raumlabor and collectif de la meute have constructed ‘la bull d’air’. ‘our nomadic desires and our need to change the use of public spaces find a first echo into the creation of this bubble, which is a unique creation, a temporary living shelter, and a vanishing place,’ the duo states.

video courtesy of collectif de la meute

the air bubble came out of the will for a minimalist structure that could be removed, dislocated, and repositioned. in doing so, the interior cavity has not been assigned any specific program, free to be used for various activities and expressions. the result is an object in a field that aims to propose the advantages of cultural projects with alternative ways to experience a surrounding environment and facilitate interactions within the individuals of communities.

photo © guillaume prié visuels

photo © victor renaudin

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Aah yes. Inflatable structures. We were doing lots of these in the School of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona, California in ’69. We had a few of these up for the First Earth Day on Campus.
I guess these kind a sweet folks must have ‘rediscovered’ the idea although I am certain that there were quite a few of them around Europe at the same time.
Now I guess they need to rediscover that these activities can take place out of doors without the inflatables.
Ron Smith
Sep 29, 2014

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