PRODUCT LIBRARY
Jan 16, 2021the seven continuation models pay homage to the success of ecurie ecosse and the jaguar c-type in the 1950s.
connections: +600
Jan 15, 2021equipped with a 32 kWh battery and a 637 HP three-phase motor, the porsche 935 moby X claims to be as fast as the gas ones.
Jan 14, 2021remaining open to the elements, the project has been conceived as an expansive landscape that changes with the seasons and the weather.
Jan 13, 2021the two-story residence is complete with a large outdoor terrace.
convering a bike trailer totally misses the point of the design competition. the design criteria calls for a portable shelter that can be transported in a shopping cart.
one comment was that shopping carts cost about $300 and would probably be seized by the police anyway. if you go to the trailer manufacturer’s website, the prices listed there are more than the price of a shopping cart.
please provide some dimensions for the smallest size shopping cart generally in use. one website for a shopping cart company i found had these dimensions for their smallest cart.
Total Capacity: 6,000 Cu. In.
Top Basket Capacity: 4,742 Cu. In.
Lower Tray Capacity: 1,258 Cu. In.
Weight: 38 lbs
Nesting Distance: 9 3/4”
Nickel Chrome Finish
4” Wheels
W1 W2 W3 L1 L2 H1 H2 H3 H4
18 1/8 17 7/8 12 3/8 30 1/4 27 7/8 36 1/4 30 3/4 13 3/8 21
most homeless people refuse to go to shelters for fear of being robbed or worse. only on the coldest nights will they come inside and usually only by force.
your efforts to shed light the homeless problem is a huge task you’ve taken on with no easy solutions.
good luck
In the last few months I have spent a lot of time talking to the “Groups” catering to the homeless and showing them my trailer. Which I developed for the cycle-tourist brigade originally. but which looked like it might have some potential as a partial solution for some of the homeless.
Obviously the perfect solution is to build them all homes, or make existing accomodation available-and affordable to them.
Utopia and no one but the heartless could knock a plan such as that.
But utopia being somewhat elusive to say the least, and building codes, hordes of NIMBYS and other roadblocks means nothing is going to be available for a few years.
In the meantime the nights are getting colder and people up here in our banana belt are alread freezing to death.
These trailers can save lifes as the homeless can adapt them to survive such temperatures.
I suggest people get out there and talk to the homeless, it will be educational and if you can’t be bothered to get out and see for yourself, then I suggest you keep your comments to yourself until you do.
I am going to send a cutting from the victoria paper to designboom whis gives a perspective on the point of view of the homeless.
I’m pleased to see people have begun to support the competition.
regarding the email from bernard manning –
I know this may be a difficult competition for all of you at designboom
but I truly believe this is the right thing to do and I applaud your courage.
mark dusseault
dear bernard
indeed, designing a ‘home’ or at least a ‘transitional, low income housing
facility for homeless men and women’ is a project that would be a great
undertaking, with countless benefits.
however a project like that involves a huge amount of money and
government backing. something that we at designboom can not achieve
at the moment. what we can do is to start making little steps to bringing
the issues surrounding homelessness into the forefront of public discussion.
already by you replying to us, and not doubt the discussion you have
with your friends about our competition, our competition is making
people talk about action regarding these matters.
you are of course right, our competition can not solve the problem of
homelessness, we don’t assume in any way that we can but for now
we are at least starting a debate, fueling people to make the next step.
best regards
designboom
P.S.
I don’t own a ‘herman miller’, but sleep on a mattress on the floor.
birgit