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In the aftermath of the massive earthquake in Japan in May 2011, many people were forced into temporary housing. In response, architects Toyo Ito, Riken Yamamoto, Hiroshi Naito, Kengo Kuma and Kazuyo Sejima called upon the international architectural community by developing a program called ‘Picturing “Home-for-All”’. “Home for All’ entries were to be sized at 30 square meters and act as a small living room for the people affected. BNIM came together around this appeal and developed the following entry, which expresses the desire for community and territory through innovative off the shelf materials adapted cleverly to provide what is most needed at a time like this: shelter. The Concept The place is a function of marking and producing a territory that stands in opposition to the undifferentiated context and allows for the creation of meaning. The minimum requirement for the creation of territory is claiming the ground for the occupation and inhabitation. The essential instrument of such a claim is an artifice that mediates a person [individually and collectively] and the ground: a tatami mat, a rug, a tarp…. We propose an idea of a three-dimensional ground artifice [a floor as it may be] that acts both as a place and a space and inspires gathering and collective inhabitation by its morphological attributes that dissolve the differentiation between architecture and furniture. The Material and the Process In an aftermath of a disaster, Concrete Canvas can be draped over any debris claiming an immediately inhabitable territory without having to do any cleaning. It invites a communal action where a collective place can be forged out of the chaos that surrounds it and the stake for the continuation of the community reaffirmed.
Subsequently, as the recovery progress advances, the three-dimensional ground artifice can be freed from the underlying debris producing additional spaces on its inverse side, be enclosed in a structure to fend off elements and ultimately be used as a generative element for a more comprehensive development of a communal house.
Final Concept 
BNIM Team Credits: Vladimir Krstic, Bo Steadman, Josh Hemberger, James Pfeiffer and Amy Slattery | |
| Picturing "Home-for-All" |
Jul 25, 2011 5:08 PM GMT by Erin Gehle |
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In the aftermath of the massive earthquake in Japan in May 2011, many people were forced into temporary housing. In response, architects Toyo Ito, Riken Yamamoto, Hiroshi Naito, Kengo Kuma and Kazuyo Sejima called upon the international architectural community by developing a program called ‘Picturing “Home-for-All”’. “Home for All’ entries were to be sized at 30 square meters and act as a small living room for the people affected. BNIM came together around this appeal and developed the following entry, which expresses the desire for community and territory through innovative off the shelf materials adapted cleverly to provide what is most needed at a time like this: shelter. The Concept The place is a function of marking and producing a territory that stands in opposition to the undifferentiated context and allows for the creation of meaning. The minimum requirement for the creation of territory is claiming the ground for the occupation and inhabitation. The essential instrument of such a claim is an artifice that mediates a person [individually and collectively] and the ground: a tatami mat, a rug, a tarp…. We propose an idea of a three-dimensional ground artifice [a floor as it may be] that acts both as a place and a space and inspires gathering and collective inhabitation by its morphological attributes that dissolve the differentiation between architecture and furniture. The Material and the Process In an aftermath of a disaster, Concrete Canvas can be draped over any debris claiming an immediately inhabitable territory without having to do any cleaning. It invites a communal action where a collective place can be forged out of the chaos that surrounds it and the stake for the continuation of the community reaffirmed.
Subsequently, as the recovery progress advances, the three-dimensional ground artifice can be freed from the underlying debris producing additional spaces on its inverse side, be enclosed in a structure to fend off elements and ultimately be used as a generative element for a more comprehensive development of a communal house.
Final Concept
BNIM Team Credits: Vladimir Krstic, Bo Steadman, Josh Hemberger, James Pfeiffer and Amy Slattery |
