"Architect Wes Jones's Fascination with the ubiquitous shipping container goes back to the early 1990s... [he] saw immense potential to use them as elemental units for refurbished homes. In his designs, the standard container would be dissected, articulated, added onto, and otherwise modified depending on the needs of the client.
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Four years later, Jones articulated these ideas with a series of proposals, built as models, called Primitive Huts, a reference to the seminal concept of Marc-Antione Lauglier's 1753 Essay on Architecture. Laugier argued that architecture must derive all its forms from the most basic requirements of structural solidity, an ideal embodied in the primitive hut.
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Jones's proposal is architecture for the hunter-gatherer, for persons who seek to scavenge materials, recycle them, without depending upon market infrastructure for their livelihood."
This gives us a general direction. We know a little more about why he built the house and his inspirations. Maybe we should take a look at Mr. Lauglier's essay?
Read more here
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Source:
Bergdoll, Berry. "Home Delivery: Fabricating The Modern Dwelling, Part 1." Accessed November 10, 2011. http://tinyurl.com/excerptfromhomedelivery
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11/10/2011
Post by Patrick Cheung
Research By Alexandra Martin
blogs rock:D
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