mincasa – a minimal blog for minimal houses

Credits: Eduard Böhtlingk -  http://www.bohtlingk.nl/ – Photos: Roos Aldershoff

The Markies is not an ordinary caravan, but it can serve as one because it meets all the B-road transport requirements. It was an entry for a temporary dwelling competition and was conceived as a mobile holiday home.

When it is on the road, the Markies measures 2.20 m by 4.40 m. Once it arrives at its destination, its floor space can be increased threefold in a matter of seconds.  Both side walls can be folded down electronically and the resulting area can then be covered automatically via the concertina-like awnings, which can be lowered to exactly the height desired.

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Credits: see below

“Your home is where your office is”. Mobile phones, Wireless LAN and of course, in this case, mobile homes enable the most flexible and mobile lifestyle ever.

This “casa movil de Vodafone” by the Waskman Design Studio and Creative Space Culdesac combines different “minimalistic” needs which seems quite sufficient for a small family (bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, living room) with a portable architecture.

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Credit : http://www.naumann-design.de

Zahlreiche Eigenschaften und Anforderungen an Minimalhäuser werden teilweise sogar besser von normalen Wohnwagen erfüllt:
multifunktionale Raumausnutzung und flexible Grundrissgestaltung auf wenigen Quadratmetern, Verwendung neuer Materialien, Konstruktionsmöglichkeiten und Technologien, sowie innovative ökologische Konzepte.

Die Reduzierung auf urspüngliche architektonische Aufgaben, wie Schutz vor Witterung und Erzeugen von Privatheit in Verbindung mit der Anforderung des mobilen Wohnens findet sich bei dem Wohnwagen YAT-A des Herstellers Knaus in einer durchaus ästhetischen Realität wieder. Verantwortlich dafür ist Prof. Peter Naumann von naumann-design, der für dieses Objekt auch mit zahlreichen Preisen gewürdigt wurde: caravaning design award 2004 / red dot award 2005 / nominee designpreis 2005 / Goldene Flamme 2006

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Credit: http://www.n55.dk/MANUALS/SNAIL_SHELL_SYSTEM/SSS.html

Snail Shell System, 2000
N55, Copenhagen, Denmark

The SNAIL SHELL SYSTEM is a low cost system that enables persons to move around, change their whereabouts and live in various environments. One unit supplies space for one person. It is mobile both on land and water. One person can move it slowly, either by pushing it like a wheel, walking inside it or on top of it.

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Credit: http://yurta.ca/

Yurts have housed people in Central and East Asia for centuries. The portability and easy assembly of their homes was, and continues to be, crucial for these nomadic communities.

The Yurta can serve as a long or short term dwelling (like a cottage or a festival booth) and vary according to its purpose (it can be installed on a platform or directly on the ground). The Yurta is an ideal shelter for backcountry expeditions, base camps, and leisure housing inspired by nature (to name a few).

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