why must we restrict “architecture” only to stationary built environments? why do we think of the camper van primarily as a vehicle, as opposed to a building? are there other productive ways of thinking about architecture and mobility? it is certainly relevant to thinking about the architecture of temporary structures, or does it somehow cease to be a matter of architectural consideration when it becomes a collapsable, portable building?

on the flip side, walking houses, floating castles, fortresses on wheels (baba yaga’s chickenleg house, the castle in the sky, howl’s moving castle, etc.) abound in myth, fantasy and sci fi, but what about modern cruise ships, themselves larger in size and occupancy than the majority of stationary buildings one encounters? or a space station, which is necessarily mobile, or for that matter, any large (existing or projected) space cruiser? vessel v. domicile? the nostromo? the death star?

obviously in –many– of these cases there is still the an imbalance in the issue of investment of effort/resources/capital at work, but it hardly applies across the board, or at least applies variably enough as to complicate the dichotomy being set up.

on a non-terrestrial, or further a non-resource-providing plane, need the homesteader not be nomadic?

why must we restrict “architecture” only to stationary built environments? why do we think of the camper van primarily as a vehicle, as opposed to a building? are there other productive ways of thinking about architecture and mobility? it is certainly relevant to thinking about the architecture of temporary structures, or does it somehow cease to be a matter of architectural consideration when it becomes a collapsable, portable building?

on the flip side, walking houses, floating castles, fortresses on wheels (baba yaga’s chickenleg house, the castle in the sky, howl’s moving castle, etc.) abound in myth, fantasy and sci fi, but what about modern cruise ships, themselves larger in size and occupancy than the majority of stationary buildings one encounters? or a space station, which is necessarily mobile, or for that matter, any large (existing or projected) space cruiser? vessel v. domicile? the nostromo? the death star?

obviously in –many– of these cases there is still the an imbalance in the issue of investment of effort/resources/capital at work, but it hardly applies across the board, or at least applies variably enough as to complicate the dichotomy being set up.

on a non-terrestrial, or further a non-resource-providing plane, need the homesteader not be nomadic?