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CAMPUS - Prof. Han Slawik Architect

 

Principles for the realization of the temporary project 'Campus' - with a life of 5 years - were:

· Mont table> removable> remo table

· Use of containers

· Use of industrially manufactured products

· Reuse of building elements

· Experiments in function space and construction

 

Reflected these essential ideas in the realized object:

· Building elements are fully equipped with demountable connections

· Modular design with seven shipping containers 20 ft (6 m)

· Standard products: concrete slabs (Stelcon) for foundation, kasgevelsysteem for the greenhouse-like gap

· Formwork girders as supports between the containers, scrap wood floors

· Dealing with limited dimensions of containers, Space spiral staircase with a crooked pole

 

Experiences with the use of the object:

· Mounted vertically containers give additional problems in connections and seals

· Second components are labor intensive and maintenance

 

De Realiteit, Almere NL - On the south bank of the Noorderplassen in Almere is situated “De Realiteit” (The Reality). An unusual name for a street. Seventeen winning designs of the Second Competition of “De Fantasie” (The Fantasy) were built here in 1986. A year earlier the foundation organized "Fantasy" a design entitled "Temporary Housing". The prizes consisted of land, plots of approximately 20x20 m, where the winners, 17 could realize their ideas. By their nature offered the opportunity to contest the freest design, especially as the building codes did not have to be observed. Concepts such as removable, repositionable, limited life were central. The decommissioning of the building regulations meant that the awarded works were to be considered temporary. The participants knew in advance that the normal funding, namely the mortgage, was not available because of the transitory character. Nevertheless today (after 27 years) the houses are still present and inhabited and most are in good condition.

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