This week, Chris Fox and Adam Kennedy have been busy in the studio testing out the first stage of Aqua Yurt prototyping. Aqua Yurt is a utility structure providing water catchment, water storage, planters and shelter for the artist lead … Continue reading
Aqua Yurt is a utility structure providing water catchment, water storage, planters and shelter for the artist lead economy Yurt Empire. Constructed from recycled 15 litre polycarbonate water bottles, Aqua Yurt utilises the geometry and form of this bottle to produce an arrayed hemisphere … Continue reading
Notes from the field. Super Bush Pole Yurt set off during the school holidays to Ponyland, the property of Phoebe and Dave. This report was provided by Clare for the team. Les, Matt and I hit the road on the … Continue reading
Created by Gawaa, Alexandra Crosby and Rudy Ardianto This yurt explores the potential of ‘remix’ and ‘open design’ as concepts to frame the Yurt Empire, asking what happens when the methodologies, concerns and organisation of digital forms (software) and practices … Continue reading
will be constructed collaboratively by Dave Harris, Pheobe Trozillo, Matt Prest and Clare Britton. In 2009 (?) Phoeobe and Dave constructed a Yurt that they lived in for a year. Drawing on this knowledge and experience, the super bush pole … Continue reading
will morph together various elements from utopian architecture, particularly Buckminster-Fuller’s geodesic dome and Ken Issac’s living structures, to create a giant mushroom that will house a lovingly selected archive of alternative knowledge. The Reading Shroom will be a place to … Continue reading
is a hybrid yurt/geodesic dome structure. It is a modular and portable building with an octagonal floor base and surrounding modular walls and roof. The frame is made of salvaged bamboo and specially designed connectors. Similar to traditional yurts, the … Continue reading
has the humble ambition to fit in, be accepted and survive in the world of DCPs, LEPs and SEPs, and then to propagate as a stealth housing strategy utilising the gaps in existing regulation which could allow anyone to develop … Continue reading