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"Humans have led nomadic lifestyles for thousands of years. We settle in one
place, move to another–some of us never even settle at all. Our lives
fluctuate, but save for the odd floating office or experimental walking house,
our buildings remain anchored in place. Once they’re built, they only have two
potential futures: demolish, or reuse. A new building in London, however,
offers an interesting alternative: demount and move elsewhere.
Designed by local architecture firm IF_DO, the £400,000 office building is
located in Rotherhithe, a residential district in South London that was once
brimming with commercial docks. It sits on a so-called “meanwhile space,” a
popular solution in the UK that allows small businesses and community groups to
build on temporarily vacant land until the local council develops permanent
plans for the area.
In this case, the building will live on the site for up to 11 years (though it
was designed to last about 50 years), after which point it can be completely
dismantled and fully re-erected elsewhere. It’s an innovative idea for
meanwhile spaces in the UK and other cities familiar with the concept, like
Paris or Aarhus, Denmark. But it also provides a replicable model for adaptable
buildings that can be dismantled and reused when they’re no longer needed."
Via The Fixer March 23, 2022:
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/costa-rica-agroforestry-farmers/
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
