Ideal transformable, deployable, transportable, and smart housing is a current issue of our world, where people tend to explore and to discover places. Although the issue looks complicated, it is, in fact, a simple architectural problem that needs enough technical and technological supports.
Scissor joint structures have always been there for deployable architecture forms. The simple properties of such a chain reaction mechanisms enable the free extension of the form. Limits of such a free movement are the constant arbitrary changes in the width of the structures, while the stretching of the form is our primary goal.
The following is a winning project by Tiny house competition, and as the team leader, I designed and produced design documents and renderings.
Scissor joint structures have always been there for deployable architecture forms. The simple properties of such a chain reaction mechanisms enable the free extension of the form. Limits of such a free movement are the constant arbitrary changes in the width of the structures, while the stretching of the form is our primary goal.
The following is a winning project by Tiny house competition, and as the team leader, I designed and produced design documents and renderings.
Different interior settings can be pre-programmed. Thus space would be reformed according to the needs and timings, so always the minimum and efficient space are available.
Transportation: The compact house can be easily transported with a pick-up truck any larger vehicle. On a semi-flat ground, the truck can jack and slowly move forward for the expansion to take place. The process can be programmed with a computer. The benefits of such a system are having your home the way you want it to always be with you, with the offer of plenty of views to catch from the same cozy home.
The expansion of scissor joints on top makes the same telescopic expansion possible, with different combinations. The bilayer ceiling enables the sustainable function of the project, according to season and day time. The first layer of the ceiling is a flexible transparent textile used in warm and desirable conditions as shades. The expansion process can be controlled by users. The second layer is a Monocoque panel shaped in a certain form to easily extend and also to protect the ceiling against climate changes. Multilayer cladding with a special geometry that allows interlocking of pieces. Connectors in the side of the rails balance the position of the panels and provide extra tension freedom for joints.
