'school bus turned minimal mobile home'

Article by Urbanist.



You could make a strong case for this vehicle being barely recognizable as such. The dimensions, fenestration and over spatial configuration give good clues that this space may have once been a school bus, but the finishes, furnishings and built-ins go above and beyond bare-bones adaptive reuse.




Architecture student Hank Butitta was sick of drafting imaginary buildings in studio courses destined never to be built, and sought (with help from his younger brother Vince) to steer his education in a more hands-on direction: http://www.hankboughtabus.com

Doorobe, a wardrobe door

Henrik Silfvernagel
for +Function, Sweden

With a simple metal bracket suspension, the Doorobe provides a unique storage solution for your existing door. Thus, you make use of an otherwise unutilised space. The Doorobe comes with a clothes rail, storage in the form of drawers, and a shoe rack at the bottom.

The frame is built in white painted Scandinavian birch plywood with detailing in ash. Everything is hidden by a door covered with exclusive high-gloss white laminate from the New Zealand-owned Formica, which can also be specially ordered in different colours. The Doorobe also features recessed brass hinges from German Häfele. The closet door and the interior is adjustable, so that it easily can be adapted to a right-or left-handed door.

The designer says "I started from my own home and thought how to add things with additional features. A door is often dull and its function is quite simple, so I made the door more interesting for the home or office. I myself would like to have this fine wardrobe for jackets / dresses, ties, belts and accessories".

thanks to CFRovira

projectar en temps de transformació

New attitudes: designing in times of transformation
Machiel Spaan, ed.
Amsterdam Adademy of Architecture
Architectura & Natura Publishers, 2013
ISBN 978-94-61400-29-1


"Many of the future design challenges in architecture will be faced outside the confines of what we are now accustomed to. Moreover, the traditional roles played by those involved in the design and construction processes, and even the nature of commissions, are changing drastically."
Machiel Spaan

"The economic crisis and the focus on redeveloping existing buildings has forced us to revise our expectations about what architects should be able to do. Is it time to discover brand-new skills? Or time to return to ways of working that have belonged to architecture for centuries?"
Mark Hendriks

"Today's architect is expected to adopt a critical attitude towards the society for which he builds. He must consider the issues at stake. But the relevance of his contribution is determined by how well he succeeds in finding new solutions on the basis of his specific expertise: the design of space."
Aart Oxenaar