ATHENA LIVING UNIT

THERES NO PLACE LIKE HOME...

At its core, the home is a vessel for our memories, especially for those things that no longer have a physical presence. Often with the complexities of life we find ourselves moving away from the one place that has served as a vestige for those memories. With the changes in global climate and communication we are increasingly becoming more nomadic if not necessarily by choice. The idea of being financially bound by the 3 “L’s” of real estate is also changing.

We propose an idea of home that has the physical capabilities to move with the owner as the owner finds it necessary to move. In this scenario we imagine that an owner would own their home but not necessarily the land. One possible idea is that brownfield sites around the country could be converted to docking stations for the mobile unit with the intent of also restoring the ecology of the land. That urban density enables docking stations to serve as sustainable “trees” on the landscape renewing water and air through its living skin. The living and upwardly growing structures require less impact on the land and yet also provide a constantly changing mobile architecture that is about the relationship of form and time.

We have given the mobile mini living unit the name Asha, derived from Sanskrit origin meaning “hope, desire, life”. The unit is approximately 300 square feet in floor area and provides a small living area, kitchen and bar, hydroponic garden terrarium, bathroom, closet and sleeping loft.

Our stars; Our guide

Bound by none, in your voice home rests.

A time when travel is simple.

A few words and you move: compact, agile, durable.

In true nature or the one we create;

the home sustains and maintains.

The autonomous tool. Built for all.

Site specific or built for on-the-go.