Illustration credits vii Foreword viii Theory Freedom and Transience of Space (Techno-nomads and transformers) 3 Gary Brown Logical Spaces for Urban Nomads 15 David Craven and Nicola Morelli About other Constructs and Spaces 25 Vladimir Krstic Trans-formation in the Age of Virtually 32 Ada Kwiatkowska Context Transformable Personal Space within a Communal Setting: Housing for the Homeless 44 Filiz Klassen Transportable Environments: Experiment, Research and Design Innovation 51 Robert Kronenburg Innovative and Prefabricated Timber Buildings on Australia's Sub-Antarctic Islands 57 Robert Vincent and Gregory Nolan Teaching A North Thailand Village School Hall Constructed by Singapore Architecture Students 67 Joseph Lim Transportable Environments: Modes of Inquiry in the Design Studio 79 Hee Limm and Colin Seah Developing Architectural Skill by Making Temporary and Transportable Buildings 88 Gregory Nolan and lan Clayton Design Beyond Paper and Curtain: Works and Humanitarian Activities 101 Shigeru Ban A Deployable Lightweight Medical System for Use in Disaster Areas 106 Ulrich Dangel Kinetic Architectural Systems Design 113 Michael A. Fox Office of Mobile Design 129 Jennifer Siegal List of Contributors and Delegates 136 Selected Bibliography 139 Index 141