The Plugin Tower curtails the investment necessary for building a home since it excludes the risk of losing one’s property: residents can pack up their homes and bring it with them if they are ever forced to relocate. Classified as a temporary structure, the Plugin Tower does not require an underground foundation, thereby circumventing the strict planning approval for permanent structures and easing the requirements for building a private house.
A multi-story prefab system that is infinitely expandable, the Metabolist-inspired Plugin Tower is comprised of a steel space frame, a kit of parts that can be assembled in endless variations. Empty bays within the frame are plugged with living units, altered and unplugged when necessary. Units are made with PAO’s proprietary Plugin Panel system, modules that incorporate insulation, wiring, plumbing, interior and exterior finishes into one molded part. Panels are attached with integrated locks, easily installed by a couple of unskilled people with just a hex wrench. Unlike with shipping containers, Plugin Panels allow living spaces to be added without heavy machinery, and does not restrict their layouts to the shape of a box.
Suggesting the instability of the state of housing in China, the ‘future of housing’ proposed by People’s Architecture Office is a flexible design that adapts to changing needs and fluctuating conditions.
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M CO Design has released its designs for “Dragon’s Link,” a new dragon-inspired, mixed-use infrastructure on the south side of Hong Kong Island “that will serve a large part of the community and will enhance a local historic monument,” the Tai Tam Dam, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this coming February.
Drawing inspiration from local traditions and the natural topography of Hong Kong, the project will create new connections within an existing network of roads and hiking trails in Tai Tam Country Park in “a juxtaposition of old and new,” in order to improve user experience and infrastructure.
Through Dragon’s link, it is hoped that existing transportation issues—namely concerning traffic and safety, such as bottlenecking and flooding due to outdated drainage—will be solved.
Additionally, the project will dedicate space for cyclists, pedestrian paths with scenic lookouts, a hikers’ plaza, a visitor pavilion with special event terraces, and lanes wide enough to accommodate oversized buses and trucks.
We have already shown [the project] to the district representative for the area surrounding the site and with his invitation we will be presenting it to the HK Government in the next District Council meeting on transportation issues, said Scott Myklebust, founder and president of M CO Design. The representative noted that the government has been trying to solve this traffic issue for a long time, without success. He felt this was a groundbreaking proposal and unique solution.
News via M CO Design.
