homes

Last December, while looking for gifts I came across PREFAB, a book on modular housing. I was immediately smitten. I am always surprised by how much time people spend on their personal look and how little effort they put into the functionality and appearance of their homes, and more so, how strong of a hold traditional rules have on the way we arrange our living space. I've always seen a home as the place to be entirely selfish and indulgent. Now a new book, Spacecraft has been released and it looks fantastic.

"But not all of the buildings and installations are eligible for living in them. It's a broad range featured in this book: "We looked for outstanding international projects that are engaged in informal and unconventional ways of crafting space - found beyond architecture's beaten track. The book features on the one hand flexible, fleeting structures that only exist for a limited time such as artistic spatial interventions that live from their performative quality or mobile living units roaming freely beyond the paved routes of conventional architecture. On the other hand, Spacecraft focuses on spaces that are used temporarily. Whether vacation homes, urban hideouts, art pavillions or studios, all of the included work is distinguished by an challenging and poetic approach to spatial design."