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daCrib

palm springs, United States
 
A project by: Karen Wong, Dwight Engel
 
Architecture, Landscape, Masterplan, Urban Design
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daCrib is the catalyst for a new form of society, individualist socialism. It’s predicated on a solution to counter the loss of mobility that humans encounter as they age.  This solution is to merge the typical single bedroom nursing home unit derived from one’s basic spatial needs – bed, closet, toilet, and seated bathtub - with a vehicle and ... read more
daCrib is the catalyst for a new form of society, individualist socialism. It’s predicated on a solution to counter the loss of mobility that humans encounter as they age.  This solution is to merge the typical single bedroom nursing home unit derived from one’s basic spatial needs – bed, closet, toilet, and seated bathtub - with a vehicle and a wheelchair. The convergence of these entities creates a hyper individualist space that gives the inhabitant ultimate freedom.  daCrib has the ability to contract when moving between destinations and expands into its full size when parked. This may occur within a landscape to form new types of public space or while attaching to other programmatic elements - such as the kitchen, living, and fitness spaces – which are housed in existing and new building typologies. 

It is foreseen that as a result of this new ability the current vehicular status in society will become less dominant. There will naturally be a transition phase from daCribs solely existing within the elderly community, to younger generations gaining interest and obtaining them for themselves, and finally the point where there are no more vehicles but only daCribs. This also reverses the typical trend where the new “gadgets” are predominantly marketed for the younger generation and the elderly struggle to understand them, thus reinforcing the age barrier.  Instead, the technology is focused on the elderly, making them the central point to technological and societal innovation. collapse
 
Type Residential - Single family residence, Multi-family residence, Social Housing
 
Commercial - Office, Restaurant
 
Public - Park
 
Sports and Recreation - Swimming Pool
 
 
Location anywhere
palm springs
United States
 
Building status student work
 
Site type other
 
 

Project Leader

Karen Wong
As: co-designer
Dwight Engel
Brooklyn, United S..
As: co-designer
 

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Matthias Hollwich
New York, United S..
As: studio critic
 

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