Idea by
Samuel Gonçalves
SUMMARY
Call for ideas 2020
The Reasons Offsite
The Reasons Offsite
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- Systemic changes
The contemporary context, with the World’s increasing urban population (in an unprecedented way), the growing need for immediacy based in an Uber/Ikea/AirBNB-like lifestyle and the level of technological sophistication we have reached, motivates “The Reasons Offsite” as a rediscovery of the concept of prefabrication, understanding its past and most of all envisaging its future.
The project presents a collection of buildings/ building systems significant in the historical evolution of modular and prefabricated architecture. This information is shown through VR headset kits, which transports the audience to a virtual space filled with panels and architectural models.
The goal is to create a radiography of the several stages of this evolution, with examples including famous and anonymous architecture, from the 17th century to the present, through a critical rather than historical point of view, pointing out conflicts between prefab and traditional building systems.
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The Reasons Offsite @ Boston Society of Architects, 2018 © Luca Sabbadini
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The Reasons Offsite - Perspective of the virtual environment
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The Reasons Offsite - Virtual interactivity
The Reasons Offsite
The Reasons Offsite
![](/media/cache/67/75/6775a9707d425882bcf4883698900205.jpg)
- Systemic changes
The contemporary context, with the World’s increasing urban population (in an unprecedented way), the growing need for immediacy based in an Uber/Ikea/AirBNB-like lifestyle and the level of technological sophistication we have reached, motivates “The Reasons Offsite” as a rediscovery of the concept of prefabrication, understanding its past and most of all envisaging its future.
The project presents a collection of buildings/ building systems significant in the historical evolution of modular and prefabricated architecture. This information is shown through VR headset kits, which transports the audience to a virtual space filled with panels and architectural models.
The goal is to create a radiography of the several stages of this evolution, with examples including famous and anonymous architecture, from the 17th century to the present, through a critical rather than historical point of view, pointing out conflicts between prefab and traditional building systems.
![](/media/cache/ab/c5/abc5e0c2c80861f43d84c015faa63c5f.jpg)
The Reasons Offsite @ Boston Society of Architects, 2018 © Luca Sabbadini
![](/media/cache/fc/4f/fc4f2964836c58ffe6778124da360abb.jpg)
The Reasons Offsite - Perspective of the virtual environment
![](/media/cache/db/4b/db4b0c6db091e1e081695000691ff034.jpg)
The Reasons Offsite - Virtual interactivity