The PGA PRAIRIE HOPPER by Anderson Anderson Achitecture is designed to be mobile. It can be folded up and transported just like an ordinary shipping container. Therefor, with this mobility feature, it can be placed anywhere and everywhere it is needed...
"The structure is intended to be fun, functional and educational and is constructed of re-used components, high-recycled content steel, recycled content shade cloth and modular, xeriscaped planting trays. Protected within a limestone-composite thermal and evaporative-resistant mass, native prairie grasses, cactus and several hundred additional species thrive without regular irrigation. The project was deployed 55 days from napkin-sketch, through detailed design, fabrication, assembly, and delivery. Remote team collaboration was facilitated by a central BIM database and various social networking applications. All professional services were pro-bono in the interest of advancing environmental education and construction prefabrication technologies. The shade screens variably articulate to provide optimized shading whatever the pavilion orientation, then fold flat for transport. Ganged, evacuated-tube solar thermal collectors provide potable, sanitary hot water. The pavilion is self-powered by building-scale wind turbines and high-efficiency photovoltaics."
-Courtesy of Anderson Anderson Architecture
This project, again, demonstrates how a great idea and some fearlessness towards innovation can transform shipping containers into great spaces for education. Because they are design with such internationally stringent specifications, shipping containers make great building blocks. Upon purchase, you know exactly what you will get as far as size, shape and load/weight capacity. And because the containers are designed for transport, they make great tools for educational outreach.
Bringing education and creative experiences to people in their own communities is a great way to collaborate and further fuel conversation about various topics.
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