Trailer Park Skyscraper

An architect in Brazil has come up with a new version of an old idea. A skyscraper structure that supports movable homes. Shaped like trailer homes we see in trailer parks, these rectangular boxes can be moved within the structure or removed to a different site. The designer even touts the idea of taking your own home on vacation to stay in. Check out the pictures, it looks a little like a giant Jenga game to me and we all know what happens at the end of Jenga!

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Posted By: Alex - Sun Apr 11, 2010
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We all know that "mobile home" is just a euphemism for "tornado trap" so I think I'll pass.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/11/10 at 11:31 AM

i wonder what a tornado would do to the skyscraper trailer park.
seriously, its an ugly building. and i imagine it would be expensive to move a unit in the building, and more so out of the building. this idea just takes a cheap living arrangement for the poor and tries to make it 'upscale'. it ends up having all the disadvantages without the one advantage($).

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/11/10 at 11:33 AM

expat you posted your comment while i was typing mine. great minds think alike right? 😉

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 04/11/10 at 11:35 AM

Of course.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 04/11/10 at 01:23 PM

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