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11/7/07 other wiki paul W

There are numerous cultural and art historical references that inform the notion of a mobile studio. One of the most interesting is by the 60's era London-based architecture collective http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/archigram. The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/walking city was imagined in an environment that had greatly deteriorated. These living machines move around the city following convenience and resources. They are totally self-contained.

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There is more on this project and others on their web site at: http://www.archigram.net/