Lakeside Plugin Tower: An Expandable Modular Prototype by PAO
For simplicity?s sake, modular architecture is often a little boring. Modules have to be easy to assemble, transport, and stack, after all, so they generally consist of standard rectilinear shapes that end up looking pretty boxy once they?re set up on a building site. But Beijing and Boston-based firm People?s Architecture Office (PAO) does things a little differently, using prefabricated panels in a variety of shapes that allow for more creative assembly.
The results of each project made with the firm?s ?Plugin House? parts are refreshingly creative, adapted for the individual needs and requirements of each particular occupant. The layout, shape, size, and color vary by project, with elements inspired by avant-garde European architects of the 1960s and 80s and the Japanese Metabolism architecture movement.
Introduced a few years ago, the Plugin concept is often used to revitalize dilapidated buildings, with the elements ?plugging in? to the existing structures to provide living spaces with all the bells and whistles you?d expect from a modern home without requiring the demolition of the historic structures beside them. They?ve already been used to augment several of Beijing?s historic Hutong houses, making them habitable again.
As you can see, the results are pretty impressive ? and not boring in the least. The diagonal supports that lift the buildings up off the ground give them an open, dynamic feeling, and make it possible to stack the volumes offse...
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