I stumbled upon this interesting alternative the other day when flicking through the Arts section of G2. Nils Moormann is a German furniture designer and is the man responsible for the concept behing this 'different style of living'.
He calls these dwellings 'Walden's, and they are somewhere between a garden shed and a mini-home, standing 6.5 metres long and about 1m wide with specified compartments for garden leisure. These include a watering can, wheelbarrow and barbecue utensils. The upper storey consists of a bed and a sitting area.
Portable architecture has really been the focus behind this design, and that isn't anything new. However, having broken free from the restraints of conventional building, i believe that this particular design suggests a shift in the relationship between nature and architecture - if you like a re-negotiation between the space we enclose for ourselves and the 'outside'.
The question which really sticks out in my mind is 'How much space do we really need?'
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