Now through the end of March at
Shemer Art Center
5005 East Camelback Road, Phoenix.
MicroDwell is an exhibition of owner built and human inhabited micro-dwellings, which will be on display from February 15 thru March 23 at the Shemer Art Center & Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. The exhibit will showcase the design-build features of small modular structures, their varied uses, alternative construction techniques and cost effectiveness. MicroDwell 2014 will highlight the positive benefits to the environment by conscientious material selection, use of salvage materials, and minimization of waste.
The exhibit will showcase varied designs from practical to artistic, as well as the creative effort of each builder. Structures on exhibit are required to be 600 square feet or less, self-contained, modular, and portable.
Free live workshops and various do-it-yourself demonstrations are planned, as well as lectures by knowledgeable speakers (to be announced). Popular topics at the event included building a solar generator, and the art of finding and using salvaged materials.
For various reasons, people around the world are living and working in small spaces. In densely populated areas, available living space demands small-sized dwellings. For some, the benefits of small architectural spaces are economic, which means less percentage of income is spent on housing and operating costs, leaving more funds available to meet other needs. And for others, the choice of a minimalist lifestyle is appealing and deliberate because of their desire to reduce their footprint on the environment, or simply to spend less time and expense on property maintenance. Within the movement towards small, affordable housing and work spaces, there are those who have taken the idea even further, and are creating extremely small, pre-manufactured, modular structures that can be easily built, moved and configured to meet a variety of needs.
Courtesy of microdwelling.net
