TRANS-FERENCIAS


Suitaloon & Cushicle, Mike Webb, 1967

'Clothing for living in-or if it wasn't for my Suitaloon I would have to buy a house.'

Suitaloon is an inflatable, nomadic house conceived to be worn as a suit providing a living envelope whenever and wherever desired. It extends Archigram's interest in mobile architecture, expressed in earlier projects such as Walking City. Fitting the body like clothes, the Suitaloon is a reductive dwelling that reduces the components and support systems needed to sustain an entire community down to the necessities for supporting a single individual. The Suitaloon was designed to be a complementary component of the Cushicle.