Gold Architecture, Building and Structure Design · 2021
Time Holiday Mobile Home
by Chester Goh
- A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: CE-ST Design Studio, Lazycat Travel
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 32,849
- Verification code E54629DB00 · Verify this award
About Time Holiday Mobile Home
Time Holiday is a series of mobile homes that can be transported to varied terrains without the need for a foundation. The outer shell is a curved, one-piece fiberglass structure suited to different climates and topographies. Floor-to-ceiling double-layer laminated insulating glass gives 360-degree views of the surroundings. A pull-out drawer mechanism expands the guest room on site and retracts the volume for shipping. The prefabricated frame is assembled within a day, which reduces construction waste and building time.
Chester WL Goh's Time Holiday Mobile Home represents a compelling intersection of parametric design thinking and biophilic architectural principles, embodying contemporary explorations into lightweight, transportable dwelling structures that maintain profound sensitivity to their environmental settings. The work demonstrates sophisticated understanding of form-finding processes where structural ribs and curved shells appear to have been derived through computational optimization, achieving material efficiency while creating sculptural presence that complements rather than dominates the natural surroundings. The decision to employ glossy white composite surfaces establishes visual dialogue with modernist traditions of pristine geometric forms while the organic curvature and skeletal overlay introduce biomimetic qualities suggesting seed pods, marine organisms, or chrysalis formations. Technical accomplishment manifests in the seamless integration of transparency and enclosure, with the larger module featuring generous glazed walls that dissolve boundaries between interior comfort and exterior landscape, while the smaller pod maintains protective intimacy. The warm timber platform functions as transitional threshold, mediating between the technological refinement of the dwellings and the elemental water and forest environment. Thematic resonance emerges through the work's meditation on contemporary nomadism, the desire for connection with nature balanced against needs for shelter and comfort, and the possibility of dwelling lightly upon the earth. The autumnal setting amplifies contemplative qualities, suggesting cycles of change, seasonal passage, and the poetic relationship between human structures and natural rhythms. Viewers might consider how such designs propose alternative relationships between architecture and landscape, shelter and mobility, permanence and impermanence.
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- Unique Properties
- Time Holiday is a series of mobile homes can be easily transported to any and every location without any limitations to terrains and topography. Saving on total costs and unnecessary construction waste, these villas also do not require any foundation. This series of mobile homes let you connect with nature and lead a serene and peaceful life.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 11800 X 7500 X 4500MM when assembled on-site.
10000 X 3000 X 3000MM when packed and shipped. - Tags
- Mobile Homes, Mobile Hotel, Modular Homes, Prefab, Mobile Architecture
- Production Technology
- The outer structure is comprised of a curved, one-piece fiberglass material that is irrespective of various climates, mainly flexible to use in different topographies and geographies. The interiors of these mobile villas constitute a full-frame floor-to-ceiling double-layer laminated, insulating glass that provides extravagant 360-degree unobstructed views of the outdoors. The entire structure is based on the pull-out mechanism which allows for the expansion of area for the guest room.
- Design Challenge
- Time Holiday aims to break away from the traditional container-like typology of mobile homes today. The design takes after an organic shell. The challenge faced was that it had to be compact when transported (no larger than the size of a container) on the road, and it had to be spaciously luxurious while being assembled on a destination close with nature. This was made possible by having a pull-out mechanism within the main structural frame. The entire villa can be laid out and positioned in any kind of manner, individually or in a group, providing ample possibilites for the users.
- Project Duration
- The project started in 2020 in Zhongshan, Built and packed in Changsha, China. Ready for final completion by August 2021.
- Operation Flow
- This mobile home has a flexible system that allows the structure to be either pulled out or retracted through a drawer mechanism. Thus, there is flexibility given to the space according to the needs and venues. It can be installed within a day and operated individually or within a cluster in any location.
- Research
- Sustainability is the main design guideline. This pre-fabricated structure is equipped with various ecological methods like solar panels, naturally ventilated windows, recycled tiles for the interior specification and thus resulting in the savings on utility bills and operating costs. The main exterior frame of the structure is prefabricated in the factories and then later transported and assembled on-site. Hence, there is minimal construction wastage and the time required to build is comparatively much lesser.
- Inspiration
- With the growing concerns about sustainability and eco-efficiency, more and more homeowners are now preferring to reduce down on the ecological footprint. The inspiration is drawn from the concept of futuristic sustainability and tiny living.
Wanting to wake up to the morning of serene blue sea, lush green grassland or a majestic golden dessert in a modular pod that is closely connected to nature has been the driving inspiration to this project. - Image Credits
- Image Credits: CE-ST Design Studio
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Lazycat Travel, 2021