Homeless Vehicle
Vehicle that provides sleeping, washing, and toilet facilities for homeless
Initiator(s)
Krzysztof Wodiczko
Description
A hinged metal vehicle, which can be extended to provide sleeping, washing, and toilet facilities as well as a can-storage compartment. The product was tested by a panel of homeless people and adapted to the precise subsistence needs of these prospective users.
Goals
To create a tool for increased self-sustainability and survival of urban nomadic workers who opt out of the shelter system. To create mobile architecture which communicates the relationship of the homeless to the rest of the city, as legitimate members of the community and citizens.
Beneficial outcomes
The homeless become actors, orators, workers, all things which they usually are not. The Homeless Vehicles let them speak and tell their own stories and legitimate them as actors on the urban stage.
Location
United States
Users
Homeless people in New York City.
Maintained by
Krzysztof Wodiczko
Duration
1987 - 1989
Category
Scientific
Pedagogical
Politics
Urban Development
Economy
Environment
Social
